[pchelpers] Re: video card


I've checked everywhere and cannot seem to find a simple solution as to
why.....after I delete a message (in Outlook Express) it automatically opens
up the next message.  How can I change this.

Ellen Mickelson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Durham" <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:17 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: video card


>
> Thanks for providing that extra bit of information. If your brightness
> is set on max, then it's not getting any brighter without adjusting its
> boost voltage (internal to the monitor). Has it been set that way for
> long? If so, the tube is showing age through this, and the image will
> slowly darken to nothing.
> G.R. Hanson wrote:
>
> >Hi again,
> >
> >Sorry that I'm so stupid, but are you meaning the cable that is from my
> >monitor that plugs into the back of my pc?  It has pins and a screw on
> >each side too?
> >
> Yes, that's the one.
>
> >I haven't sprayed that with anything, but I did take it out last night
> >and replug it in.
> >
> >
> Even that sometimes helps
>
> >I don't have any 'contact cleaner'.  I could buy some though.
> >
> >I did a 'monitor test' where you unplug the monitor and then turn it on
> >and you see 3 colors, and so forth.
> >
> This just proves the monitor can generate a test pattern, but not
> whether the picture from your PC has anything wrong with it. It will
> probably still look dark.
>
> >The monitor 'seems' to be working fine.  But I am having these 'color
> >issues' where things are too dark a lot of times, like I have way too
> >much black in my colors.
> >
> >My contrast and brightness are both at 100 percent.  So, it's not like I
> >can 'lighten things up a bit'.
> >
> >
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