Monitor Madness

tomphillips · 05-09-2009, 08:20 PM

Dear Whomever is amongst us,
My first time here - hope I'm doing the right thing(s). I've got a PC on XP with a Dell Triniton CRT monitor, which I've been happy with until - strangely, the image on the monitor shifted to the left - i.e. - I couldn't see about 2 inches of what should appear on the right. Manipulating the controls of the monitor, I was able to centre the image, so all desired could on the screen - but which shakes uncontrollably, continuously. When I press the degauzz button, the shaking stops, and it returns to the 'leftward-skewed' image. Incidentally, the acuity of the monitor has remained excellent. Please help!

dai · 05-09-2009, 08:55 PM

check you are using a supported resolution

tomphillips · 05-13-2009, 01:50 AM

Thank you for writing. I've tried different resolutions, which doesn't seem to fix the problem. Might I ask, please, if there is a means of determining a 'supported resolution'? Thanking you ~ Tom Phillips

dai · 05-13-2009, 03:00 AM

look in the software section for your video card

check the specs on the dell site

05-09-2009, 08:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
tomphillips Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	Monitor Madness Dear Whomever is amongst us, My first time here - hope I'm doing the right thing(s). I've got a PC on XP with a Dell Triniton CRT monitor, which I've been happy with until - strangely, the image on the monitor shifted to the left - i.e. - I couldn't see about 2 inches of what should appear on the right. Manipulating the controls of the monitor, I was able to centre the image, so all desired could on the screen - but which shakes uncontrollably, continuously. When I press the degauzz button, the shaking stops, and it returns to the 'leftward-skewed' image. Incidentally, the acuity of the monitor has remained excellent. Please help! Last edited by tomphillips; 05-09-2009 at 08:21 PM.

05-09-2009, 08:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor Madness check you are using a supported resolution __________________

05-13-2009, 01:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
tomphillips Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2	Re: Monitor Madness Thank you for writing. I've tried different resolutions, which doesn't seem to fix the problem. Might I ask, please, if there is a means of determining a 'supported resolution'? Thanking you ~ Tom Phillips

05-13-2009, 03:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,637 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Monitor Madness look in the software section for your video card check the specs on the dell site __________________