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Posted by Fandom on May-09-2002 21:18:

Weird monitor problem!

yway,i have some sort of viewing problem with my Viewsonic monitor.
I own a CRT E790 monitor for 1 and almost a half year and i recently changed from resolution to resolution a few times,and i mean i changed the dpi,the resolution and later the frame rate but not to overcome the screen's capabilities.When i finally decided i didnt want a change and got everything to it's previous state,i encountered this strange problem: when i start my pc up and i have my settings to get the max out of my monitor(streched to full screen completely but not to cut any of the viewing) i see that it's cut off in the up and down of the vertical,some pixels only like half a centimetre or something but it's really annoying...
the strange thing is that after i recalibrate it to fit exactly on what i get at the startup,some time passes(like 10-15 minutes) and the screen appears to have place for more streching!i stretch out again and guess what,next time i start my pc it has the top and bottom a bit cut off!So pixels only but it really get's on my nerves cause it keeps repeating,even if i dont stretch to max and leave it as it is it will afterwards appear to have space for more!!!
I'd be grateful if u would help me out,i'm almost desperate!
A Puzzled TA

Posted by P4z! on May-09-2002 21:49:

Maybe a stupid question but have u tried to download new drivers to your monitor?

//DJ_A

Posted by Tranex02 on May-09-2002 22:23:

where can you download drivers for a monitor?

Posted by Orbax on May-09-2002 22:30:

sounds more like video card drivers

Posted by P4z! on May-09-2002 23:16:

yea yea

Posted by lMIlk on May-09-2002 23:18:

hey something funny happend to my monitor, i turned it on and it would turn on and off really fast non stop. Turns out the monitor burned inside or something

Posted by wookieslut on May-09-2002 23:22:

my friend spilled water in mine one time in and went black for a couple hours but luckily came back to normal a day later.

Posted by lMIlk on May-09-2002 23:26:

yea alot of times when i get a lot of water on my electronics it just dries and works fine again

Posted by Fraggle on May-10-2002 01:37:

hmm...maybe just the monitor's getting old

usually takes about 1/2 an hour for monitors to warm up...so it may change slightly...ie. when it starts up the screen maybe one size/colour/etc. but after a while when it's been running for a while it will have changed size/colour/etc.

or maybe it's just faulty...don't know about your particular monitor, but just about all of them these days have some sort of memory to remember settings for each resolution/refresh rate

btw...as a side note...also in relation to sothis's thread...it's good to have the refresh rate at least 72MHz (75MHz is closest for most monitors)...it's the standard for minimum refresh or something...some monitors at high resolutions will default to 60MHz, which appears to flicker & is bad for your eyes...try and choose the highest refresh for each resolution as even 75MHz appears to flicker for some people. i know most trinitron screens will go upto 100+MHz, but it's nice to have around 85MHz or so.

Posted by SmellsExcellent on May-10-2002 02:49:

if you ignore the problem it will go away!!

-M

Posted by trancaholic on May-10-2002 05:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Fraggle
hmm...maybe just the monitor's getting old
or maybe it's just faulty...don't know about your particular monitor, but just about all of them these days have some sort of memory to remember settings for each resolution/refresh rate

I'm pretty sure this is it. My own monitor has the same problem, but I can't afford to replace it right now, which is about the only solution.

Posted by GrimReaper on May-10-2002 07:25:

Re: Weird monitor problem!

quote:
Originally posted by Dj DoomForce
yway,i have some sort of viewing problem with my Viewsonic monitor.
I own a CRT E790 monitor...

What graphics card u have? NVidia or something else.. u should update it's drivers too.

Get new drivers for a Viewsonic monitor HERE

Posted by Fandom on May-10-2002 09:21:

Thanx guys,i appreciate.
Though i have the latset drivers for my monitor,it's more like a warm-up problem..like fraggle said.
Well,unless someone can post another solution,i'll just have to settle with it,i can't afford another monitor right now.
Hope i can manage to ignore it!