Monitor Color Problems

Hey TF,

I have recently built a new pc, and I'm having problems with the color setup.

Instead of displaying black, my monitor seems to be displaying a shade of brown. So rather than grayscale, its brownscale (if there is such a thing). Thats the best way to describe it.

Example(1): http://www.2visuals.com/clients/_Loljunk/
No black is displayed, just various shades of brown. I know for sure I designed that using a black scheme.

Example(2): http://www.photoshopveterans.com/
Exactly the same here, diplaying shades of brown rather than black.

Ive looked through my monitor options and my graphics card options, but cannot see anothying which could help.

The monitor is by Dell 22" and is connected via DVI to an Nvidia 8800GTX.

If anyones knows of any possible fix please inform me .

Thanks in advance,
Ben

Hmm,
It's mostly like going to be the DVI cable, so try replacing that. If that doesn't work try reinstalling the driver's. If that doesn't work try changing the colour profiles (Sorry I only know how to do it on Mac)
Cheers,

My monitor occasionally displays a shade of green, then when it feels like it, it goes normal :S (its about a year old.17", I think my parents might of got me a new one for christmas )

Most likely your cable input or not a tight enough connection. Replace the cable and it'll work. Happened to me, I bought a new monitor and had the same problem. If you have any adapters on the cable it might be causing it too. Get a new DVI or VGA cable and it'll sorted it out, or check the connectivity from the graphics card.


Regards

EHJamie, I think that is exactly the problem, try getting a better connection if not call the company.

kk thanks everyone. It almost feels like my monitor is set to CMYK. I have no idea if its possible, but the color tones are similar.

Ill try my VGA cable later and see if that helps .