I actually don't know what kind of monitor I have. It only says "emachines" on the front.
But ever since I installed my new graphics card (5700LE) WinXP is not detecting the monitor correctly. It just calls it "default monitor" rather than any brand name or "plug and play" designation, and fails to understand what resolutions and refresh rates it is capable of. I have "hide modes monitor can not display" checked, but it still lists, for example, 1600*1200 @ 120 hz (or something like that) as being available even though the monitor's highest possible resolution is 1280*1024 @ 60 hz.
I keep it at 1290*960 @ 72 hz, the highest hz it is capable of at that resolution. But it lists 150 hz as available at that resolution, which is wrong. (I tried selecting it just to see, and of course the monitor goes black and says "out of range.")
Not too big a deal except a couple of my games (Warcraft III and Tropico) screw up when I try to go to 1280*960 resolution because they think they can use a higher refresh rate than they can. (At least that's my theory as to why the monitor goes "out of range" on those games at that res.) Also, I'm just worried some nosey person will mess around with my settings and screw something up.
So... any idea why this problem is happening and/or how to fix it?
WinXP is my OS BTW.
-FrL-
But ever since I installed my new graphics card (5700LE) WinXP is not detecting the monitor correctly. It just calls it "default monitor" rather than any brand name or "plug and play" designation, and fails to understand what resolutions and refresh rates it is capable of. I have "hide modes monitor can not display" checked, but it still lists, for example, 1600*1200 @ 120 hz (or something like that) as being available even though the monitor's highest possible resolution is 1280*1024 @ 60 hz.
I keep it at 1290*960 @ 72 hz, the highest hz it is capable of at that resolution. But it lists 150 hz as available at that resolution, which is wrong. (I tried selecting it just to see, and of course the monitor goes black and says "out of range.")
Not too big a deal except a couple of my games (Warcraft III and Tropico) screw up when I try to go to 1280*960 resolution because they think they can use a higher refresh rate than they can. (At least that's my theory as to why the monitor goes "out of range" on those games at that res.) Also, I'm just worried some nosey person will mess around with my settings and screw something up.
So... any idea why this problem is happening and/or how to fix it?
WinXP is my OS BTW.
-FrL-
