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Are the colors 'off' somehow on your computer's screen? Maybe they're washed out, or inverted? Perhaps everything has a red, green, or blue hue, or even just too dark or too light?

Worse yet, and easily the root cause of those migraines you've been having, is your screen distorted or 'messed up' in some way? Are text or images, or everything, blurry or moving by themselves?

Obviously, your computer's screen is the main way you interact with it, so anything that's just not quite right can quickly become a major problem, and potentially even a health risk if it happens to be one of the more disorienting issues that can occur.

There a number of different reasons why your monitor might be distorting images or representing color improperly, resulting in whatever specific issue you're seeing, so let's walk through some troubleshooting until we figure it out.

Most of these are easy things to try but a few of these tasks might be more difficult or unfamiliar than some of the others. If so, just take your time and be sure to reference any instructions on other pages if you need extra help.

How to Fix Discoloration and Distortion on a Computer Screen

  1. Power off the monitor, wait 15 seconds and then power it back on. Some issues, especially very minor ones, can be caused by very temporary issues with the connection to your computer that a restart will fix.

    If the problem goes away but quickly returns, especially if it's color related, try leaving the screen off for 30 minutes before powering it back on. If that helps, your monitor may be suffering from overheating.

  2. Restart your computer. There's a small chance that an operating system issue is the cause of the discoloration or distortion and a simple restart will do the trick. This is such an easy thing to try, however, that doing it early in the troubleshooting is smart.

    See Why Does Restarting Fix Problems? for more on this, especially if it works and you're wondering why.

  3. Check the cable between the monitor and the computer to make sure that each end is physically secure. Completely unplug, and plug back in, each end just to be sure.

    Newer interfaces, like HDMI, often simply 'push' in and 'pull' out, meaning gravity can sometimes eventually work them loose from both the monitor side and the computer side. Older interfaces, like VGA and DVI, are often screw-secured but they come loose sometimes, too.

  4. Degauss the monitor. Yes, this is very much some 'throwback' advice, considering that magnetic interference, which degaussing corrects, only happens on those large CRT monitors of yesteryear.

    That said, if you're still using a CRT screen, and the discoloration issues are focused near the edges of the screen, degaussing will most likely fix the problem.

  5. Using your monitor's adjustment buttons or onscreen settings, find the preset default level and enable it. This should return your monitor's many settings to 'factory default' levels, correcting any color issues that were caused by settings at improper levels.

    If you have an idea about what's 'off' with your colors, feel free to manually adjust individual settings like the brightness, color balance, saturation, or temperature, etc., and see if that helps.

    If you're not sure how to do any of this, reference your monitor's instruction manual.

  6. Adjust the color quality setting for the video card, making sure it's set at the highest level possible. This will often help resolve issues where the colors, especially in photos, appear incorrect.

    Fortunately, newer versions of Windows only support the highest color options possible, so this is probably only a worthwhile thing to look into if you're using Windows 7, Vista, or XP.

  7. At this point, any major discoloration or distortion problem you're seeing on your monitor is probably due to a physical problem with either the monitor itself or the video card.

    • Replace the monitor when you try another monitor in place of the one you have and the problems go away. Assuming you tried the other steps above and weren't successful, there's little if any reason to think the problem is due to something else.
    • Replace the video card when, after testing with a different monitor, as well as different cables, the problem does not go away. Another confirmation of the video card would be if you see the problem before Windows starts, like during the initial POST process.
  8. Your discoloration and distortion problems should be fixed.

There are two groups of users worried about the temperature of their computer: overclockers… and pretty much anybody with a powerful laptop. Those things just cook you! So have you ever wondered exactly what temperature your CPU is running at?

There are quite a few Windows programs that you can use to monitor the temperature. Here are two of our favorite options.

For Basic CPU Temperature Monitoring: Core Temp

The most important temperature to measure in your computer is the processor, or CPU. Core Temp is a simple, lightweight app that runs in your system tray and monitor’s the temperature of your CPU without cluttering it up with other stuff. It offers a few different options so you can customize it to your tastes, and even works with other programs like Rainmeter.

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Download Core Temp from its home page and install it on your computer. Be very careful to uncheck the bundled software on the third page of the installation! This was unchecked by default for me, but other users have noted that it is checked by default for them.

When you run it, it will appear as an icon or series of icons in your system tray showing the temperature of your CPU. If your CPU has multiple cores (as most modern CPUs do), it will show multiple icons–one for each core.

Right-click on the icon to show or hide the main window. It will give you a bunch of information about your CPU, including the model, speed, and the temperature of each of its cores.

Take particular note of the “TJ. Max” value–this is the highest temperature (in Celsius) at which the manufacturer has rated your CPU to run. If your CPU is anywhere near that temperature, it is considered overheating. (Usually it’s best to keep it at least 10 to 20 degrees lower than that–and even then, if you’re anywhere close, it usually means something is wrong unless you’ve overclocked your CPU.)

For most modern CPUs, Core Temp should be able to detect the Tj. Max for your specific processor, but you should look your specific processor online and double check. Every processor is a little different, and having an accurate Tj. Max value is very important, as it ensures you’re getting the correct temperature readings for your CPU.

Head to Options > Settings to configure some of Core Temp’s more useful features. Here are a few settings we recommend looking at:

  • General > Start Core Temp with Windows: You can turn this on or off; it’s up to you. Turning it on will allow you to monitor your temperatures at all time without having to remember to start it up. But if you only need the app occasionally, it’s okay to turn this off.
  • Display > Start Core Temp minimized: You’ll probably want to turn this on if you have “Start Core Temp with Windows” on.
  • Display > Hide Taskbar Button: Again, if you’re going to leave it running all the time, this is good to turn on so it doesn’t waste space on your taskbar.
  • Notification Area > Notification Area Icons: This allows you to customize how Core Temp appears in your notification area (or system tray, as its commonly called). You can choose to display just the app’s icon, or display the temperature of your CPU–I recommend the “highest temperature” (instead of “all cores”, which will show multiple icons). You can also customize the font and colors here.

If the icon is only appearing in the pop-up tray and you want to see it at all times, just click and drag it onto your taskbar.

If you decide to show the temperature in the notification area, you may want to change the Temperature Polling Interval in the General tab of Core Temp’s settings. By default, it’s set to 1000 milliseconds, but you can move it higher if the blinking numbers annoy you. Just remember the higher you set it, the more time it’ll take for Core Temp to notify you if your CPU is running hot.

Core Temp can do a lot more than this–you can head to Options > Overheat Protection to have your computer alert you when it reaches its maximum safe temperature, for example–but these basics should be all you need to keep an eye on your CPU temperatures.

For Advanced Monitoring Across Your Entire System: HWMonitor

Generally, your CPU temperatures are going to be the most important temperatures to monitor. But, if you want to see temperatures across your system–motherboard, CPU, graphics card, and hard drives–HWMonitor gives you that and much more.

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Download the latest version from the HWMonitor home page–I recommend the ZIP version, which doesn’t require installation, though you can also download the full setup version if you want. Start it up, and you’ll be greeted with a table of temperatures, fan speeds, and other values.

To find your CPU temperature, scroll down to the entry for your CPU–mine, for example, is an “Intel Core i7 4930K”–and look at the “Core #” temperatures in the list.

(Note that “Core Temperature” is different than “CPU Temp”, which will appear under the motherboard section for some PCs. Generally, you’ll want to monitor the Core temperature. See our note below about AMD temperatures for more info.)

Feel free to poke around and see temperatures for other components in your system, too. There isn’t much else you can do with HWMonitor, but it’s a good program to have around.

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A Note on AMD Processor Temperatures

Monitoring temperatures for AMD processors has long puzzled computer enthusiasts. Unlike most Intel processors, AMD machines will report two temperatures: “CPU Temperature” and “Core Temperature”.

“CPU Temperature” is an actual temperature sensor inside the CPU’s socket. “Core Temperature”, on the other hand, isn’t really a temperature at all. It’s an arbitrary scale measured in degrees celsius designed to, in a way, mimic a temperature sensor.

Your BIOS will often show the CPU Temperature, which may differ from programs like Core Temp, which show Core Temperature. Some programs, like HWMonitor, show both.

CPU Temperature is more accurate at low levels, but less so at high levels. Core Temperature is more accurate when your CPU gets hot–which is when temperature values really matter. So, in almost all cases, you’ll want to pay attention to Core Temperature. When your system is idle, it may show impossibly low temperatures (like 15 degrees celsius), but once things heat up a bit, it will show a more accurate–and useful–value.

What to Do If You Don’t Get a Reading (or Temperatures Look Really Wrong)

In some cases, you may find that one of the above programs doesn’t quite work. Maybe it doesn’t match up with another temperature-monitoring program, maybe it’s absurdly low, or maybe you can’t get a temperature at all.

There are a lot of reasons this could happen, but here are a few things to check:

  • Are you looking at the right sensors? If two programs don’t agree, it’s possible–especially on AMD machines–that one program is reporting the “Core temperature” and one is reporting the “CPU temperature”. Make sure you’re comparing apples to apples. Core temperature is usually what you want to monitor, as we mentioned above.
  • Make sure your programs are up to date. If you’re using an old version of Core Temp, for example, it may not support your CPU, in which case it won’t provide an accurate temperature (or possibly won’t even provide a temperature at all). Download the latest version to see if it fixes the problem. If you have a very new CPU, you may need to wait for an update to the program.
  • How old is your computer? If it’s more than a few years old, it may not be supported by programs like Core Temp.

We could write a book about monitoring CPU temperatures, but in the interest of keeping this easy to follow, we’ll leave it at that. Hopefully, you can get a general estimate of how well your CPU is being cooled.

Monitoring your temperatures is good, and something everyone should check on once in a while. But if your computer is regularly overheating, there’s probably a deeper cause that you need to look into. Open up the Task Manager and see if there are any processes using your CPU, and stop them (or figure out why they’re out of control). Make sure that you aren’t blocking any of the vents on your computer, especially if it’s a laptop. Blow the vents out with compressed air to make sure they aren’t filled with dust and dirt. The older and dirtier a computer gets, the harder the fans have to work to keep the temperature down–which means a hot computer and very loud fans.

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