CRT shadowing causes?

[Niku-Sama]

ok today i grandmas old monitor, which isnt really that old and being 22 inches i couldnt pass it up for free.

any way its got a bad shadowing issue, i tried all the settings and everything except the other input (has 2 vga inputs) the monitor shows up as a Dell P1110 its a flat tube trinitron.

how can i fix the shadowing?

i tried all the internal settings of the monitor and vidoecard corrections and still...its there at and res and any refresh rate. i had an old monitor that shadowed but only on things like text and in game it wasnt noticeable but this one i can see it in-game and everything

theres not choke on the cable and it uses a male male ended cable so i can replace it, think it would help? or is it shadowing because its been sitting off almost all its life?

i'm confused

 

[sJetski]

The only time i've had that problem is when i was using a cheap vga cable or male/female vga extension cable....so yea definitely swap it out if you haven't tried it yet. When you say "no choke" on the cable i believe you mean "ferrite core" which is supposed to reduce interference, and hopefully help with the shadowing issue.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...0105&p_id=85&style=&seq=1&format=1#largeimage

A few things to consider when buying a vga cable:

- The shorter length the better, especially when running higher resolutions
- Try to stay away from those dvi~vga adapters, especially when running a higher resolution
- The cables needs to be engineered well, with decent insulation and ferrite cores are often necessary.