Monitor problem.

Tusky

Howdy,

got a new monitor and I have to (im sure) very simple problems but my brain is stupid and cant figure them out.

Firstly, i have set the resolution to 1280 x 1024 as reccomended in the manual and website but Im getting that bendy screen effect that you get when you set the resolution too high for your monitor as seen in the attached pic.

Secondly, when I scroll, all text on the screen goes dark and blurry, this only happens while im actually scrolling.

Any ideas ?

Cheers.

WizZard

CRT or TFT?

Capt'n Midnight

great - it's a printscreen not a picture of the problem..

most monitors have BRAND and MODEL specific controls to adjust the screen

is the screen perfect in 1024*768 ?

what size is it as you would want something bigger than 17" if it's a CRT to get really god images above 1024

Tusky

Its a 19 inch LCD.

"great - it's a printscreen not a picture of the problem.."

It was just to show the bendyness

duridian

I think what he meant was that a screen capture doesn't show what the monitor is doing but rather just the (otherwise perfect) picture which your graphics card is outputting. To show what the monitor is doing you would would need to take a photo of the screen using a digital camera or the like.

Capt'n Midnight

Tusky wrote:

Its a 19 inch LCD.

have you checked the refresh rate ?
LCD's don't need to be run high since they don't use a raster - drop back to 60Hz first perhaps.

If you have a very old computer and you are using a VGA cable (three rows of 5 pins) then check the cable is plugged in fully or it might mean that the graphics card isn't up to it.

[/qoute] It was just to show the bendyness [/QUOTE] try rotating the picture 90 degrees in paint or photoshop

Tusky

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

have you checked the refresh rate ?
LCD's don't need to be run high since they don't use a raster - drop back to 60Hz first perhaps.

If you have a very old computer and you are using a VGA cable (three rows of 5 pins) then check the cable is plugged in fully or it might mean that the graphics card isn't up to it.

[/qoute] It was just to show the bendyness

try rotating the picture 90 degrees in paint or photoshop [/QUOTE]

Its at 60hz already, the pc and graphics card are quite high end. I'll give the wires a twiddle but I dont think its that, cheers for the rpely anywho.

gamer

try, go to display propertys switch to 800by 600 16bit color 60mhz refresh rate reboot pc and see if u can get good display,switch off vsync too.in grafix cards, control panel.if that works try 32bit colormode.

causal

Do you have the correct driver for the new monitor installed?

causal

Tusky

causal wrote:

Do you have the correct driver for the new monitor installed?

causal

There are no drivers on the cd.. I didnt think monitors needed drivers.... Im an idiot, I'll have a look for them.

The white on the monitor seems to have turned a slightly green colour too...strange.

Zion

The white on the monitor seems to have turned a slightly green colour too...strange.

Maybe it's a stupid suggestion but perhaps it is time to think about sending it back for a replacement?

Is there any changes when you mess around with the OSD monitor setting?

WizZard

Most LCD monitors do have specific drivers, and/or tools to change the settings (depending on make)

What's the actual brand/make & model?

Tusky

WizZard wrote:

Most LCD monitors do have specific drivers, and/or tools to change the settings (depending on make)

What's the actual brand/make & model?

its an Acer AL1912 s 19 inch LCd monitor.

Where can I find the monitors RGB colour settings?

causal

Tusky wrote:

its an Acer AL19912 s 19 inch LCd monitor.

Where can I find the monitors RGB colour settings?

I presume that should be AL1912s it doesn't give the RGB settings, but you shouldn't have to go near them, it's supposed to be plug'n'play.

causal

Tusky

causal wrote:

I presume that should be AL1912s it doesn't give the RGB settings, but you shouldn't have to go near them, it's supposed to be plug'n'play.

causal

It says in the manual if there is discolouring i.e white looks green, change RGB settings.

causal

Ok, but before changing RGB values, I'd be inclined to keep the monitor at factory settings and make sure you have the correct driver:

You can get the windoze 1912s driver from 1912s page on Acers European support site


hth,
causal

newbie2

1. Listen to Casual, then update graphics divers.

2. Check that one of the pins on your cable hasn't got bent. If it has, try to carefully bend it back ( If it breaks - don't blame me !! ). The RGB settings for your monitor are probably found by pressing the menu button on the botom of your monitor.
If this is a PnP monitor then you shouldn't have to change the RGB settings.


Hope this helps

Tusky

I dont have any drivers installed but i keep getting a cannot complete hardware wizzard msg when I try install drivers.

newbie2

m, hang on a sec

Tusky

hanging on, cheers for the help.

newbie2

control panel / display / settings / advanced / monitor / properties / general


What are the settings ? Is the device working properly ? Is it the correct monitor ?


control panel / display / settings / advanced / monitor / properties / driver

Update driver? Rollback driver ?


I have a feeling you have to uninstall your current drivers before you install new ones !!!!
Don't take my word for it. Check first.

If the device is working properly - and according to your jpeg, you have a fairly good result ( on the inside! ) , then it's more than likely a prob with your hardware... check there are no pins bent on the cable ( Both ends!! ) and the mess around with your settings on your monitor.

rafter

newbie2

don't uninstall monitor drivers, untill someone else tells you it's ok, I'm not sure how you will work on Pc without a working mon. !!!!

Tusky

It says theres no monitor drivers to uninstall =/ When i point it in to the folder with the drivers in it it says they are not new.

in General

"device type - monitor"
"manifactuer - standard type"

hmmm

Vikings

Have you got an old system you could try the monitor on?

Tusky

IncredibleBulk wrote:

Have you got an old system you could try the monitor on?

I could give it a go tomorrow yeah.

newbie2

A bit of digging got this:

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/40306/

it seems that your monitor will only run at 1280 * 1024 as a Maximum noninterlaced resolution.

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1][/size][/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "INTERLACED" AND "NON-INTERLACED"?[/font][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]?
(October 2000)
PAL or NTSC video cameras work in interlaced mode. In this mode 50 or 60 fields (=half-pictures) are picked-up per second. The first field (=half-picture) consists of all odd horizontal lines (1,3,5, ...) and the second one of all even horizontal lines (2,4,6, ...). This system has the disadvantage that one complete picture is always a combination of two half-pictures, picked up one after the other and not at the same time. This can result in "unsharp" looking pictures of moving objects. [/size][/font]



[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]Progressive scan cameras always pick up the whole image completely. This is called non-interlaced mode.[/size][/font]



[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]Advantage of non-interlaced (=Progressive Scan) pictures:
More vertical resolution and "sharper" pictures of moving objects

Advantage of interlaced (=Video) pictures:
Motion looks "smoother" picture[/size][/font]


bring the res down a touch - should be fine .......



By the way, how do I upload a picture to the forum? I can't figure it out !!

Tusky

Afraid it didnt work, besides, the manual etc says to run it at that rez.

you have to put img tags before and after the URL

[IMG.] [/IMG.] without the full stops.

newbie2

Dude,
As far as I can see, the manual does ot
say to run your monitor at that res. From what I can tell the monitor can be run at that res when it is dealing with a non interlaced video. This will look stunning, but when working with normal video and pc display settings, a little less res should do the trick.

Thanks for the advice

Tusky

yeah that 1280 x 1204 is the res to run it at!!! so does the box, so does the manual....anyway even when I turn the rez down it doesnt solve the problem, doesnt even help it.

gamer

if u dont have drivers try control panel windows add hardware and install generic svga monitor driver, if u can find 1,or else go to manufacturers monitor webpage download monitor driver,my advice work at 800by 600 60mhz refresh rate until u get proper drivers installed ,maybe shop would have driver disk 4 ur laptop.EVERY MONITOR ,has a specific monitor driver file for win2k,or win xp or windows 98.make sure switch off vsync in graphics card advanced options.