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Stryker

October 02, 2002, 03:16:01 PM
I've got two 17" monitors, brands never heard of.

Recently the "RED" cathode on the one I used on the games machine died.  So I moved t'other 17" to the games machine.

Problem.  On the game machine the alternative monitor is TOO dark.  Desktop, CS u name it.  On the g400 drivers I had to turn the gamma right up just to see... problem is the game (cs) is now unatrully bright (cant see cross hairs on dust, flashbangs blind me for 30+ seconds!).

I've let the pc redetect the new monitor to no evail.

I always thought a monitor was a monitor till all this happened.

Any ideas peeps?
-=[dMw]=-Stryker

Sn00ks

#1
October 02, 2002, 03:24:29 PM
:?: You checked for drivers for the monitor? I've got a 19" TAXAN and it came with it's own drivers.
Also with my video card there is a setup proggie that allows me to set various stuff like screen brightness and gamma and colour balance and refresh rate and .....................
Otherwise might be worth trying some welding goggles  :wink:
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Gandalf

#2
October 02, 2002, 04:50:33 PM
I take it you 'whacked' the one where the red dropped out. This is a good cure as it's usually only a 'dodgy' connection.

We had a few here that would turn green, a sharp thwack would sort them!
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#3
October 02, 2002, 04:54:12 PM
... or wiggle the cable. You may find a position where all guns are firing  :lol:
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sheepy

#4
October 02, 2002, 06:23:29 PM
thwack, agreed, mine often goes blue, i thwack it and its still working 2 years after i started thwacking it.
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Stryker

#5
October 03, 2002, 11:17:03 AM
Thanks chaps.  Rest assured when I get home I'll give me old monitor the beating of its life.....
-=[dMw]=-Stryker

Tutonic

#6
October 03, 2002, 02:53:52 PM
Right! Thats IT! I'm going to give you a DAMN good thrashing now!
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Stryker

#7
October 04, 2002, 12:20:33 PM
I thrashed it to within an inch of it's life (and the table edge).... still the stubborn little fkr refuses to show red.  

The picture rolled a lot tho :-)
-=[dMw]=-Stryker

sheepy

#8
October 04, 2002, 04:26:56 PM
have u tryed "tactical hitting"????

hit it from many diffrent directions and with varying speed of impact, from time 2 time pick it up and shake it.
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Sheepy appears and begins to stroke my head. According to his slurred drunken speech I am "lovely and like a fuzzy felt". Thankfully he soon leaves and passes out somewhere. [/quote]

Anonymous

#9
October 05, 2002, 09:53:33 AM
I subscribe to Novatech newsletter. They are in Portsmouth. They are currently selling 19" monitors for £99 + vat. Don't know if the monitors are any good (1600x1200 flicker free @ .26 dotpitch) but I've used Novatech a lot and not had any probs (even with the occasional return).

The offer is at http://www2.novatech.co.uk/novatech/SpecPage/NOV-1926G

TeaLeaf

#10
October 05, 2002, 11:37:05 AM
gj BB - nice spot...
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#11
October 08, 2002, 11:30:44 PM
Staples are doing 19" Medion monitors for £120 at the moment.

Medion are supposed to be pretty good, m8 of mine bought a complete system about 18months ago and hasn't had any trouble with it so I guess there ok.

It's the same with any mass produced electronics though, stricly pot luck :)

Thats STAPLES office products for the uninitiated, bit like Office World but cheaper  :)
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