Re: Screen problems between TV and Monitor...

From: Ross Durie (rdurie_at_caverock.net.nz)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:14:15 +1300

Explain what you mean by ".. screen colours to go crazy". 

--
Ross
"Gareth Tuckwell" <ContactGT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:esNqd.392$St2.232@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>
> "Ross Durie" <rdurie@caverock.net.nz> wrote in message
> news:nBzqd.17163$9A.295281@news.xtra.co.nz...
> > Your comments seem illogical to me.
> >
> >> If I disable the on-board graphics
> >> in device manager and let the CPU do all the work, the display is
perfect
> >> (can't handle any games though), so the cables and screen are fine.
> >
> > If onboard graphics is disabled then you must be using a graphics card
in
> > the AGP slot. If so then the AGP card does the work and would out
perform
> > the onboard graphics any day.
> >
> > Given that I assume you mean you disabled the AGP graphics card and NOT
> > onboard graphics.
>
> Sorry, I meant neither - I was talking about the drivers in Windows. I
have
> no AGP card installed, just the on-board graphics, which can output to TV.
> If I uninstall the drivers for the ob-board S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR chip
> and let the CPU do the work (standard VGA adapter), then the screen is
fine,
> but obviously struggles with anything more than just basic widows. With
the
> correct drivers (using the latest drivers) installed, the graphics are
much
> more powerful, the resolution and refresh rates are correct, but the
colours
> are just crazy!
>
>

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