Dell 2407WFP - purple screen of death?

[MDesigner]

Recently, I booted up my Wii, and got a purple screen on my 2407WFP. Thinking it was the Wii, I tried it with a composite cable. That worked out fine. I tried another set of component cables..still got the purple screen. I tried a different TV, and the component cables worked fine.

So, somehow, my 2407WFP seems defective? It's been working fine since I've had it (over 6 months), and the Wii was working fine in component mode. One day out of the blue, the 2407WFP just shows purple whenever the Wii is plugged into it through component. I don't have any other component devices to plug into the 2407WFP to test.

Anyone hear of this happening before? Any idea what it might be? The other modes (DVI, VGA, etc) on my 2407WFP work just fine.

 

[dajeepster]

you most likely have one of the cables mixed up... your symptoms point towards a switched cable.

 

[Matt2]

Hmmm... my Gateway 24" shows a green semi-corrupted screen when using component with my xbox 360. I normally use the VGA cable and dont have any other devices hooked up via component so I never bothered to RMA for fear of getting back an inferior replacement.

 

[secretanchitman]

maybe your component inputs are defective. email/call dell to see whats up. i also have my wii plugged into my 2407's component inputs and they are fine (had the monitor since the beginning of summer).

 

[MDesigner]

dajeepster: Nope, cables are plugged in correctly.

It's weird, it was working fine, then one day the screen showed as purple when I turned the Wii on. I hope I don't have to send in my LCD monitor for servicing..what a pain to mail in.