OT - Monitor whites are dim

CVM wrote on 2/26/2012, 2:32 PM
Gang, this is OT, but it is affecting my work with Vegas (and my entire computer experience). My monitor, all of the sudden overnight, is dimmer. Specifically, the whites. Vegas, Word, Excel, etc. all dimmer in the whites.

I did the obvious, adjust the settings on my monitor... maxed out there is no improvement. I looked at the Win7 Control Panel and played around in the Display icon, but could not improve. I played around with the Adobe Gamma icon and the screen just went pale.

Another item that has happened is the little cursor that you move around in Word, Excel, or in any free text area of a web form is very dim. I can't even tell where it is when I'm trying to click in a web form.

What's totally odd, is that the arrow cursor remains super bright... it is very bright over top of anything white on the screen (that's what first tipped me off).

Does anyone have any ideas what's happening? If the monitor is breaking, or the back light failing, why is the mouse so bright?

Sorry to be OT, but I'm going crazy here.

Thank,

Dave

Comments

paul_w wrote on 2/26/2012, 3:05 PM
If anything on the screen is showing very bright (like your arrow cursor), that does mean your backlight should be fine. Is the cursor bright in every area of the screen? Try to make it bright in all four corners for example. That would rule out any backlight issue.
Normally when a backlight starts to go, they may flicker rapidly (like an old fluesent lamp) or part of the screen goes dark. Check the corners.
If that checks - you could try a simple monitor swap. is this PC (or card) related, or the monitor?
Sounds very odd to me.

hope this helps.
Paul.
paul_w wrote on 2/26/2012, 3:33 PM
Another forum talks about it here:
http://www.osnn.net/general-hardware/91058-screen-dark-but-mouse-icon-bright.html

For ATI cards try this:
In the catalyst control center, go to the advanced settings.

Then click color.

The click the "Reactivate ATI Color Control" button.


and another forum mentions this:
press the Windows key
type "Calibrate display color" and press enter
When the Display Color Calibration window pops up, simply close it.
Done. The screen should now be bright again.

quite a bit on google about this..

Paul.
CVM wrote on 2/27/2012, 6:33 PM
Paul,

Beautiful. The Windows thing worked like a charm. I have NO idea why the screen went dim in the first place. It's great now.

I DID Google it... a ton. Could not find a thing.

Anyway, I appreciate you helping me.

Dave