Re: Monitor text colour on boot is magenta instead of white
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 08:24:20PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote:
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> Today I had occasion to change location of my computer and its
> peripherals including the monitor. When I turned it after the change
> on the colour of the text which scrolls up the screen was magenta
> instead of white. This magenta instead of white persists when the
> operating system (Squeeze) is loaded. The result is a reddish hue to
> everything which then appears on the monitor.
>
> The mainboard I am using is a Foxconn 45CM-S with a built in VGA
> graphics card. The monitor is an ACER AL2216W LCD with 16080x1050
> resolution.
>
> I checked carefully all the connections between the computer and the
> peripherals, and I am reasonably certain that I got them all right.
> Since the magenta colour appears when the computer is first turned on
> and also when the BIOS is opened I assumed that there must be a way to
> adjust it somewhere in the BIOS, but I could not find where.
>
> Neither did there appear to be a way to change the this colour in any
> of the KDE settings, not that I expected to find such a way because
> the magenta appears immediately on boot before the operating system is
> installed. A Google research returned no useful information.
>
> Can anybody advise me what went wrong and how to fix it?
>
If your monitor connects via a VGA connection I'd be highly suspicious
of the VGA connection. I've done it to myself many times. Look carefully
for bent pins or the connector not screwed down all the way. I wouldn't
think a BIOS setting got changed unless it was done intentionally.
Craig
> Regards, Ken Heard
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