PINK PICTURE. I5 WIN 11

Suddenly, whilst in use my I5 Win.11 machine has developed a very pink cast on the normally very sharp picture.
I have checked as many things as I can, eg: Night light is off, all settings are normal.

When I boot the machine into SAFE MODE, The picture is once again sharp and pink cast free.

I have probably missed something obvious here?

Is there anything else I should check?

Colour Temperature in display settings?

Thanks, I have tried every setting possible, and a couple of system restores. Still the same.
Looks like it is leading to a fresh install.

Edited by Brunel (Sat 08-Mar-25 10:45:26)

Sounds like a hardware problem to me...

Rather than poke at all the settings you can think of, I would suggest that you try another monitor on the PC and another PC on the monitor. That should point to either the monitor or the PC. And before you do that, just double check the lead for the graphics. Are you using VGA or VGA and a convertor?

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Edited by Brunel (Sat 08-Mar-25 15:25:14)

use ddu to remove the graphic drivers and when it reboots see if the pink cast is still there or gone and then reinstall the latest driver for your card be it intel, amd or nvidia

Something strange, I took a "screen grab" and saved it, I posted it to Google Drive.

When I view it on another machine, the picture is normal.

I think I have missed something here.?????

Edited by Brunel (Sat 08-Mar-25 16:58:13)

The screengrab is capturing the data before it is processed by the driver, so this is what you would expect. I think the suggestion to remove and reinstall the driver is the best answer.

It’s clearly not the hardware or the monitor or cable as safe mode displays correctly.

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

I think the suggestion to remove and reinstall the driver is the best answer

Or roll back if its just been updated.

In reply to a post by Brunel:

Something strange, I took a "screen grab" and saved it, I posted it to Google Drive.

When I view it on another machine, the picture is normal.

I think I have missed something here.?????

are you using the same monitor for the other machine?

if not and its a different one, try

a) connect the affected machine to the other monitor with the same cable
if still pink
b) swap the cable with the known non pink machine
if still pink then its a software issue/hardware issue

first try as i've already mentioned - ddu.

Do not roll back drivers .

if its still pink. Then if the graphics unit is a discreate unit swap the graphics into that known working machine. Make sure it has equal or greater wattage than the affected machine

Tried DDU, No difference. now returned to latest driver Asus Radeon RX 560

I have now posted a photo of the symptoms:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k4wQBaubo6lleLb-Cb_...

Edited by Brunel (Sat 08-Mar-25 20:43:07)

Some other ideas, but first check night light is off. (usually orange colour, not pink).

Then you could try this:
I had this problem reported on a Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620, where typically grey areas were showing as pink and slightly off coloured whites on the laptop screen. If an external monitor was connected then then the colours returned to normal on both screens. Unplugging the external monitor and the laptop display returned to grey as pink and off colour whites.

This was found to be due to "Automatically manage color for Apps" being enabled on that laptop...

The SOLUTION: in this case-

System > Display > Advanced display > Automatically manage color for Apps (Toggle to Off)

Taken from:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/al...

"Automatically manage color for Apps (Toggle to Off)"

Thanks, this "feature" does not show on my desktop machine.

it asks to to request access.....

the rx 560 is now a very very old card.

Can you try a selective boot - and see if any of the programs on start up is causing this issue

A simple and easy solution?? I have removed the graphics card, and gone back to the M/B H.D.M.I. port.

This is adequate for my needs on this machine.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Edited by Brunel (Sun 09-Mar-25 12:42:44)