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From: Mattrixx on 29 Dec 2005 17:13 Could someone please explain to me about LCD display resolution? I have a 19 inch Viewsonic VP191b monitor now for over a year. I have had NO problem with the display, therefore I am unused to dealing with a monitor problem. I recently changed motherboards and CPU, but kept all other hardware, including my ATI All in Wonder videocard. I booted up for the first time,after the MB/CPU swap, everything went well including re-activating Windows, however during that first bootup attempt (with the new MB and CPU), I could not "see" the screen on the LCD! I got a flickering horizontal rolling(?), so I temporarily changed back to a CRT and was then able to "see", and I then continued on to the BIOS to configure, and eventually to the Windows Desktop. Later, after all the new hardware and drivers were loaded, I was able to re-connect my LCD, but I could NOT get the screen to default to the 19 inch Viewsonic "native" resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels, it defaulted to a lower 1152 by 864 pixels. When I attempt to *set* the display to the 1280x864, the screen looks squashed with the top and bottom heading towards the middle of the screen.When I try to use the digital control buttons on the monitor, the auto and manual tabs are "Grayed Out", and no adjustments can be made! Also, now when I first boot, I immediately see that same horizontal rolling as before, but it quickly subsides and continues on as per normal until the Windows Desktop. The monitor also displays H-Frequency *63 Hz* V- Frequency *60Hz* while it is "rolling". When I try to go to "Safe Mode" by pressing the F8 key during boot up, I also encounter the same "rolling" and can not see the screen!! I have re-installed the Viewsonic driver CD but it has not solved this problem. Could this possibly be a BIOS setting I have missed, which is somehow causing this "rolling" out of sync.... in low video mode? Any experienced help here would be greatly appreciated. Matt
From: Quaoar on 29 Dec 2005 18:07 Mattrixx wrote: > Could someone please explain to me about LCD display resolution? > I have a 19 inch Viewsonic VP191b monitor now for over a year. > I have had NO problem with the display, therefore I am unused to > dealing with > a monitor problem. > > I recently changed motherboards and CPU, but kept all other hardware, > including my ATI All in Wonder videocard. > I booted up for the first time,after the MB/CPU swap, everything > went well including re-activating Windows, however during that first > bootup attempt (with the new MB and CPU), I could not "see" the > screen on the LCD! I got a flickering horizontal rolling(?), so I > temporarily changed > back to a CRT and was then able to "see", and I then continued on to > the BIOS to configure, and eventually to the Windows Desktop. > > Later, after all the new hardware and drivers were loaded, I was able > to re-connect my LCD, but I could NOT get the screen to default to > the 19 inch Viewsonic "native" resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels, it > defaulted to a lower 1152 by 864 pixels. > > When I attempt to *set* the display to the 1280x864, the screen looks > squashed with the top and bottom heading towards the middle of the > screen.When I try to use the digital control buttons on the monitor, > the auto and manual tabs are "Grayed Out", and no adjustments can be > made! > Also, now when I first boot, I immediately see that same horizontal > rolling as before, but it quickly subsides and continues on as per > normal until the Windows Desktop. > The monitor also displays H-Frequency *63 Hz* V- Frequency *60Hz* > while it is "rolling". > When I try to go to "Safe Mode" by pressing the F8 key during boot > up, I also encounter the same "rolling" and can not see the screen!! > > I have re-installed the Viewsonic driver CD but it has not solved this > problem. > Could this possibly be a BIOS setting I have missed, which is somehow > causing this "rolling" out of sync.... in low video mode? > > Any experienced help here would be greatly appreciated. > > Matt The native resolution is 1280 x 1024. Q
From: Mattrixx on 29 Dec 2005 19:34 Thanks Quaoar, for that resolution number (1280 x1024). I should have caught that!!(Duh) Any idea(s) on my low level video problem? i.e. When I first boot up I get that flickering rolling 64.4Hz H Frequency, and a 60.2 Vertical Frequency,which quickly then corrects it`s self as it continues on to desktop. Thanks again for any help in this matter I`m monitor "challenged" Matt "Quaoar" <quaoar(a)tenthplanet.net> wrote in message news:roidnZpaPqO-8SneRVn-rg(a)comcast.com... > Mattrixx wrote: >> Could someone please explain to me about LCD display resolution? >> I have a 19 inch Viewsonic VP191b monitor now for over a year. >> I have had NO problem with the display, therefore I am unused to >> dealing with >> a monitor problem. >> >> I recently changed motherboards and CPU, but kept all other hardware, >> including my ATI All in Wonder videocard. >> I booted up for the first time,after the MB/CPU swap, everything >> went well including re-activating Windows, however during that first >> bootup attempt (with the new MB and CPU), I could not "see" the >> screen on the LCD! I got a flickering horizontal rolling(?), so I >> temporarily changed >> back to a CRT and was then able to "see", and I then continued on to >> the BIOS to configure, and eventually to the Windows Desktop. >> >> Later, after all the new hardware and drivers were loaded, I was able >> to re-connect my LCD, but I could NOT get the screen to default to >> the 19 inch Viewsonic "native" resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels, it >> defaulted to a lower 1152 by 864 pixels. >> >> When I attempt to *set* the display to the 1280x864, the screen looks >> squashed with the top and bottom heading towards the middle of the >> screen.When I try to use the digital control buttons on the monitor, >> the auto and manual tabs are "Grayed Out", and no adjustments can be >> made! >> Also, now when I first boot, I immediately see that same horizontal >> rolling as before, but it quickly subsides and continues on as per >> normal until the Windows Desktop. >> The monitor also displays H-Frequency *63 Hz* V- Frequency *60Hz* while >> it is "rolling". >> When I try to go to "Safe Mode" by pressing the F8 key during boot >> up, I also encounter the same "rolling" and can not see the screen!! >> >> I have re-installed the Viewsonic driver CD but it has not solved this >> problem. >> Could this possibly be a BIOS setting I have missed, which is somehow >> causing this "rolling" out of sync.... in low video mode? >> >> Any experienced help here would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Matt > > The native resolution is 1280 x 1024. > > Q >
From: JANA on 30 Dec 2005 01:34 The proper native mode for your monitor is 1280 X 1024. The maximum refresh should not exceed 75 Hz. -- JANA _____ "Mattrixx" <someone(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:7cZsf.6727$oW.175(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com... Could someone please explain to me about LCD display resolution? I have a 19 inch Viewsonic VP191b monitor now for over a year. I have had NO problem with the display, therefore I am unused to dealing with a monitor problem. I recently changed motherboards and CPU, but kept all other hardware, including my ATI All in Wonder videocard. I booted up for the first time,after the MB/CPU swap, everything went well including re-activating Windows, however during that first bootup attempt (with the new MB and CPU), I could not "see" the screen on the LCD! I got a flickering horizontal rolling(?), so I temporarily changed back to a CRT and was then able to "see", and I then continued on to the BIOS to configure, and eventually to the Windows Desktop. Later, after all the new hardware and drivers were loaded, I was able to re-connect my LCD, but I could NOT get the screen to default to the 19 inch Viewsonic "native" resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels, it defaulted to a lower 1152 by 864 pixels. When I attempt to *set* the display to the 1280x864, the screen looks squashed with the top and bottom heading towards the middle of the screen.When I try to use the digital control buttons on the monitor, the auto and manual tabs are "Grayed Out", and no adjustments can be made! Also, now when I first boot, I immediately see that same horizontal rolling as before, but it quickly subsides and continues on as per normal until the Windows Desktop. The monitor also displays H-Frequency *63 Hz* V- Frequency *60Hz* while it is "rolling". When I try to go to "Safe Mode" by pressing the F8 key during boot up, I also encounter the same "rolling" and can not see the screen!! I have re-installed the Viewsonic driver CD but it has not solved this problem. Could this possibly be a BIOS setting I have missed, which is somehow causing this "rolling" out of sync.... in low video mode? Any experienced help here would be greatly appreciated. Matt
From: dannysdailys on 30 Dec 2005 08:30
> Mattrixxwrote: Could someone please explain to me about LCD display resolution? > I have a 19 inch Viewsonic VP191b monitor now for over a year. > I have had NO problem with the display, therefore I am unused to dealing > with > a monitor problem. > > I recently changed motherboards and CPU, but kept all other hardware, > including my ATI All in Wonder videocard. > I booted up for the first time,after the MB/CPU swap, everything went well > including re-activating Windows, however during that first bootup attempt > (with the new MB and CPU), I could not "see" the screen on the LCD! > I got a flickering horizontal rolling(?), so I temporarily changed back to a > CRT and was then able to "see", and I then continued on to the BIOS to > configure, and eventually to the Windows Desktop. > > Later, after all the new hardware and drivers were loaded, I was able to > re-connect my LCD, but I could NOT get the screen to default to the 19 inch > Viewsonic "native" resolution of 1280 by 768 pixels, it defaulted to a lower > 1152 by 864 pixels. > > When I attempt to *set* the display to the 1280x864, the screen looks > squashed with the top and bottom heading towards the middle of the > screen.When I try to use the digital control buttons on the monitor, the > auto and manual tabs are "Grayed Out", and no adjustments can be made! > > Also, now when I first boot, I immediately see that same horizontal rolling > as before, but it quickly subsides and continues on as per normal until the > Windows Desktop. > The monitor also displays H-Frequency *63 Hz* V- Frequency *60Hz* while > it is "rolling". > When I try to go to "Safe Mode" by pressing the F8 key during boot up, I > also encounter the same "rolling" and can not see the screen!! > > I have re-installed the Viewsonic driver CD but it has not solved this > problem. > Could this possibly be a BIOS setting I have missed, which is somehow > causing this "rolling" out of sync.... in low video mode? > > Any experienced help here would be greatly appreciated. > > Matt Are you using DVI as your connection to your monitor? I've had many problems over the years with LCD's hooked up with analog. Though my new Viewsonic connected to analog seems to auto-set itself with no problems, perhaps that is your issue. Use DVI and I think you'll see the problems go away. I have had some strange problems though; how about when installing Windows, the bootup sequence will boot through my other monitor port instead of my primary. Then when the Windows logo fires, it reverts back. This also may be what you've been seeing. After installing the video driver, it straightens out. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. |