Valen6

I have bought an LG flatron L225WS widescreen monitor. after plugging it in, i found the screen started jerking when moving windows round or scrolling down web pages. i have temporarily fixed this by stopping all hardware acceleration completely.

i couldn't find a driver for this monitor anywhere, and i cannot get the correct resolution and am instead using a standard screen resolution (non-widescreen).

also, most of the options/buttons in the advanced section of the display settings are greyed out and so i cannot use them.

help anyone??

thanks in advance

wrench97

What video card or what is the brand and model of your pc?

Valen6

in the device manager it comes up with video controler (vga compatible) in other devices. is this what you mean?

if not then i cant find any other references to video card, but i know iv got one as the last monitor worked fine which is odd.

sorry if i seem abit thick, im new to this!

thanks

darkleadersm

try opening the start menu and right clicking on "my computer" then go down to manage an select it, in the pop-up window that follows select device manage from the left panel. Look through the drop down items in the list it gives you until you come across "display adapters" open that up and then post what is says under there.

Valen6

cant find "display adapters" in the main list or in the sub menus. im guessing this means it needs installing?

the closest i can find is a video controler under "other devices" and video codecs and legacy video capture devices under "sound, video and game controlers".

is this helpful?

darkleadersm

Ok, does your computer have built in graphics then? Also when you have the device manager open does any of those options have yellow question marks next to them?

Valen6

im dont think i have a built in graphics, but how would you check?

also, the Video Controller (VGA Compatible) has a yellow question mark next to it.

darkleadersm

Its pretty simple, look at the back of your chasis, if your graphics are built it it'll be vertical along the left(or right side, depending on which side your mother board is attached to) other wise it should b horizontal coming out of one of the expansion slots. The video controller, you need to right click on that and go to update driver, try doing it automatically online, if that fails you need to find whoever made the software, it should say on the driver itself, and go to their site to download the driver and then update from a specific location an select the driver files u dled.

wrench97

What Brand and Model is your PC I.E. Dell 4200 or HP DV6704C?

Valen6

the PC is a Packard Bell Imedia 1508/2.

as for the graphics card, if it is the one the monitor plugs into it is not built in.

when trying to update the driver for the Video controler it cannot find the software and when i go to its properties it shows the following:

Device type: other devices
Manufacturer: unknown
Location: PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0

it also says no drivers are installed, so how would i do this without knowing the manufacturer?

Valen6

woohoo! fixed it i found the video driver on packard bells website. now it works very well.

thanks guys!