Samsung 940BWplus help needed

[ares623]

just bought a new monitor today.. but there's a problem in displaying the screen.
the sides of the screen gets cut off.. i have to scroll to the side to view the part which can't be seen. it's like it's too long to display.
i'm using 1440x900 resolution, which is the optimal resolution of the monitor..
any idea what's wrong?

EDIT: when i check the info on the on-screen menu (the menu using the buttons on the monitor),
the following info is displayed:
Digital
60.0kHz 60Hz PP
1280x960
why is that 1280x960, when i am setting it to 1440x900

[brown_dog]

Try adjusting it using Nvidia Forcware or Catalyst Control Center - in display manager menu. or try updating the videocard drivers and LCD Monitor driver.

[ajol]

some video cards uses the wrong resolution.
I also encountered it with viewsonic.

I haven't found a solution for it. I installed the latest drivers no improvement.

[ajol]

i would like to ask are you using DVI or the VGA cable?

[ares623]

i'm using DVI cable.. i'm suspecting too that digital input only supports 1280x960..?

[ares623]

just switched to analog.. it now supports 1440x900 resolutions..
shit. they should have posted on their website that DVI only supports 1280x960.

[ares623]

Where can i buy analog to dvi cables? I have an analog CRT monitor, and i want to use a digital connection..

[whoopz]

Quote: Originally Posted by ares623 just switched to analog.. it now supports 1440x900 resolutions.. shit. they should have posted on their website that DVI only supports 1280x960.

bro, ako gamit samsung 940bw. ang analog no problem pero ang dvi blurred ang iya text but naako na kuha nga instructions sa proper settings for dvi to correct the problem. and it was solved.

after pud ni update ko ug display driver, solve napud ang problema bisan dili i-modify ang settings.

as of now, dvi 1440x900 75hz no problem. try nako pangita to settings bro, ako i-post diri and u try it, maybe it will work.

[ares623]

^thanks kaayo bro ha.. will be waiting for your reply..

[bowlingball]

btw, unsa man imo video card gamit? pila memory?

[ares623]

GeForce 6500 @ 256 MB..

[whoopz]

Found another post in anther thread. So apparently it IS a driver issue which may someday be fixed.

I did the following and it FIXED the problem. By "fixed" I mean that the monitor is now running in "native" resolution. It is VERY obvous. Now I can test XP and Vista in dual boot.

1. NVIDIA Control Panel > Display > Manage custom timings.
2. Click both "Treat as HDTV" and "Allow modes not exposed by the display"
3. Click [Create...]
4. Under Custom display mode values:
Horizontal desktop pixels: 1440
Vertical desktop lines: 900
GDI Refresh rate: 60
Bits per pixel: 32
(don't have "Interlaced" checked)
5. Click [Advanced >>] (by the way this is where I didn't go when NVIDIA emailed me)
6. Under "Back-end parameters":
Timing standard: DMT
Desired refresh rate: 60
(the rest of the fields are grayed out)
7. Under "Front-end paramers"
Scaling type: Display (none)
8. Click [Test]
9. Click [OK]

This technique worked for me with ONE exception.

When using Windows Explorer to view the contents of my hard drive, the character/letter color will vary from black to red with some ghosting of either red on a black letter or black on a red letter. Also noticed this effect in the contents of this post, mostly with the "[ ]" symbols, but not as bad. But the text is sharp and clear.

This artifact is not evident with color images or regular text documents or pdf documents.

The monitor information panel now displays the correct settings of 1440 x 900, 32bit, 60hz

This is a step in the right direction Thank you keithim




here you are bro. i just saved this from another forum. naa pud to la-in istoryan gahatag nako ani. this is what i used to solve the problem i had with the monitor but im not using this anymore because with an updated driver, di na nako ni kinahanglan. im not a hundred percent sure but try lang if it might work for you.

[ajol]

ambot ngano ning LCD mo tokar lang...

sa Viewsonic LCD na akong nagamit di gyud nako ma set sa native resolution.... ni give up nalang ko... gamit nalang ug lain resolution

[whoopz]

Quote: Originally Posted by ajol ambot ngano ning LCD mo tokar lang... sa Viewsonic LCD na akong nagamit di gyud nako ma set sa native resolution.... ni give up nalang ko... gamit nalang ug lain resolution

sayang bro, dili jud kaayo sharp ang image basta dili native resolution gamiton.

[ares623]

Quote: Originally Posted by whoopz here you are bro. i just saved this from another forum. naa pud to la-in istoryan gahatag nako ani. this is what i used to solve the problem i had with the monitor but im not using this anymore because with an updated driver, di na nako ni kinahanglan. im not a hundred percent sure but try lang if it might work for you.

thanks bro.. i'll try that later.
what driver did you update btw? just in case it won't work.
thanks again!