Blue Tint Started after I set up TV monitor: dual g5 2.0Ghz

Machine: Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 10.4.6 with Lacie Electron Blue 22 connected to it. ATI Radeon 9650 Driving it.
Problem: It was working fine. Now it has blue tint (haze) to it. It looks like somebody put a piece of blue plastic wrap in the front of the entire screen. When I restart, it will appear neutral white (normal) and then after "a while" it goes to the blue tint and it pretty much stays that way.
What I did recently that MAY have caused the problem: I attached my TV - 37 inch lcd - via a DVI-D cable, messed around with it, got the lacie and the TV mirrored... things worked fine. Better than fine, wonderful. Disconnected the TV, messed with the display settings, then the blue thing happened later (not immediately after disconnecting tv).
How I know that it is not the monitor (hardware): Because the monitor is shared via a KVM between the G5 and my linux server. There is no tint when I switch over to the linux server. I also eliminated KVM problems by trading cables between the g5 and the linux box and the behavior on the G5 was exactly as described above. This kvm thing worked fine for nearly 6 months and it would be quite a coincidence anyway if it went bad while i was hooking up the TV to the G5. Right now I am typing this through a bluish tint on the G5 and there is no tint when I switch to the linux box (likewise, the TV looks fine right now).
Things I have tried: Changing color profiles, restarting umteen times, switching dvi ports on cards, removing tv monitor, etc. I've tried a bunch of things, but of course I may have overlooked something.
I did try to calibrate the monitor at some point in all this mess, but even if I messed something up, when I switch to other color profiles, it still happens.
I feel like it must be something to do with the software. I just don't get it.
I need some help, I've got to do some photography work on the G5 and I cant do it when my white balance is blue!
2Ghz G5 see text   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Solved.
The problem turned out to be the kvm switch (for those that care it is an iomega gcs632U). This is the second one that has broken. I would not recommend this switch. The first time it was something different.
When I tested it, it must have been behaving erratically and worked fine during the test.

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