> > I've got a Stealth 3D 4000 also. Mine's got 4MB RAM, is AGP, and I get
> > noise on 1152x864, 24bpp- not lower. I believe it has to do with the
> > refresh rates that the card supports. You might try manually tweaking
> > modelines in /etc/X11/XF86Config. I mean to do this eventually, but
> > haven't gotten around to it yet. Other than this, I don't know how
> > to fix it. I'd suggest learning to live with it, or stick to a lower
> > resolution/color depth.
>
> yup, ive got the same card. what exactly do you mean by tweaking? what
> do i tweak? i intend to figure this out because i really cant stand
> that noise! if i find that it is unfixable, then i will consider
> getting another card.
> please give me details on what i should change about the modelines.
well, i figured it out. my monitor has an onscreen menu for making
settings. it also shows the current hsync and vsync. i looked at it
while running the noisy x. i then booted into windows and compared the
values. they were very different! so i edited XF86Config and commented
out the modeline that was causing the noise. i then ran x and there was
less noise than before. after a few more '#', i finally found a
modeline that boots up perfectly and gives no noise. my screen looks
better than ever! even better than it looked in windows! give this
method a shot and i am sure it will help your problems too.
:P
