would anyone know why my new pc, just assembled by myself would display pink graphics? it was ok for a few minutes at first then veered to pink, i sent the graphic card for testing and they said it's not faulty, any idea please?

I'm running XP Pro 32bit.
cpu is AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz
RAM: Patriot 2GB PC2-5300 Extreme Performance (2x1GB)
MOBO: MSI K9N NEO-F V3 Socket AM2 Motherboard - PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800MHz, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
GRAPHIC CARD: nVidia GeForce 8600GT 512MB DDR2 PCI-E - 540Mhz Core, 1400Mhz Memory
PSU: 450w

by the way, my monitor works fine with another pc, and connection seem fine
thank you for your help

So,what is the brand name and model of this
monitor? Have you tried another cable?

i've been using this monitor for year, and still using it on another pc whilst i sort the problem with the pink display on my newly built system. Using the same cable and it works fine, it's a samsung syncmaster 152v flat screen
thanks

Did installing the monitor software help?

http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c...

ok i will try, once i receive my card back, but would that affect the coloration of the monitor in MS DOS mode too? ie, when booting up?

Tell us about your 450W PSU. What brand is it & how many amps are on the +12v rail(s)? If you don't know, open the case & get the info off the label on the side of the PSU.

And just out of curiousity, why did you get DDR2-667 rather than DDR2-800? Also, why did you get an 8600GT with slow GDDR2 RAM rather than high performance GDDR3?

From Tom's Hardware:

"NOTE: Beware of slower DDR2 versions of the 8600 GT! The GDDR3 versions are the recommended cards - DDR2 equipped 8600 GTs will be notably slower. The cheapest GDDR3 versions of the card we could find started at $105 online."

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11...

on a VGA graphics card ouput (blue socket) there are three screen colours which have a wire each, Red Green and Blue. I have seen screens of wrong shade before , like pink , and that is caused by
a)faulty screen
or
b) faulty graphics card - I have had a couple that only output two of the three (red green blue colours)
or
C) bad plug connection / break in cable (I have had ones where I have wiggled the plug in the graphics card socket to fix it)

All of these would affect the colour from moment you switch on

I think i will get a refund on the graphic card and get a GDDR3 then thank you.
I got the memory for the mobo because they were quite cheap, not sure why else, does it make a lot of difference beween the DDR2-667 and DDR2-800?
the PSU is a powerX by sumvision (cheap one i know :p)
SV 450w SilentLoad 20 & 24+SATA PSU.
will have a look inside in a bit
cheers

"the PSU is a powerX by sumvision (cheap one i know :p)"

Certainly nothing to laugh about...everything depends on the PSU. A cheap/weak PSU supplying inconsistent voltage can wreak havoc with your system. You spent all that money on the rest of your hardware, then connected it to a crappy $20 PSU? Not a wise move.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114930

ok i guess the cheap PSU will have to go, just didn't realize that PSU can make a difference.
is 430w enough for my pc specs though?
thanks

just a note to thank you all for your help guys! mush appreciated, as you can see i'm far from being an expert