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Hello,
Mixture of things this so wasn't sure which section to post this.
I quite recently had to rebuild both my PCs, the builds went quite smoothly,
both are working just fine. M/Bs are ASRock 939 dual-sata 2, AMD Athlon 3200,
Win XP home,1 gig of memory.
Both are basically the same spec' both are non-gamers but the one I write
about now has a new budget PCI express card, ( a Radeon x 300 SE/ model
GV-RX30HM128D) complete with it's ATI drivers CD, I had to fit the included
DVI to D-sub adapter and couple that to an existing TFT moniter.
My reason for choosing a new PCI express card over AGP was simply because
the shop where all the above came from was prepared to do a deal, £20 odd
quid that's all, I thought what the hell.
My monitor is an 17in AOC, model LM720a
Before and after the rebuilds I never had a problem with the monitor but
since fitting the PCI I have been unhappy with the resolution which is
800x600, colour 32bit, before the rebuild and with the AGP card fitted
resolution was at 1024x768-- I think and I never had any issues.
This 800x600 settig is the only resolution that gives me a decent desktop
and icon size, if I set to something else the desktop and icons shrink, maybe
it's me, I'm really not sure but this 800x600 resolution makes the desk top
icons seem a little blurred.
Last week the monitor developed a fault, ( it kept flashing on and off ),
and I'm wondering if the fault might have been caused by the above 800x600
resolution, ( although' I had no choice in this), or am I being daft?
AOC are replacing the monitor under their warranty, in fact as I write
they're delivering it now, ( not bad customer service, not bad at all), I am
writing this on an old CRT monitor.
But is this 800x600 resolution OK?
Other things have been upset a bit, when on a web page it no longer fits the
screen, I have to scroll from left to right to read it, it's annoying---Grrr,
can I do something about this or is it out of my controll.
I don't often print web pages but when I do the page won't fit, there's a
way of resolving this in IE6 but I can't remember how.
Lastly, I mainly use Word or Lotus Word Pro as my WP and I'm now what,
three/ four printers down the road, it didn't always be this way but can some
one suggest how I stop the last page of a document from printing first on a
permanant basis.
Thanks
Mixture of things this so wasn't sure which section to post this.
I quite recently had to rebuild both my PCs, the builds went quite smoothly,
both are working just fine. M/Bs are ASRock 939 dual-sata 2, AMD Athlon 3200,
Win XP home,1 gig of memory.
Both are basically the same spec' both are non-gamers but the one I write
about now has a new budget PCI express card, ( a Radeon x 300 SE/ model
GV-RX30HM128D) complete with it's ATI drivers CD, I had to fit the included
DVI to D-sub adapter and couple that to an existing TFT moniter.
My reason for choosing a new PCI express card over AGP was simply because
the shop where all the above came from was prepared to do a deal, £20 odd
quid that's all, I thought what the hell.
My monitor is an 17in AOC, model LM720a
Before and after the rebuilds I never had a problem with the monitor but
since fitting the PCI I have been unhappy with the resolution which is
800x600, colour 32bit, before the rebuild and with the AGP card fitted
resolution was at 1024x768-- I think and I never had any issues.
This 800x600 settig is the only resolution that gives me a decent desktop
and icon size, if I set to something else the desktop and icons shrink, maybe
it's me, I'm really not sure but this 800x600 resolution makes the desk top
icons seem a little blurred.
Last week the monitor developed a fault, ( it kept flashing on and off ),
and I'm wondering if the fault might have been caused by the above 800x600
resolution, ( although' I had no choice in this), or am I being daft?
AOC are replacing the monitor under their warranty, in fact as I write
they're delivering it now, ( not bad customer service, not bad at all), I am
writing this on an old CRT monitor.
But is this 800x600 resolution OK?
Other things have been upset a bit, when on a web page it no longer fits the
screen, I have to scroll from left to right to read it, it's annoying---Grrr,
can I do something about this or is it out of my controll.
I don't often print web pages but when I do the page won't fit, there's a
way of resolving this in IE6 but I can't remember how.
Lastly, I mainly use Word or Lotus Word Pro as my WP and I'm now what,
three/ four printers down the road, it didn't always be this way but can some
one suggest how I stop the last page of a document from printing first on a
permanant basis.
Thanks