Help with color display issue =/

Cuppycake · 02-22-2006, 04:26 PM

Okay, hopefully you guys will be able to help me.

I took out my old ATI card and put in a different Geforce card. (5700fx ultra, i know its old, this isn't a gaming computer.) I didn't uninstall the ATI drivers until after I put in the new card and turned on the computer (oops). As soon as I put the card in, i noticed the colors were all messed up.

Essentially, now the colors on my screen are all greeney like. I did install the new drivers for my Nvidia card. Its not helping. When I go into the display properties in Windows XP, and then into "settings" I notice that under Color quality (under where it says Highest (32bit) and Medium (16bit) that the color spectrum displayed below that box is different than its supposed to be. I thought maybe that the wrong color profile is being displayed but when I take a screenshot and look at it on my other computer it looks fine. Clearly the color display is just messed up for some reason.

I tried changing the color on the monitor itself, no use. What else can I do? (I'm such a noob, sorry.) I want my color back =(

Dexz · 03-02-2006, 03:40 PM

Do a google search and find a program that will completely erase all traces of the ATI Drivers.

Do the same for the Nvidia drivers and start all over with a fresh driver install.

Khalikryst · 03-02-2006, 04:31 PM

If you are using an analog VGA cable, have you checked that it's not just not connected properly on both ends or maybe shorted out? I had a bum monitor that had a minor short in the vga cable right near the back of the monitor and gave a greenish tinge when it shorted out. But I could crimp the cable a bit and tuck it under the monitor in just such a way that everything looked fine as long as I didn't jostle it and that got me by for a good long time.

Cuppycake · 03-02-2006, 10:37 PM

Thanks for the help guys =) I'm such a noob, I ended up just taking the card out and putting it back in and all was well!!

02-22-2006, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cuppycake Plugged In Like Neo Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,116	Help with color display issue =/ Okay, hopefully you guys will be able to help me. I took out my old ATI card and put in a different Geforce card. (5700fx ultra, i know its old, this isn't a gaming computer.) I didn't uninstall the ATI drivers until after I put in the new card and turned on the computer (oops). As soon as I put the card in, i noticed the colors were all messed up. Essentially, now the colors on my screen are all greeney like. I did install the new drivers for my Nvidia card. Its not helping. When I go into the display properties in Windows XP, and then into "settings" I notice that under Color quality (under where it says Highest (32bit) and Medium (16bit) that the color spectrum displayed below that box is different than its supposed to be. I thought maybe that the wrong color profile is being displayed but when I take a screenshot and look at it on my other computer it looks fine. Clearly the color display is just messed up for some reason. I tried changing the color on the monitor itself, no use. What else can I do? (I'm such a noob, sorry.) I want my color back =( __________________ Metaplace - Nothing I say here represents my employer, legalblahdiddyblah.

03-02-2006, 04:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Khalikryst OotS MMO plz Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,166 +2 Internets	If you are using an analog VGA cable, have you checked that it's not just not connected properly on both ends or maybe shorted out? I had a bum monitor that had a minor short in the vga cable right near the back of the monitor and gave a greenish tinge when it shorted out. But I could crimp the cable a bit and tuck it under the monitor in just such a way that everything looked fine as long as I didn't jostle it and that got me by for a good long time. Last edited by Khalikryst : 03-02-2006 at 04:33 PM.

03-02-2006, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cuppycake Plugged In Like Neo Join Date: May 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,116	Thanks for the help guys =) I'm such a noob, I ended up just taking the card out and putting it back in and all was well!! __________________ Metaplace - Nothing I say here represents my employer, legalblahdiddyblah.

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03-02-2006, 03:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dexz Waiting for the day Potam gets perma banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 452 -1 Internets	Do a google search and find a program that will completely erase all traces of the ATI Drivers. Do the same for the Nvidia drivers and start all over with a fresh driver install.