Dyre Straits

Hey, guys....and gals!!!

Got a question for all those who've used and/or are knowledgable about CRTs.

There's a new member who's posted about this over HERE

The problem, if it is one, is that it appears that CRTs cannot use a Refresh Rate above 60Hz when the Resolution is set to 1400x1050.

I've never had any inclination to use this particular resolution myself. BUT, lo, and behold, on both of my very nice CRTs (NEC 21"; Hitachi 19") this same situation exists.

Now, if I/we select any other resolution just above or below that particular one, we can boost RR to 85 Hz.

I'm as puzzled as the new member as to just why it could be that 1400x1050 is locked down to 60Hz or less.

Anyone with a clue?

Thanks!!

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jp306

I would try using a program like "refresh lock" to force the refresh rate to what I wanted at what rez that I wanted.

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Zelig

Well, I've got a similar monitor, but that resolution doesn't show up in my list of supported ones. However, I also have a number of low resolutions that are limited to 60 Hz.

After doing some googling, this thread (post #13) showed up.

Checked my nv_disp.inf, and sure enough, the values correlate to the available resolutions.

I haven't tested, but I'd bet that editing the inf file with some bigger numbers for the refresh rates would allow them to be selected.

Not sure if this helps at all for ATI cards though...

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Dyre Straits

We'll see what we can come up with. It's strange that both of my own CRTs are restricted on this one particular resolution.

BTW, I'm sure you know, but in case you don't, you can click on the actual number of the thread and link specifically to it if that's what you're wanting to do. Like this:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/1045601-post13.html

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Judas

IT could be a perticular resolution in which the monitor doesn't fully support or has limited support, just the way the gun works or moves.

your could try disabling "hide support frequencies" or whatever it is, and then forcefully select a higher hz.... but that doesn't always work.

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Dyre Straits

I can't believe I didn't mention that I had already tried disabling the "Hide Modes....." option and still can't select a higher RR for this particular Res.

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Judas

well....

all i can say is that it's likely no a resolutoin that anyone at all is every likely to use.

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Dyre Straits

While Googling for remedies, I found that this resolution is actually the default on many systems...mostly laptops.

The reason this came up is due to this post over here:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-...y-problem.html

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Judas

hmmm

i know that 1280x1024 is a 5:4 ratio (how this ended up becoming the norm is strange).... considering that 1280x960 is 4:3..... and is rarely seen...

But usually the next jump up from that is 1600x1200... and i'm full aware that's actually quite a large jump, larger then most people really think..

I've never considered 1400x1050 to be the inbetween reslotion..

All of these are 4:3 ratios that i know i've been able to obtain using a 3rd party tool (that adds resolutions to the display settings within XP), the ones with a star (*) are ones i hadn't tried, but fit the 4:3 ratio... and (**) are ones that i've seen on rare occasions, but never used.

600x480
800x600
**1000x750
1024x768
1152x864
**1200x900
1280x960
**1360x1020
*1400x1050
*1536x1152
1600x1200
**1792x1344
**1862x1392
1920x1440
2048x1536


those are all the 4x3 resolutions that i know off, some that i'm aware of, and that one 1400x1050 is the only one i haven't seen.

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