Am Mittwoch, 6. M�rz 2002 04:47 schrieben Sie: > Gerald Pichler wrote: > > On Monday, 4. March 2002 22:17, you wrote: > > > On Monday 04 March 2002 21:54, you wrote: > > > > I got a new Monitor, and I would like to set my refresh rate from 75 > > > > Hz to 100 Hz. > > > > > > > > Graficcard: ATI Xpert 2000 (ATI 128 chipset) > > > > Monitor: HP p1120 > > > > XFree86 Version: 4.0.x (I think) > > > > > > > > I tried lots of stuff, like uncommenting Modelines with low refresh > > > > rates, or inserting "MinimumRefresh 100" into the subsection > > > > "Display", but nothing helps. The Monitor continues stubbornly to > > > > show up with 1024x786 @ 75 Hz. I know the Monitor can do 1024x768 @ > > > > 100 Hz, because that is how Windoze configurated it, when it was > > > > plugged in the first time. > > > > > > That is not so reliable. Windoze did the same thing here and I know > > > DAMD sure my monitor couldn't do that :-0 > > > > > > > Is there any EASY way (I am a newbie) to say to my hardware: "I want > > > > 1024x768 @ 100 Hz, please do it" ? > > > > > > There should be lines like these: > > > > > > HorizSync 30.0-91.0 > > > > > > VertRefresh 50.0-150.0 > > > > > > (these are for my Nokia, don't just use them!) > > > Write the correct numbers here and your monitor will be smooth and > > > safe. > > > > > > Isn't that 1120 a type? Monitorworld doesn't know about it. > > > http://monitorworld.com/Monitors/hp/ > > > > > > Frank > > > > Thanks for this suggestion, I was thinking of that too, and looked at > > www.hp.com for the monitor. I found a manual and it said 30-121 H and 48 > > - 160 V > > > > I inserted it there, but the result was NIL. > > I did another try today with XFdrak, the configuration utility of > > Mandrake 8.0. It was able to push this monitor to 85 Hz, when I selected > > a HP Monitor from the list that was close to my specs. Thats better, but > > still not what I would like to get. > > Here I modified the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines again, but now the > > monitor is stuck at 85 Hz. I somehow have the impression, that the file I > > am editing the whole time is simply ignored. > > > > Does anybody know which file is used for the refresh rate setting at a > > Mandrake 8.0 system? > > Could it be that your rate is limited by the monitor's horizontal rate? > Some monitors can do fast rates but only at low resolutions. > > Joe Krahn
Well, I am running this Monitor at 1024x768, and with 121 kHz max horizontal frequency and 160 Hz max vertical, it is definitly able to run at 100 Hz, so that is not the problem. Geri _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
