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| Thread ID: 22008 | 2002-07-09 14:02:00 | Forefront Tech Monitor Driver | angel_rapper (949) | Press F1 |
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| 61085 | 2002-07-10 16:55:00 | No, your mobo drivers must be there if the adapter is reporting correctly. I am puzzled though, why your monitor wont display better than 640x480. What happens when you try? Is your refresh rate wrong? What is your refresh rate? Try lowering it. Have you got too higher colour depth selected? What is the coulor depth? 32 bit? 24 bit? 16 bit? High colour? True Colour? Try it at 256 colours. Try selecting another monitor type (something common, there really isnt much difference between normal cheaper monitors) |
godfather (25) | ||
| 61086 | 2002-07-11 04:07:00 | Ok, what happens when I select a higher res? The screen just goes nuts, and you can't see anything. And as for the refresh rate, there's only two settings: Optimal and Adapter Default, and neither of which made any difference when I tried right now. I set the monitor driver to just the standard 'Plug & Play' driver, put the refresh rate on default, 256 colors, and still no luck....HELP ME SOMEONE, I'M GOING INSANE!!! | angel_rapper (949) | ||
| 61087 | 2002-07-11 04:26:00 | Thank you!!! throws crystal ball away at last! Now you may get assistance, as you have at last described the problem. It sounds like the horizontal scan frequency, but unsure what 98 allows on that setting, but I am sure someone will know. If you overscan a monitor that is what can happen (its also not always good for the monitor) Only have XP and LCD monitors here... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 61088 | 2002-07-11 04:31:00 | Try some other monitors from the Win 98 list (including the other "forefront" one, just dont let them run long in that error condition. | godfather (25) | ||
| 61089 | 2002-07-11 05:27:00 | I have a sneaky feeling that your monitor is VERY old, and in fact only runs in 640x480 mode, despite you saying it had previously run in 800x600. Have a look at the back of the monitor and see if you can find a date of manufacture and report back. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 61090 | 2002-07-11 05:54:00 | Looking at it from a technical perspective, it could be that it may have once supported the higher scan rate, but age (and drying out electrolytics etc) have caused it to no longer frequency lock on that rate. Biily T is the monitor man...where are you Billy! |
godfather (25) | ||
| 61091 | 2002-07-11 10:40:00 | Well, theres no manufacture date....no serial number either...hmmm...but yeah, I guess you might be right in that it's just too old. I mean, it looks old, but as I'm sure you know, that doesn't always mean anything. Anyone know where I can get a cheap new monitor from? I give up... | angel_rapper (949) | ||
| 61092 | 2002-07-11 21:07:00 | Not too sure of the date, but VGA (640x480 only) colour monitors were being made up until about 1991/93. The number ECM5413 rings a very faint bell, thats why I have this feeling it's only a VGA monitor. It's probably not worth the effort, but a case moulding date is often in side the cover in the form of little clock faces giving month and year of manufacture. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 61093 | 2002-07-12 01:01:00 | Yeah, you're probably right...I don't think its worth opening it up. I'll just get a new one from somewhere. Thanks anyways everyone. | angel_rapper (949) | ||
| 61094 | 2002-07-12 02:49:00 | The ECM 4513 monitor was sold by Melco and has a max resolution of 720 Horizontal x 480 Vertical as per spec sheet. Scan frequencies of 31.5 Khz Horizontal and 60/70 Hz Vertical | Stuart R (950) | ||
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