Re: Viewable image problem in Compaq 17" flat panel

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From: Ross Durie (rdurie_at_caverock.net.nz)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:35:53 +1300

FS7550 is a CRT monitor which is NOT a flat panel. Flat panels are LCD
displays.

Ideal resolution is 1024 x 768 as 17" CRT visible size is only 16". The
first thing to do is experiment with different refresh rates
(Display/Settings Tab/Advanced/Monitor Tab). My guess is that it should be
able to cope with refresh rates at over 85 Hz at 1024 x 768. Maybe even 100
Hz at 800 x 600. Depending on the refresh rate the display may be off
center - this is NORMAL.

Find the highest refresh rate at a given resolution then adjust the controls
on the MONITOR to center the display. There should be 4 buttons on the front
of the monitor.

Post results. 

-- 
Ross
"Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message 
news:OYvgtL18EHA.1228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
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> "Ross Durie" <rdurie@caverock.net.nz> wrote in message 
> news:w7MCd.5104$mo2.330827@news.xtra.co.nz...
>> 17" flat panel should be running at 1280 x 1024. Adjust display 
>> properties accordingly. Given you appear to see only one window and 
>> haven't tried moving the window on the desktop then my guess is you have 
>> the resolution set at 800 x 600.
>>
>> Post results.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ross
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> Ross:  Yes, I have it set at 800x600.  If I change it to 1280x1024 
> everything is unreadable (GUI's, Windows, Icon's) also with this 
> resolution set and I open IE only half of the desktop displays the page, 
> so the right half of the screen is white and blank.  I also set text size 
> to compensate, but when online I only have half of the screen displayed.
>
> Pam
>> "Pam" <phfloresatverizondotnet> wrote in message 
>> news:uoh2fPu8EHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi All:
>>> I hope some one can shed some light on this problem because I've tried 
>>> everything I can think of. I've posted at Compaq/HP (maker of the 
>>> computer) many times before coming here to no avail.
>>>
>>> I recently set up an out of the box computer for a freind who was in the 
>>> hospital for a long time (over a year), installed registered everything 
>>> and of course updated all antiviral/firewall/MS updates, AdAware SE and 
>>> Spybot. Running XP Home SP2.  Because of the long delay on registering, 
>>> Compaq support is useless. warranty has run out.
>>>
>>> The viewable image on this computer is off center.  On the desktop all 
>>> the left most icons are chopped off, when you open any program or web 
>>> page it's the same way, you can't see the first 3 letters to the left of 
>>> the screen on any word or option or sentence (web pages only).  For 
>>> instance in MS Word you can only see the "e" in the "file" option, and 
>>> it's really hard to read web pages when the first 3 letters are missing 
>>> on every page and line.
>>>
>>> Like I said it's a flat panel Compaq Presario FS7550 monitor, if you 
>>> need more info let me know.  The viewable image is completely against 
>>> the left side of the screen and the vi on the right has at least a 1" 
>>> black blank space.  PC serial #:
>>> 24840609.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any  ideas, I've combed and contacted Compaq's Website 
>>> and no mention or help for anything like this is mentioned. I realize 
>>> this is probably a compaq problem but we're out of luck there. This is 
>>> driving him crazy...
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Pam
>>>
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