Red Mist

[catswhiskas]

Our pc , which is about 7 years old and is on chrome. Today all the things that should be black are now red, what can be causing this, tried shutting it down and starting up again, but there was even a faint red colour while page was blank.

[Buenchico]

Possible causes;
1. A loose connection between your PC and your monitor. (Check that everything is secure).

2. A fault with the monitor. (Ideally try to borrow another monitor from someone, to see if the problem persists).

3. A corrupt video driver file. (Take a look in the Device Manager to see whether there are any exclamation marks shown. Even if there aren't, it might be worth locating, downloading and reinstalling the driver file).

4. A temporary software glitch. (Try turning both your PC and monitor off and on again!).

5. A hangover. (Stay off the hard stuff!).

My suspicion is that (unless it's just a loose or damaged cable) your monitor may well be about to pack up. The only way to find out is to try another monitor (or possibly to try your existing monitor with another computer, to see if the problem persists).

[catswhiskas]

Thank you Buenchico, have just realised I put pc , it is a laptop, sorry

[Buenchico]

That's even more worrying then (because laptop repairs aren't cheap). It could well just be a loose connection inside but PC World would still charge you fifty quid to tighten it up.

Start your laptop in Safe Mode. (Press F8 during the boot process to access it). It's display will look rather odd because the video driver won't have loaded. If the colour cast has disappeared you'll know that it's a defective video driver causing the problem. If it's still there then it's a physical fault, which will need a technician's attention to fix.

[catswhiskas]

Okay, thank you.