-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Samsung Monitor flickering
- From: Disastar <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:00:40 -0500
I see a lot of fixes for this monitor for Linux and MAC's, but not much for
Windows. The problem appears to be a problem with the refresh rate. Here
is an explanation I found with a fix if you are using NVidia video card:
"The problem is a defect in the 204Bs made in China. It's commonly known
(i.e. basically every 204B owner with a new, high-end card hits it), though
Samsung tech support either refuses to acknowledge it or somehow remains
ignorant of it (they were wholly useless to me on the phone and just wanted
to swap my 204B for another one... which I'd already done.) The 204B can't
handle the full 165 MHz transfer rate of DVI, and 1600x1200x24-bit gets
perilously close to it.
You can fix the issue as follows:
nVidia Control Panel -> Display -> Manage Custom Timings -> Create or Edit
(depending on if you have one for 1600x1200 at 60Hz or not) -> Advanced ->
switch the timing standard to "CVT Reduced Blank"
Once I set the timing to CVT Reduced Blank (which drops your refresh rate
from 60.00 Hz to 59.92 Hz), the blackouts and pixel snow went away
completely."
I'm really hoping you are using NVidia, but I'll keep looking if you use ATI
video card or perhaps even Intel built onto motherboard video.
Ed
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Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:03 AM
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Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Samsung Monitor flickering
Hello all,
I turned on my computer after returning from a two day trip and the
monitor is flickering. I don't know what the problem is. I had powered down
the
computer, but not the monitor, before we left. I turned on the computer, and
I
get an intermittent screen flash. I'm running XP Home, and the monitor is a
Samsung SyncMaster 205BW.
I've rebooted, and tried to boot in safe mode. There is no separate
video card. It's two years old.
The symptoms are; monitor power button is showing a short flash, then a
long one, followed by the screen flash. The sequence repeats itself again
and
again.
I'm using an old monitor now, hoping there is an easier answer than
buying a new monitor tomorrow.
Thanks,
HB
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