On 16/01/2001 7:00, Dénes Bogsányi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> on 16/1/01 8:57, Carsten & Uni Vous Ortmann at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On 14/01/2001 23:00, Dénes Bogsányi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>>
>>> on 15/1/01 4:38, Bryan Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> of a tired battery is the date and time going haywire. (Another question I
>>>>> just thought of - is there anywhere it's possible to change the frequency
>>>>> of
>>>>> the screen? This is useful for me in tv-production and sometimes having to
>>>>> film the screen with a camera set to 60 hz)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Try holding down "control" when you click on the Monitor Resolution control
>>>> strip. This might let you choose the 60Hz option if it's available.
>>>>
>>>> - B
>>>>
>>> It sounds to me as a "gaussing" problem. Older monitors used to have this
>>> problem and had a "degaussing button" to take care of it. I do not know how
>>> this problem is dealt with on new monitors.
>>
>> What is Gaussing and what can be done about it. I seem to have discovered
>> tah the trouble has to do with IE5. IE's been on the machine for a long
>> time, and I've never had trouble, but it des look like this thing could be
>> coming from there.
>>
>> Carsten
>>
> The monitor works at very high voltage and is therefore well insulated. It
> can therefore build up a charge which disrupts the steadiness of the
> picture. I do not know whether this is still a problem in modern monitors
> but in older monitors there was a button provided, usually in a well hidden
> and hard to find position, which discharged this charge and thereby reset
> the monitor. This "degaussing" needed to be done about every six months. It
> is also worthwhile to treat the screen of the monitor with an anti-charging
> solution or cloth.
> Regards
> Dénes
It seems the resolution changes only occur when I'm not using the
default/factory settings, i.e. when I drag the width and the height to fit
the whole screen. When using default settings it doesn't seem to happen.
Does that explain anything?
Carsten
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