Yes, your assumption is correct. Uncheck that Plug and Play box (restart) and see what happens. Hook the old monitor back up and see what happens with it. Like I've been saying all along, you should have the refresh drop-down choice area there. Didn't you have it before the new monitor? The fact that it's not there now is either an identification issue somewhere with the video card or monitor, or, a driver issue with the video card or monitor. -Clint
God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Flynn" Clint, in display properties, the box for "Automatically detect plug & play monitors" is checked. Is this what you mean? Device Manager specifies the new driver I just downloaded the other day, dated 2-22-2005. I tried fiddling with various resolutions, and it did nothing. Tom, I looked under Color Management, and my Current monitor and Default monitor profile are specified correctly. Am I right in assuming that there should be a box for refresh rate on the Monitor tab under display properties? What do the rest of you have out there? There must be many of you still using Win98se. If you are, do me a favor: R-click on desktop >Properties >Settings tab >Advanced button >Monitor tab. You should see the name of >your monitor, and three Options with little boxes to tick. Do you see anything else below that? On mine there is a blank space, nothing grayed out, just a blank, but big enough that it looks as if it was intended to contain something. Is it possible that something is wrong with my Windows installation? Thanks for all the suggestions. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" > Then you may want to try and change it to "Plug and Play" > monitor. Like I said, it may take several attempts. If you > finally get POSITIVE it can't be fixed via the monitor, then > that of course leaves the video card. Are you sure your > video > card drivers are still loaded? Sometimes when you change > monitors you have to reinstall the video card drivers. Make > sure in the Device Manager it's listed as it's supposed to be > and not something like "Standard PCI VGA adapter" which won't > have refresh rates. > > If after all this it still doesn't show up, then there's just > something "strange" going on with the video card/monitor > combo, > like they just "don't like each other". I'm familiar with > that > card since I used to have one on a test PC, and as I > indicated > it did have 85hz refresh @1024x768. You could try 800x600 > for > the heck of it, but I don't think that's just going to > miraculously add the refresh rate box since you don't have it > now. > -Clint > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John O'Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks, Clint, for the suggestions. > > Yes it is a CRT, and yes FV is vertical frequency. In > Win98se, > under > Display properties >Settings there is an "Advanced" button > leading to a > tab for "Monitor". > > In here you can set the brand and model of your monitor, and > yes, I have > it properly identified. You can also ask Windows > to search its driver database and Drive D (with the monitor > installation > disk) for a better driver. I did this and got the message > "You > are > already using the best driver for this device." Went to the > ViewSonic > site and got the latest version of the recommended driver, > installed it. > > No change. Still don't get any option for changing the > refresh > rate. > Still stuck with a refresh rate of 60.2. > > It can't be a driver problem. Ideas, anybody? > > TIA John > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" > > > CRT or LCD monitor? > > > > If you're not given any refresh rates under Display > > Properties, > > it's usually due to not having video card drivers > > installed, > > or > > the wrong ones. If not that, then the monitor needs > > drivers. > > (Of course this is assuming the video card and monitor and > > both > > capable of 60hz+ refresh rates, of which yours are). > > > > I see now this is a CRT monitor (you want an LCD to be 60hz > > since it looks better there and they are don't have flicker > > issues). I'm not familiar with those "FV" and "FH" > > settings, > > I > > assume those are frequencies (they are usually displayed as > > something else) and if so, that 60.2 would indeed be the > > refresh rate (vertical frequency). FWIW, that monitor > > should > > be able to do 100hz @1024x768. I know the video card can > > do > > at > > least 85hz at that res. I assume you changed the res under > > the > > "Settings" tab under Display Properties. On XP, there's an > > "Advanced" button there at the bottom, and the refresh is > > changed under the "Monitor" tab via drop-down menu. If you > > don't have it, it's a driver issue, and probably the > > monitor > > since you changed it. So is the monitor identified > > correctly > > under the "Monitor" tab? If not, it needs to show the > > monitor's model # there. This can be tricky sometimes, it > > sometimes takes several attempts and restarts to get the > > monitor's model # listed. Sometimes if you finally > > determine > > you can't do that, having "Plug and play" listed there > > instead > > will sometimes work. > > > > Windows OS's are supposed to have most if not all basic CRT > > monitor's inf files in them. Other times, the monitor has > > firmware built in it that tells the OS what it is, and the > > appropriate settings. If these are not the cases in your > > case, > > then you need actual drivers for the monitor which should > > be > > on > > a floppy with the monitor, or at Viewsonic's website. If > > they > > don't exist, then you're just going to have to keep messing > > with that "Change monitor" button under the "Monitor" tab I > > mentioned above to get it identified correctly. Only then > > will > > you have the refresh rate drop-down menu selection. > > -Clint > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John O'Flynn" > > > > Just treated myself to a 19" monitor (what a change from > > the > > old 15"!) > > and finding some of the technicalities a bit over my head. > > > > ViewSonic G90fb-2. Got the resolution set at 1024x768. > > The > > instructions say that at this setting the refresh rate > > should > > be 85 Hz. > > The Viewmeter in the OnScreen main menu tells me that my > > actual > > FV = > > 60.2 and FH = 48.5, and I think I can detect a flicker in > > white > > screens > > such as I would use for text. > > > > The instructions say: To set the refresh rate see your > > graphic > > card's > > user guide for instructions. My card is an AGP SiS6326 > > which > > was part > > of a setup I bought five years ago. The booklet I have > > seems > > to be > > written for Win95 users and has a picture of a screen > > called > > "Display > > Modes" which includes a box for adjusting the refresh rate. > > On > > my > > Win98se when I go to Display properties >Settings there is > > a > > box for > > adjusting Screen area but nothing for Refresh rate. > > > > So can I adjust the refresh rate, or is it self-adjusting > > once > > I set the > > resolution? Is it possible that 60.2 is the best that can > > be > > flogged > > out of the equipment I've got? I don't know how to > > interpret > > these > > specifications, but my receipt for the package I bought in > > 2000 > > tells > > me: "System No 4, Intel P3-133" and "CPU, P3 733-133". ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
