Display Menu Buttons Malfunction

[TheBlahMasta]

[I am running a dual monitor setup, all problems mentioned pertain to the specified monitor only]

I have an old Samsung SyncMaster 205BW (I think that is the specific name) and I have an odd problem. I turned my computer on, walked away for a bit, came back to turn the monitors on and my screen is tinted completely red. The first time this problem occurred, I opened the menu to be surprised by the fact that the language settings had also been changed to German. I'm unsure how I fixed it the first time, but this second time I cannot open the menu at all. If I press any button on my monitor, except for the power button, either the menu will not appear or it will appear but become a still box image with no letters; and the power button no longer functions so using the power switch or unplugging is the only way to shut the monitor off (even turning the computer off doesn't send it into hibernate mode.) If I do not press any of the buttons, I can use the power button freely, but we still have the problem of the red tint.

The monitor is using a DVI-D (Single Link) cable. I switched out the cables to another DVI-D (Single Link), but the problem still persists. This leaves me to the single conclusion that my monitor has decided to finally die...or at least in this case "bleed" out. Let me know what you guys can come up with. Thank you in advance.

 

[ffg7]

sounds like the video controller of the Samsung is crapping out. if you have an ebay account or know someone who does then check for video controllers for that Samsung. got a power board for my 20" Samsung off ebay & a video controller with both vga & dvi for my 19" frankenstein Samsung monitor out of the electronic recycle bin near my house.

 

[TheBlahMasta]

So, I kind of fixed it. I don't know how long it'll last, but after pressing the "down" button on the monitor and then the "enter" key (monitor) for 5 seconds, it managed to reset something and allowed me to mess with the menu to get my color back. Since I was able to fix it before and it still came up with a red screen again, are there any other suggestions besides the vga/dvi board possibly going bad (which is still a possibility)?

 

[ffg7]

are you using onboard video or a video card? if a video card, does the motherboard also have onboard video?

 

[TheBlahMasta]

ffg7 - I am using a video card and the motherboard/cpu does have an onboard video (though I disabled it in the device manager so there shouldn't been any conflicts). If it was the video card going bad, would that not effect my other screen also? My ASUS monitor hasn't had any issue, but it's using HDMI and is YEARS newer than the Samsung.

 

[ffg7]

the reason for asking about the onboard video is to eliminate the videocard as the problem source if the Samsung still has the red screen when using onboard video.