Do old CRT monitors need drivers for Windows 7?

[barnkeeper]

I just got an HP CRT monitor made in 1996. Do I need to find a driver for this to work with Windows 7 OS? And, if I do need one, where in the world can I find one? The HP site hasn't drivers for CRTs anymore. Where else should I try? Thanks.

 

[smeezekitty]

1996 good golly!
That is almost as old as my 486 sitting next to me.

It shouldn't really need drivers. It may not support DDC identification but that isn't really a problem.

Probably can't handle more than 1024x768

 

[junkeymonkey]

none of mine do and one is a older hp, but I do have a sapphire card that don't work on them when all the other cards I have to run will ?? I e mailed sapphire on this 3 times and they have not replied to this at all ... when using the sapphire card on any of the crt monitors you can hear a steady click click click from the crt monitors but works just fine with flat screen and hdtv.. go figure

 

[barnkeeper]

I attached an HP model 1010 CRT monitor to my Windows 7 PC. The image of my desktop was about 5inches wide by 4" high. Nothing I did could make it bigger. I went to the desktop and right clicked on Graphic Properties and nothing there made the size bigger. Then I went to the Control Panel/Display and checked various options, also without luck. The clarity of the image is amazingly good and I'd love to get this to be a full screen. Do you know of any changes I can try? Thank you for your input.

 

[smeezekitty]

Try the monitor controls?

 

[barnkeeper]

We did that. The dials are in front and easy to use, but they didn't change the size of the desktop screen. One dial made the image squish even more and two moved it up or down, but nothing is there to make it fit the 17" size screen (or anywhere close to that size).

 

[smeezekitty]

Can you test it on another machine? CRTs should normally take almost any resolution (within its limits) and sync to and display it at full screen
Maybe it is broken?

 

[barnkeeper]

Unfortunately, the CRTs are pretty heavy. I don't have another Windows PC here and would have to tote it to someone else's computer to use. It was working on a Windows 6 or XP machine the last time it was used -- about 4 years ago. I can't imagine what would have made it break just sitting there not plugged in at all. Thanks for the suggestion.