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- From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Video card/Monitor incompatable???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.202729.23294@sj.ate.slb.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 20:27:29 GMT
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- Mark Cosham (cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
- : In <Bx99pq.HAF@cs.psu.edu> mllang@snobol.cs.psu.edu (Matthew Lang) writes:
- :
- : >Hi, I'm having a problem with my video that's driving me crazy. I have a
- : >SVGA card (True color) based on Cirrus GD-5422 chip and a Packard Bell
- : >1024x768 monitor (non-interlaced). The problem is that the picture shifts on
- : >my screen when I switch video modes. Some examples:
- : >640x480 -- looks fine
- : >800x600x64k -- Picture is shifted to the right, off the screen
- : >800x600x256 -- picture is centered but really small (half-size)
- : >etc.
- : >I had this problem before so the company said I could try a new video card and
- : >this is what I got. About the same result as before (This is my second card
- : >and my second monitor, same problems) The manufacturer (WANG -- about the
- : >worst service I have ever received said "It's an incompatability between your
- : >monitor and the card). I still find this hard to believe. Can anyone help???
- : >I would appreciate any ideas!!!!
- : >Matt
- :
- : Hi.
- : This is a very common problem, although it is still usable
- : normally. I got a program with my Trident card that allows the
- : position (and size) of each individual screen mode to be set and stored
- : in a device driver so that the settings are loaded when the computer
- : boots. I don't know if something like this exists for that card though.
- :
-
- Some of the better monitors can compensate automatically. My Nanao 9080i
- has a microprocessor that controls the scanning, and has a non-volatile
- RAM where the settings I choose for H/V height, position, and pincushion
- are saved for each of up to 16 different scanning modes.
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