Turning monitor creates color distortion

I currently have an emac (1gig) which i purchased in April of 2004. Frankly its a tank..never had a problem! Until now...the monitor has a cyan and magenta discoloration which only appears when the computer is rotated. Starting when it reaches about 90 degrees a cyan color occurrs in the bottom right corner and as it continues to turn the magenta appears down the left side. The computer is located at the foot of my bed and I turn it around when watching downloaded shows. Anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this problem? Keep in mind I have tried recalibrating the monitor and the monitor is turned off and on daily.

That's a pretty good description of a CRT monitor being exposed to RFI/EMI from some nearby source of an electromagnetic field. Short of building a Faraday cage to hold the computer, you need to figure out where the interference originates and move the source and computer as far apart as possible. What sort of appliances are near the foot of the bed where the Mac is located? Do you perhaps have a UPS sitting next to the computer instead of on the floor? Do you have an electric blanket on the bed? A compact refrigerator nearby? Sound system speakers? A halogen or flouresent floor lamp? Anyting that draws electricity is a potential source.

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Yes I have problems only with the external monitor.
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Yes I have installed the new version of the BIOS too.
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sorry uberfoto, did not get what MBP meant at first.
what Jan says about color calibration tool is right....and start again from the RAW.....
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here what I have to say on that (part of another discussion):
".... Sorry, but no AppleTFT Display comes close to a hardware calibrated display. Maybe they are semi-professional. I do not say this to insult Apple, ore somebody else, but i say this to sway out the illusion of , " if I just spend more money on the calibration tool and software, I´ll have better prints". It´s just not possible, because the display cant show what is there. A Apple CRT Studio Display is far better in this. I you want to have a flat-screen TFT Display to bring good results, you have to choose one that is able to be hardware calibrated and has a higher lookup table (EIZO, LaCie, QuatoGrafics......)
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