John, I use WIN98SE with a Hansol 17" Monitor and an older ATI AGP Xpert 98 Adapter. To set the refresh rate on my monitor, I R-click on desktop >Properties >Settings tab >Advanced button and ADAPTER, not Monitor tab. I generally run it at 85 Hz refresh.
We all have different configs though, so see if you have an adapter tab. Roger ======================================================= These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter. I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Flynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:18 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: monitor settings > Clint, in display properties, the box for "Automatically detect plug & > play monitors" is checked. Is this what you mean? > > Device Manager specifies the new driver I just downloaded the other day, > dated 2-22-2005. > > I tried fiddling with various resolutions, and it did nothing. > > Tom, I looked under Color Management, and my Current monitor and Default > monitor profile are specified correctly. > > Am I right in assuming that there should be a box for refresh rate on > the Monitor tab under display properties? What do the rest of you have > out there? There must be many of you still using Win98se. If you are, > do me a favor: R-click on desktop >Properties >Settings tab > >Advanced button >Monitor tab. You should see the name of your > monitor, and three Options with little boxes to tick. Do you see > anything else below that? On mine there is a blank space, nothing > grayed out, just a blank, but big enough that it looks as if it was > intended to contain something. Is it possible that something is wrong > with my Windows installation? > > Thanks for all the suggestions. John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:20 AM > Subject: Re: PCWorks: monitor settings > > > > 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". ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? 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