nnjond

Hi, everybody. -Is that what Dr. Nick says ?

I have switched from a 19" Trinitron to a 21" Trinitron and installed the appropriate driver. It's display of text at POST and the Pre- OS legend in Windows looks fine, but when Windows or Linux is loaded there is multiple ghosts to the right of texts and icons etc...

Any ideas what the solution might be?

smz

well since it looks good pre os, obvious 60hz is more then supported but the question is what are the specs of the old monitor vs the new one? if the new one supports different or lower refresh rates, you will have a problem and need to use VGA mode. There are several possibilies. Lets start with each monitor model and vendor. in addition how much memory do you have on your video card?

nnjond

Thanks for your interest.

My old monitor was:

ULTRASCANP99
Horizontal scan range 30 kHz to 96 kHz
Vertical scan range (Refresh rate) 48 Hz to 120 Hz
Optimal preset resolution 1024 x 768 at 75 Hz or 85 Hz
Highest preset resolution 1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz
Highest capable resolution 1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz


My new Monitor is:

P1130
Resolution Horizontal scan range 30 kHz to 130 kHz (automatic) Vertical scan range 48 Hz to 170 Hz (automatic)

Optimal preset resolution 1280 x 1024 at 85 Hz Highest preset resolution 1600 x 1200 at 85 Hz

Highest addressable resolution* 2048 x 1536 at 80 Hz *

Addressable means the monitor will sync up to this mode. However, Dell does not guarantee the image will be sized and centred correctly.

Electrical Video input signals analogue Vpp, positive at 75 ohm Synchronization input signals separate horizontal and vertical; and composite TTL level, positive or negative Sync on Green at 0.3 Vp-p

AC input voltage / frequency / current 100 to 240 VAC / 50 or 60 Hz ± 3 Hz / 1.6 A (RMS) at 120 VAC and 0.9 A (RMS) at 220 VAC

Inrush current at 120 V 50 A

Inrush current at 240 V 80 A


[url]http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/p1130/en/ugard

Video card Spec is:


SiS Mirage Graphics

Chip type SiS 760IC
DAC Type Internal
Memory 32 MB
Adapter string Mirage 2
BIOS Info 2.03.00

smz

I don't wanna go too far because I'd like the opinion of another tech here. But with only 32megs on video ram with an onboard SIS adapter, how much resolution and refresh rate power does he have to play with?

I can't imagine getting 1600x1200 @ 85hz and still having any graphic memory left for windows though since it's onboard, maybe it's shared memory?

nnjond

Dropping the res and refresh rate makes no difference

smz

this might sound lame because you already could have tried it, but you should have some manual horizontal and vertical controls... some monitors have alot of play room with them. have you tried shifting all the way to the other side or vice versa? also some video cards have software built into their control panel to do the same in case of a monitor issue... Has this monitor you are having an issue with been tested sucessfully with another PC?

Again these may be obvious questions that I would think you would have done before contacting us, but I did want to ask. Have you played at all with device manager to know if you have any yellow arrows? If you haven't, if you could post a system report for me that could tell me a few things. I can compare driver versions to chipset drivers vs manufacter/oem drivers and stock drivers.

At the bottom of this post look for the link about posting your system info. Everest is your best. I like the devices tab myself. But thats what most people around here use to inventory a users machine so we don't have to ask so many questions over and over... we'll have all the technical info we need right in front of our faces. Thanks for understanding. But if you haven't tried any of my so called obvious choices, give it a go. I only can relate one incident to this but it was a drastic change from like a 17 to a 21 or the other way around.

nnjond

Thanks for your advice; I'm working on it.

smz

Alrighty Then!