Red Tint to iMac G5 Screen

So here is my story...
When I first acquired this iMac G5 the screen did not work at all. I proceeded to replace all of the capacitors on the motherboard (since this model has been plagued with leaking/bulging capacitors) and am now able to see the screen; however, there is a fuzzy red tint to the screen. Occasionally the screen looses the fuzzy characteristic and turns to a blue tint.
Does anyone know if this problem is being caused by the capacitors still (might one or two of the ones I replaced be loose?) or is it a problem with the graphics chip?
Here are the tech specs...
17" iMac G5 (EMC: 1989)
1.8 GHz PowerPC
1 GB DDR SDRAM
Mac OS X 10.4.11
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated!

Hello!
When I had the blue tint problem the solution was:
Launch System Preference.
Select Display.
Select the highest resolution.
Close Display Pane.
Close System Preference.
That worked. Hope that works for you.

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