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Nvidia and monitor problems with XP
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Posted by: sapphirelotus
hi there,
I've recently bought a new Intel p4 pc which has an Nvidia GeForce2 400 card - the monitor is maybe 2-3 years old - its a DELL E771p. I installed XP home edition and the drivers that came with the graphics card, but after a couple of hours XP garbles the monitor display and just freezes, and shuts down the monitor. Sometimes i get just a bunch of vertical lines. This even happens in safe mode, and even in DOS!
I'm considering just buying a new monitor, but does anyone think these problems can be resolved without getting a new monitor?
thanks!
sapphire
Posted by: Bleyn
Normally, the first thing to check in such a situation would be if you have good drivers installed for the monitor. Most people don't realize how important it is to have the correct monitor drivers installed. They tell the OS what resolutions and refresh rates the monitor can support.
Without that info, its not that hard to accidently set the resolution and refresh to a rate the monitor can't handle. With that info, and the data on what the video card can do that its drivers contain, that is much harder to do. (Unless of course manufacturers screw up their own drivers, which has happened)
In this case, something more is definately wrong here. IIRC, Safe mode runs at 640x480 60Hz, and DOS mode at a res. even lower than that. If its even happening in DOS, you're probably looking at bad hardware.
If you can get ahold of another monitor that is working well on a different system, test it on your system. If its still happening, you're looking at bad video. If not, its a good bet you're looking at a bad monitor.
Not to mention the little fact that your monitor doesn't support all the resolutions that the the video card is capable and a newer monitor would give you access to more of the potential of the video card. And even if you aren't using the higher rates, you'ld be able to run a lower res. at a higher refresh and reduce eye strain.
And I know I probably sound a bit like a salesmen there. Comes from having worked in TS for a video card manufacturer. Explaining what features a customer might be missing out on sort of came with the territory.
Posted by: sapphirelotus
hi Bleyn,
Thanks for the advice.
Well I bought the monitor off ebay - and there's a few complaints
about the guy and the quality of his monitors.
So my bet is that it's the monitor!
I'll have to try it with my monitor at work over the weekend.
I'll let you know the result!
thanks for your help.
sapphire
Posted by: sapphirelotus
well it look like it's the video card and not the monitor.
i tried it on a fairly new monitor which i know works well and
the graphics were garbled after about a minute.
so looks like i need to get me a new graphics card i guess.
sapphire
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