Monitor woes

BBones

ACK, I got my new shiny HP laptop with 17 inch Ultra Bright screen....sweet deal right?

When I plug it into my HP 23" monitor the colors on that monitor are positively horrid! I have tried their ICC profiles, sRGB makes things even worse, I am wondering if it is the dual monitor support on the NVidia card built in. On my old laptop colors came out great, but after about an hour of toying with the monitor connected to the new laptop I am beynd frustrated, I can't seem to get the color white at all, it is always purplish or yellowish. The 17 inch laptop display will do for now while I try to figure this out, but I need the 23 inch display to work, no way I want it to turn into a boat anchor here.

Outside of saying, Get a Spyder, do you have a thought?

Andy

BBones wrote:

Outside of saying, Get a Spyder, do you have a thought?

Yeah, get Huey
http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1174347

I'm not too hip on the whole graphics card stuff, others may have good advice for you there...

ian408

When you look at the settings for the monitor, does it show the correct
monitor? Have you tried installing/upgrading or re-installing the drivers
for the monitor?

Usually, when something like this happens, it's because the system's plug
and pray didn't quite work.

photobug

BBones wrote:

When I plug it into my HP 23" monitor the colors on that monitor are positively horrid! I have tried their ICC profiles, sRGB makes things even worse, I am wondering if it is the dual monitor support on the NVidia card built in. ....Outside of saying, Get a Spyder, do you have a thought?

This is a long shot, but are you using a VGA (15-pin D connector) cable, or are you using a cable that terminates at BNC connectors at the monitor?

'Cause if it's the latter, perhaps you got two of the RGB signals mixed up at the monitor? (I've done that with composite video cables in my home theater gear)