My dell studio laptop monitor's background colors are a mess. They are shifting colors, blotchy, and running. Please help! Thanks in advance

Hi pradeepa ga,

Your laptop have some hardware issue. Its better to contact with the Dell costumer care.
They will help you because your laptop still in warranty period.

Thanks for using FixYa.

This is due to loose connection which could happen after a period of time between the screen to the laptop.
Solution:
You can use another LCD screen as you secondary screen which you need to hook up to your laptop onto the blue connector (vga connection) or get the laptop screen replaced altogether

If you didnt change/update anything with both Windows and your drivers, then I'd go with the graphics chip problem. This is actually a common problem with laptops (especially HP). But to be on the safe side, try an external monitor to see if the problem lies in the LCD, or it's really a motherboard issue.
If it turns out that it's the motherboard, then there are two solutions: a new motherboard (aprox. $500) or reflow of the graphics chip. Either way, for your sake, I hope I'm wrong. :)

1. Right click on desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Click on "Adjust desktop color settings" at the left hand side navigation bar.

It's due to the magnetic field interferences from the speaker. At the first place, you shouldn't keep it near the speakers.


Always keep speakers far away from the Monitor.Now turn off the monitor and turn it on again,hope it solve the problem. You may even need to restart the system.

Moving magnetic fields (such as from an electric motor) can cause flickering when near a CRT screen. A static magnetic field, such as from your computer's speakers, can cause color shifts or incorrect colors in the area near the magnet. This color shift is caused by parts of the screen becoming magnetized. Occasionally the color shift will remain after you remove the source of magnetism. To help reduce or eliminate the color shift, you can use the degaussing option on most monitors. Most newer monitors automatically degauss when you turn them on, while older monitors might require you do to it manually. Most monitors have a button or menu option that enables you to degauss it manually. Degaussing a monitor will de-magnetize the inside of the monitor, removing the color shift. Unfortunately, if the monitor is exposed to the source of magnetism for too long, degaussing will not be able to clear it up, requiring you to repair or replace the monitor.

The 920WM has a recommended resolution of 1440x900. If your display properties are set to a higher or lower resolution, there will be ugly effects on videos, photos and fine text.

If you're running WindowsXP, minimize your apps and web browser so you can see the background.
Right-click on the background and select "Properties" to bring up the display properties dialog.
In that dialog, select the "Settings" tab to see the display resolution.
Set that to 1440x900 if it's not already, then hit "OK"

If videos are still blotchy, then check the video playback software to make sure it's not setting it's own resolution.

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Hello. Your Dell is under warranty. Just go to the Dell Support Center icon on your computer and email Dell directly. They are wonderful and they will talk you through the fix. Regards, Joe
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Awesome, I'm glad reseating the lcd cables did the job. Its crazy how the littlest things can cause such a mess sometimes. Your very welcome and when you get the chance, please rate my solution. Hope your weekend is a great one!!

Ben

you should be able to get hold of a convert that plugs in to your laptop then you should be able to plug the monitor in to the converter with out having any problems with display settings

hope the information is abit of help to you

Try the auto adjust button, usually by holding the + button for a sec