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 God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- 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". > > 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 ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? 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