NEC as 95f - i can wreck these?

[Esso]

Hello everyone, take a deep breath before ya read this, it is both confusing and strange. Here it goes:

I recently bought a new pc and i'm having major problems with my monitor, an AccuSync 95F.

-What happens is that the image (be it icons or whatever) is skewed (becomes tiny) near the top inch of my monitor. That, and the (non moveable) OSD relocates itself to the top right hand side of the display.

-Originally i thought that it might be my computer, so i move this monitor to a different computer in a different area (and a different OS/Display drivers). The results were the same. Then i tried moving an old monitor to my new pc and it displayed everything normally.

-So i took my monitor back, and got a new one, tested it out at the place of purchase, and took it home. When i plugged it in, i had the same problems as the orginal new one.

-There are no magnetic devices near my monitor.

-I'm running win2kpro with an asus gf3 outputing on the proper nec_AS95F monitor drivers.

It seems like when i plug any of these monitors in my new pc they get permanant damage =(.


Confused? hehe
Any advice would be appreciated, other than the obvious (get a different monitor).

I'm not stuck on this make or anything, but this is just a strange problem.

 

[GoSharks]

Sounds like you are running it a refresh rate it does not like. If the vertical refresh rate timing does not match the monitors specs the image can wrap over the top edge.

Lower your refresh rate and see it that helps.

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
Cornerstone / Monitorsdirect.com

Jim at http://www.monitorsdirect.com

 

[Esso]

I double checked the specs, and they are well within the limits =(.

 

[GoSharks]

What res /refresh rate are you running? What does the monitor think you are running. Use the info button on the monitor and get the horizontal (khz) and vertical (hz) rates.

Jim

Jim at http://www.monitorsdirect.com

 

[Esso]

the highest setting that i can do in 1024x768 is 100hz [which i am currently running at](because the next step up is 120, and this monitor has a high of 119)

The monitor reads 81 kHz [horz] x 100 Hz [vert]

And my manual specks read:
Horz: 2 to 96 kHz
Vert: 55to 120Hz [at 1024x768]

 

[GoSharks]

I understand why you are having a problem. The monitor and the video card are not compatible at those refresh rates. The problem is there is no standard for video timings above 1024 x 768 at 85Hz. Thus the monitor manufacturer must guess what the signal timing the video card is sending. If they do not match you can get the problem you describe.

Run the unit at 1024 x 768 at 85Hz, I bet it looks good.

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
Cornerstone / Monitordirect.com

Jim at http://www.monitorsdirect.com

 

[Esso]

Cool, I really appreciate your help and I hope that you're right.

Right now it can't see the results until i get a new monitor, it seems once the monitor is affected by this high refresh rate, it is toast. So I think i'll pick a replacement up asap and test it out. Though if i have an option, I'd rather go with a different brand/make that doesn't take a "permanant" crap on me, because... well ok i honestly don't know if it's such a big deal, but it sure makes me sound cool if my monitor can run at a higher refresh rate =).

Any recommendations? =)

Again, thank you very much for your time!

 

[Esso]

Sorry, forgot about this thread.
Acutally it does not seem to matter what rez I leave my monitor at. I've had this thing RMA'd 4 times now, and the occurance of the problem is just not consistant. I've pleaded with the place where I bought this from to let me change monitors or get instore credit (it's only 8 months old now) but they completely refuse for pointless reasons. In another 2 months they will no longer be paying/shipping this monitor for me, and then I will be left with a 2 year factory warranty. Yep, caught in a [-peep-]-storm alright.

I could vent more, but what's the point.
bg.