So, my ASUS N550JV is brand new. There is a strange issue of screen turning 'reddish' after a while following the Windows 8 boot-up.
This actually happens in two scenarios:
- After the startup programs load up, i.e. disk usage calms down from 100%
- When I plug out the HDMI cable (TV). The screen goes to normal colors when TV is joined to displaying (duplicate screens), but when I plug it off, the screen turns reddish.
An Extreme Scenario
I booted a Linux distro for anti-virus purposes from USB drive after disabling secure boot and enabling CSM in UEFI. Everything was normal. Then I rebooted the system. This time (I tried to boot Linux), the screen was black and fans went crazy (louder than in a CPU stress test) and then I got my battery light flashing on the front side of the laptop. Now that I'm back to my original OS (Win8), my battery was draining but when I plugged it in, it did not charge. However, my screen was normal! Never went red again, until I updated the UEFI which fixed my battery problem and gave me back the red screen.
What I tried?
I took screenshots before the startup processes finished and after the screen turned reddish. Both appeared the same.
I updated both of my drivers: Intel HD Graphics 4600 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M. I know when powerful graphics processing is needed, NVIDIA is used so I suspect the Intel Graphics is the problem since only rendering the graphical interface is carried out. So, I went to Intel Graphics' Control Panel's Display Tab and played with 'red color's enhancement' values. This seems to fix it. Although when I extend the displays, the reddish screen stays on laptop and normal colors are displayed on TV, as I said before changing enhancement values fixes the problem.
Note: I had another ASUS N550JV before I replaced it with this one and it did not have such a problem. So this is specific to this device.
The question is:
What would trigger such an issue? How is BIOS related to this? Is there any other fix to this other than changing the red enhancement value? I ask for another fix because this is simply a workaround, not a complete solution to the problem.