flat screens
Jon Kettenhofen
subs at kexsof.com
Fri Aug 29 20:15:53 MST 2014
First, check the control panel or settings for the display or monitor
settings to make sure you have the best resolution for your monitors.
Otherwise, almost always, lack of resolution this has to do with the
video card or the motherboard embedded video chip AND the video card
driver including the video control software for the video card. If you
have a invidia or AMD card, you might be able to get the setup software
from the mfr site.
on the other hand, VGA, even SVGA I think, has limited resolution
compared to 1080P HD. It also depends on your monitor's capability.
On 08/28/2014 01:53 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
> well.... almost fine. the colours are a bit off and the colour
> adjustments don't adjust it enough. Also the image isn't as sharp as
> with the CRT and there isn't an adjustment for that. Is there a way to
> fix those with linux?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 1. have you tried to use a different VGA cable? Check the cable
> connectors for broken or missing pins.
>
> Cool.... that fixed my brothers flat screen. One of the pins was bent.
> Cool... I just discovered I was testing with the wrong cable! The
> other monitor is fine. Thanks for the help
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:18 AM, Jon Kettenhofen <subs at kexsof.com
> <mailto:subs at kexsof.com>> wrote:
>
> Mike,
> 1. have you tried to use a different VGA cable? Check the
> cable connectors for broken or missing pins.
> 2. If the monitor has a menu, check the menus - does the
> monitor have more than one input, like both a VGA input and a
> DVI input or even an HDMI input? One of my monitors has all
> three and the monitor's menu will allow me to choose which one.
> Normally it will default to whatever is plugged in but that may
> not be the case for your flat screen.
> 3. Do you have a special driver installed for your CRT
> monitor? If so, you may need to remove it. (but I realize
> that's not likely!)
> 4. Are the flat screens you have used? Are you sure they are
> in working order?
> 5. Have you tried leaving the monitor on and just shutting down
> and rebooting the computer? (It's stupid, but sometimes that
> works.)
>
> Jon
>
>
> On 08/27/2014 03:22 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
> Well, both of them say, 'No signal detected', from two different
> computers. As for the live cd thing I'll have to test that
> tomorrow when
> I can get to a free computer.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Stephen Partington
> <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>
> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
>
> Post screen is your bios. No drivers or os just a power
> On self test
> (post) to see if the card is sending anything to the
> display.
>
> The use of a live CD was to see if it was an OS config
> issue or
> not. I have had interesting moments where I had to
> define my
> displays in detail before x would work. Not usually an
> issue much
> anymore but this is a good check to see if it is the case.
>
> On Aug 26, 2014 9:16 PM, "Michael Havens"
> <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> only have one graphics card. What do you mean when
> you say 'post
> screen' or running it with a live CD? I am
> connecting it to
> already running puters.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Stephen Partington
> <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>
> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
>
> On the same graphics card/device? Some devices
> will only run
> x number of cards and if you are over x the new
> displays
> will just never show. If there are only 2 total
> then it
> should be ok. Do you get a post screen and have
> you tried a
> live CD to see if they show?
>
> On Aug 26, 2014 8:20 PM, "Michael Havens"
> <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> I am connecting them to my VGA outputs.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Stephen
> Partington
> <cryptworks at gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> what are you connecting them to? your
> system might
> not have the outputs enabled.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:59 PM,
> Michael Havens
> <bmike1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> I don't know. The plug coming out
> of the
> monitors is VGA so I would think it
> would just
> be like a regular monitor. Oh....
> maybe I should
> mention that crt monitors work and
> that these
> flat screens are replacements for
> working CRTs.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:07 PM,
> IscreamKid
> <iscreamkid at gmail.com
> <mailto:iscreamkid at gmail.com>
> <mailto:iscreamkid at gmail.com
> <mailto:iscreamkid at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
> Or, perhaps the output you are
> using on CPU
> box is set to other than the
> one you are
> using. Nerve systems sometimes
> can't output
> analog VGA and digital at the
> same time.
>
> Harold
>
> > On Aug 26, 2014, at 11:38,
> Brian Cluff
> <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Is there more than one input
> (vga, dvi,
> hdmi). Perhaps you have the
> wrong input
> selected and you simply need to
> select the
> correct input.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >> On 08/26/2014 11:29 AM,
> Michael Havens
> wrote:
> >> I got a couple of little
> flat screen
> monitors and I plug them in and
> >> turn them on and they say,
> "No signal
> detected". Is there a secret to
> >> getting them to work?
> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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