Sounds like the monitor's cable is not properly seated into the pc's 15 pin
video out port.  Try taking it off, inspecting the cable end for any bent
pins, then reattach it to the video out on the back of the pc. Use the
fasteners in the cable end to screw into the video out port, so the cable
can't be knocked loose again.  Turn it only until it starts to resist, don't
make it tight.

Different colors are transmitted on different pins, if one or several are
not making good contact you get these odd shadings in your color as you
describe.

If there is no improvement when you check the cable the problem is most
likely in the monitor.  Tapping the monitor on the side near the edge of the
screen may cause the color to momentarily correct itself.
Tom Turak

-----Original Message-----
From: sheryl1972 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:40 PM

I have a friend who's 4 year old banged on the keyboard and now the only
color she gets on her screen is a yellow-green. Everything works fine, she's
able to get online and do everything she did before, but everything is
yellow-green. It sounds like to me that her monitor is probably going out. I
thought maybe the graphics card was the culprit at first. But if it was that
wouldn't the screen be completely messed up? This is an older computer:
Pentium 266 with 96MB RAM and Windows ME.

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