Monitor shadows

[Guest]

Nine month old flatscreen monitor developed shadows either side of print or
pictures. Contacted manufacturer (Proview). Response was that it is in the
computer software or drivers. Suggested conecting the monitor to another
computer to validate issue. This is true the monitor worked fine on another
computer. Don't know where to go from here?

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Nine month old flatscreen monitor developed shadows either side of print or
pictures. Contacted manufacturer (Proview). Response was that it is in the
computer software or drivers. Suggested conecting the monitor to another
computer to validate issue. This is true the monitor worked fine on another
computer. Don't know where to go from here?

Try a different graphics card, or cable. Most likely the card though. It
almost certainly ISN'T software, unless it only happens with one
application. I assume you are using it with old stile analogue VGA
cable, not a DVI cable??

 

[Guest]

The shadows are evident in all applications. I have not changed cable or
card at all. The cable is hardwired to the monitor, therefore the card would
be the first thing to try?

 

[R. McCarty]

Access the OSD (On Screen Diagnostics), do both a Factory Reset
and if available a Degaussing on the monitor. The icon usually looks
like a horseshoe shaped magnet for degaussing ( De-Magnetizing ).

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

The shadows are evident in all applications. I have not changed cable or
card at all. The cable is hardwired to the monitor, therefore the card would
be the first thing to try?

Yep, I'd try a different card, if that's possible without a lot of
expense. You could also try fiddling with the screen resolution, bit
depth (16 bit, vs 32bit for instance) and refresh rate (right click
desktop, properties, settings .. advanced for refresh rate), just to see
if you can make it better/worse.

You said 'flat screen', I assume you mean a TFT rather than just a flat
CRT. Refresh rate is not usually an issue with TFT, and if you're
running a TFT on a DVI cable there isn't much to go wrong, but with a
regular VGA cable there is more scope for problems with the video card
output which can result in the kind of ghosting you report.

I've seen it with (old) nVidia cards when they get old and tired, and
the solution is usually a new card (typically if the card is =that= old
and tired, you can get a like-for-like replacement for not many $$ at
all, vs a bleeding edge card which can cost $500 and up, require a
large, fancier, power supply, and special cooling).

 

[Elmo]

Nine month old flatscreen monitor developed shadows either side of print or
pictures. Contacted manufacturer (Proview). Response was that it is in the
computer software or drivers. Suggested conecting the monitor to another
computer to validate issue. This is true the monitor worked fine on another
computer. Don't know where to go from here?

Try changing the screen resolution.

Run DXDiag and see if it complains of uncertified drivers; try lowering
graphics hardware acceleration, etc.. Also look at the computer
manufacturer site and the graphics card manufacturer site for different
drivers. Try upgrades, reference drivers, and drivers for other model
cards till you find one that works. Do a search at
http://groups.google.com entering the game and graphics card model for
more suggestions.

Look for drivers and utilities at these sites:

http://www.guru3d.com/
http://www.reactorcritical.com/download.shtml
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=3&faq=7&Search=
http://www.voodoofiles.com/
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

See if there's a BIOS upgrade for your system. Look at the
manufacturer's site, Compaq, PB, etc., and also at the motherboard
manufacturer's site.

 

[News]

Is it possible related to installing IE7 and the new Cleartype font.

If you rightclick on the desktop to get properties, select appearance tab,
in the bottom right area select effects, the second checkbox down use the
following method to smooth... if that is set to cleartype do a google search
to see how to adjust your settings. for crt type monitors standard is the
best

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