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    Some grey colours missing on screen

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by johanpetterandresen, Aug 5, 2011.

  1. johanpetterandresen

    johanpetterandresen Newbie

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    Hi
    I have an Acer Aspire Timeline X.
    It has started not showing some grey colours. This distorts pictures and the grey colour in certain frames is completely missing.
    Have I pressed some wrong buttons?
    Can I reset the colours on the macine?
     
    johanpetterandresen, Aug 5, 2011
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  2. downloads

    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Check the video driver's settings. You haven't mentioned the series so I don't know if it's nVidia or AMD but either way color settings can be changed in GPU control panel (AMD Catalyst Control Center or NVIDIA Control Panel)
     
    downloads, Aug 5, 2011
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    What he is describe does not constitute a drive issue in my opinion.

    I wonder if it could be an early sign of graphics hardware failure, or in the more fortunate case an LCD cable issue.

    This also reminds me of some MSI users who had a fuzzy/grainy screen issue, and it was resolved by a VBIOS update.

    In any case, 1st step after messing with the drivers is to plug into to an external monitor...
     
    niffcreature, Aug 6, 2011
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