Hi John,
Try reducing the resolution and or color depth to see if the option for changing the refresh rate choices increase. Your video card may not support higher refresh rates at high resolution or color depth.
t0m
John O'Flynn wrote:
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
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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
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----- 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".
I wish I knew as much about these things as some of you others on the list do, and I'll sure appreciate your advice.
TIA John
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