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- From: ewh@emf780.den.mmc.com (Edward Householder)
- Subject: Gateway 15" monitor vertical bar problem. UPDATE
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.150803.19739@den.mmc.com>
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- Organization: Martin Marietta, Denver
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:08:03 GMT
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- In a previous article I posted the following:
-
- >To: All monitor owners
- >
- >Problem: I have received two monitors from Gateway both of which
- >display a vertical bar (looks like a shadow, or a reflection) on
- >the left hand side of the screen. This problem is seen only at
- >1024 x 768 resolution, not at lower resolutions. I haven't tried
- >it at 1240.
- >
- >Monitor: Gateway Crystal Scan 1572 fs, 15 "
- > (this is the 15" monitor upgrade)
- >
- >Graphics Card: ATI Ultra Graphics
- >CPU: 486dx2/50
- >
- >Question(s):
- >1. Has anyone out their experienced this phenomenon?
-
- To date three people have notified me that they have the exact
- same problem. Two have said that they have the same configuration
- without the problem.
-
- >2. Is this common? Do you know what the problem is? Any suggestions?
- >3. Could the driver card being doing this?
-
- UPDATE:
-
- I tried the monitor on a friends identical system (with the
- exception of his NEC 3FGX monitor). The problem was there with
- the 1572FS driver being used. The problem does not show up with
- some other drivers (namely "vga or ps2" and the "crystal scan 1024"),
- however that doesn't necessarily mean much. To date two monitors and
- two ATI ultra graphics cards on two 486dx2/50 systems exhibit the
- problem at 1024x768 mode.
-
- I talked to Gateway and they offered to upgrade the
- monitor to a NEC 3FGX or a SONY 1304s (for $85 and $50 respectively).
-
- In other words they do not have a solution.
-
- Actually, they did suggest trying the new ati drivers with the crystal
- fonts. I haven't yet and will post if it works.
-
- Any helpful information will be greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Ed Householder
- email: ewh@emf780.den.mmc.com
- phone: 303-977-4437
-