Monitor Woes

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Recently bought a Xerox XM7-24w widescreen monitor. At the moment, the display is pretty poor, but I suspect this is due to plug and play drivers. Being as the company I bought it off seem to have forgotten to include the CD with the drivers on and the Xerox website is up the creek, I'm stuck.

The company I bought from isn't being too helpful, so I was wondering if anyone knows of any resources where I might be able to dig the drivers out from, before I have to start making demands for refunds etc.

Thanks.

[TSM]

most monitors dont need drivers as they autoconfigure with the graphics card, as long as windows is set to Plug & Play Monitor then it should be ok, once the system has recognised the monitor the max res you can set on the slider will usualy be the best setting for the monitor in question, refresh rates of 50/60Hz are user dependent, both work, 50Hz is the pref though for most.

[rigor]

Drivers here?

http://www.xerox-displays.info/driver/XM7-19w.zip

[Flamin_Squirrel]

It's not the res I've got problems with. I seem to have different problems in different resolutions! Examples of issues I've got:

In 1680x1050 colours seem ok, but text looks wrong. Not to easy to describe, but the text looks 'fluffy', poorly defined, and the lines that make up the letters aren't uniform in size (as if parts of the individual letters are bold and some bits aren't).

In 1920x1200 The text looks ok, but the colours aren't at all right, and no amount of playing with brightness/contrast seems to fix it. Biggest problem (amongst others) I have with this is when I've got black text on a grey back ground (when you're selecting a option from a drop down menu (file, edit, view and so on) for example). The black text as a white gost, an outline around it, making it look very strange.

I've got another hdd with Vista installed on it which I'm gonna try, but I'm beginning to think it's fecked. Whatcha reckon?

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Drivers here?

http://www.xerox-displays.info/driver/XM7-19w.zip

Dead link. Wrong monitor anyway.

[ukgooner]

I don't think that you get drivers for LCD monitors but different profiles. It maybe worth seeing if your graphics card has any software / driver updates available.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

I don't think that you get drivers for LCD monitors but different profiles. It maybe worth seeing if your graphics card has any software / driver updates available.

It's been a while since I updated, so I'll try that.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Hasn't worked. Think I'm gonna have to send it back. Sigh.

[ukgooner]

Before sending it back, uninstall the video drivers, reboot and use the default settings and see if you still have an issue with fonts, you can easily reinstall the drivers afterwards.
What video card have you got?

[Filipe M.]

Assuming you're plugging it via the usual 15 pin VGA cable and not a DVI input (couldn't be arsed to check if it even has one), check if there's an Auto setting somewhere in the monitor. It may be hidden in some adjustment menu.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Before sending it back, uninstall the video drivers, reboot and use the default settings and see if you still have an issue with fonts, you can easily reinstall the drivers afterwards.
What video card have you got?

nvidia GeForce 7800 GT. I've uninstalled the old drivers, installed the new ones an no joy. Everything looks ok in low res, but not in high res. I didn't just buy a new monitor to drop down in resolution though!

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Assuming you're plugging it via the usual 15 pin VGA cable and not a DVI input (couldn't be arsed to check if it even has one), check if there's an Auto setting somewhere in the monitor. It may be hidden in some adjustment menu.

It's DVI. Gfx card doesn't even have a VGA output.

[Filipe M.]

It's DVI. Gfx card doesn't even have a VGA output.

It does, with the supplied adapter. ;) but that sends my theory down the drain.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

It does, with the supplied adapter. ;) but that sends my theory down the drain.

Given me an idea though, my mum has a laptop, I'll try plugging that in and seeing what it's like.

[wyrdness]

The text problem in 1680x1050 is because the native resolution of the monitor is 1900x1200 and it's having to scale the image. Unlike CRT monitors, LCD's don't scale well and should always be used in their native resolution.

I'm not sure what's causing your colour problems and ghosting in 1900x1200. Can you check that you're sending a digital (rather than analogue) signal over the DVI? It should be digital, which should mean no ghosting. Have you tried changing the refresh rate in the graphics card settings? You're not doing anything odd like sending it an interlaced signal are you (very unlikely)?

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Can you check that you're sending a digital (rather than analogue) signal over the DVI? It should be digital, which should mean no ghosting. Have you tried changing the refresh rate in the graphics card settings? You're not doing anything odd like sending it an interlaced signal are you (very unlikely)?

I'm not sure, how can I check?

[TSM]

The text problem in 1680x1050 is because the native resolution of the monitor is 1900x1200 and it's having to scale the image. Unlike CRT monitors, LCD's don't scale well and should always be used in their native resolution.

I'm not sure what's causing your colour problems and ghosting in 1900x1200. Can you check that you're sending a digital (rather than analogue) signal over the DVI? It should be digital, which should mean no ghosting. Have you tried changing the refresh rate in the graphics card settings? You're not doing anything odd like sending it an interlaced signal are you (very unlikely)?

Ive not seen interlaced options for refresh rates in ages.

Prolly best if you take a screen grab of the display control panel and post it here. Might give some clues.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

I've given up. Plugged my mums laptop in, got the same problems. Pile o' ****e. Sending it back.

[TSM]

sounds stuffed, replacement