Screen turned blue

Perhaps your monitor is going bad. Do you normally leave your monitor turned on, or did you turn it on this morning to find the blue screen?

Although when my monitors have died a slow death, they usually start by going "black," not blue.

Another thought ... have you checked the cable running from your CPU to the monitor to make sure it is secure? Maybe you could also check your video card and make sure it's seated correctly?

I agree with Tico ( yeah, really). The other thing could be a bad cable.

Tico

I very seldom leave the monitor on when not in use. The unit was acting normally when I first turned it on. It acted up after about 10 minutes.
Cables are all secure. For the moment all is as it should be. I guess I will have to wait and see if it happens again .

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As to your display problem, that comes across as most likely not involving your monitor itself but rather stemming from a faulty display adapter/video card, or associated drivers and/or other related software, and perhaps less likely though easiest to fix, a faulty cable or an insecure cable connection. Check that out first. The blue screen thing sorta tells me that's not real likely to be the culprit, but as I said, its quick and easy to check, so I'd start there.

If it happens again, I suggest you visit your display adapter/video card vendor's website and download the latest available drivers and software for your device and operating system, then update the device's drivers and software. If you have an actual video card (some machines don't; they use a "virtual adapter", which is based on embedded software and memory shared with the rest of the system) and you're comfortable prowling around inside your machine, I suggest you open it up, locate the card, unseat it, remove it, gently clean its contacts, then replace and reseat it.

Timber
As of now everything has returned to normal and working as it should. I will for the moment leave well enough alone. As to my comfort invading the inner workings of the unit. It and I are total strangers.
In any event thanks for the suggestions and help.

And the saga continues
I Ran a McAfee virus scan and found that I had a virus in one file. Which it was able to eliminate. In addition there were several files which were categorized as potentially unwanted programs {adware Gain]
They could not be removed by McAfee since they were not a virus.
It was suggested I go to spyware and try to eliminate those.
As for the blue screen it comes and goes. It seems by moving or tapping on the monitor it corrects itself [ for the moment} Which leads me to believe the problem is in the monitor. If I could somehow be sure it was I would replace. Time for a flat screen anyhow.

Flat screen LCD is a good idea. Better on your eyes, even.

And they take up soooo much less desk space.
My Iiyama is one of the best things I ever bought.

Yes. However, the value of having a flat screen is secondary. What I need to know is what is causing the problem. And how i can determine it.

I'll sorta go along with the raves for flat screens. They aren't quite there yet for real graphic-intensive stuff, or for hardcore cutting-edge gaming, but for most folks, they're fine.

au, this might be sorta hard to describe, but what is the hue of the blue screen you get? Is it the same as the blue of the Blue Screen of Death/Crash Screen, or is it some other shade - and is there any sort of error message associated with it?

I take it the problem is that the screen takes on a blue tinge not that the blue screen of death appears.

It sounds like it is a failing component of some kind in the monitor. It works fine when turned on but appears after the monitor heats up. It goes away if you tap the monitor so it could be a cold solder in that a component isn't getting a good connection. The connection works when cold but then the connection fails when it heats up. I had a monitor that would start out red until it heated up, a hard knock on its side and then would work fine. I finally got frustrated with it and replaced it.


It could probably be fixed but is it worth the minimum $65 charge? Probably not unless it is a 21" monitor.

The cost of typical consumer CRT monitors being what it is today, repair of them generally is not cost effective, agreed. Agreed too that if its a blue tinge that overtakes the monitor after some period of otherwise satisfactory performance, or presents on monitor powerup then gradually goes away, or in some way responds to physical shock being applied to the monitor (a thump on the housing), odds are better than just real good there's a problem with the monitor itself.

TIMBER
Being color blind I can not describe the color blue. However, the wife says it's sort of purple.
Some doubt has arisen as to whether it is the monitor. I found that while in the blue stage the erase function on backspace did not function. When the color cleared the function did.
Question should I use spyware as suggested by McAfee. to clear what has been labeled as potentiallyunwanted program?

TIMBER
Being color blind I can not describe the color blue. However, the wife says it's sort of purple.
Some doubt has arisen as to whether it is the monitor. I found that while in the blue stage the erase function on backspace did not function. When the color cleared the function did.
Question should I use spyware as suggested by McAfee. to clear what has been labeled as potentiallyunwanted program?

TIMBER
Being color blind I can not describe the color blue. However, the wife says it's sort of purple.
Some doubt has arisen as to whether it is the monitor. I found that while in the blue stage the erase function on backspace did not function. When the color cleared the function did.
Question should I use spyware as suggested by McAfee. to clear what has been labeled as potentiallyunwanted program?

TIMBER
Being color blind I can not describe the color blue. However, the wife says it's sort of purple.
Some doubt has arisen as to whether it is the monitor. I found that while in the blue stage the erase function on backspace did not function. When the color cleared the function did.
Question should I use spyware as suggested by McAfee. to clear what has been labeled as potentiallyunwanted program?

Sorry
I have no Idea how the duplicate postings occurred. In fact when submitted i got a message that said something about debug.