HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

The monitor is failing, replace it if you want "bright" again.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
>
> Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> darker day by day.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
> (btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
> 6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
> details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
> monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
> but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
> Ati).
> Thanks!
>
> Augusto
>
> Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
> video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità
>

If you adjusted the monitor to it's brightest and it's still very dark I
would put the blame on the monitor.

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
>
> Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> darker day by day.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
> (btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
> 6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
> details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
> monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
> but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
> Ati).
> Thanks!
>
> Augusto
>
> Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
> video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminositÃ*
>
>

Dark monitor is usually the result of a monitor going bad, get a LCD, you can
find them from $100 to $150. Or if you live on a buget you can get crt
monitors for free sometimes, but usually if they are free they are also going
bad. http://www.craigslist.org

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
>
> Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> darker day by day.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
> (btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
> 6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
> details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
> monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
> but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
> Ati).
> Thanks!
>
> Augusto
>
> Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
> video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminositÃ*
>
>

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
>
> Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> darker day by day.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?

Get another CRT!
<CRT Age Resulting in Dark Picture>
http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/crtfaq.htm#crtdeg

> (btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
> 6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
> details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
> monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
> but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
> Ati).
> Thanks!
>
> Augusto
>
> Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
> video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

Discern if it's the monitor or graphics card that requires
repair/replacement.
Try the monitor on a friends PC or try a friends monitor with your PC.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

Hi Augusto,

I'm with the others--time to buy a new monitor.

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
3d rage pro agp 2x video card.

Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
darker day by day.

Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
(btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
Ati).
Thanks!

Augusto

Reference words: colore colori color colors colour colours monitor
video dark darker scuro scuri brightness luminosità

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
>
> Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> darker day by day.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?


It's almost certainly the monitor, which needs replacing. Drivers don't make
things get "darker day by day."

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
>
> Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> darker day by day.
>
> Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
> (btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
> 6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
> details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
> monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
> but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
> Ati).

Plug it into 440 VAC to make it bright again.

relic dont say that someone will do it




"relic" wrote:

> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > HI, I've got an old ibm aptiva 2140L46, cpu pentium 2 266, os windows
> > xp pro, with an ibm 2128 mm75 multimedia crt monitor 17" and an ati
> > 3d rage pro agp 2x video card.
> >
> > Here is my problem: the monitor settings are all set to the brightest
> > possible (both brightness and contrast) but the colors are getting
> > darker day by day.
> >
> > Do you have any suggestion to fix this problem? Is it a monitor/video
> > drivers problem or just the old age of my monitor (10 years old)?
> > (btw in the tab driver of my monitor I read: Microsoft,
> > 6/6/2001,5.1.2001.0,Microsoft windows publisher; by clicking on driver
> > details I read: no file driver is needed or was uploaded for the
> > monitor. In the tab driver of my video card I read the same as above
> > but by clicking on driver details I can see 2 file drivers supplied by
> > Ati).
>
> Plug it into 440 VAC to make it bright again.
>
>
>