thanks Kathy, so is my monitor an OptiQuest? christy Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller Intel(r) 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 [Display adapter] OptiQuest 15.7 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, December 1996) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy :-) M." <frankles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: grainy monitor > http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html This is a quick d/l of 605 kb's and > will tell you all the hardware info and software on your puter..will give > you all the info for your monitor.......Smiles Kathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:15 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: grainy monitor > > > > Hi Tom > > > > Im afraid I dont know the make and model. It is almost eight years old > and > > came with my first computer that I bought at a computer show locally. I > > dont think it gives me a model or make anywhere I can find. > > > > cristy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "T. Hunt" <ilrover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:53 PM > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: grainy monitor > > > > > > > It may be. You may be overdriving your monitor; IOW, running it at a > > > refresh rate and color depth it's not capable of handling. With some > > > monitors, the screen will become unreadable but with others, they'll > > > work for a while but burn out much quicker than they would if run within > > > their limits. That's why inputing the correct monitor specs is so > > > critical. Normally that insures that the monitor won't be overdriven. > > > > > > What make and model monitor is it? > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > cristy wrote: > > > > > > > hmm, my screen is grainy again, I think this monitor must be dying. > I > > have > > > > not changed anything on the display settings, it was looking better > now > > is > > > > bad again. Is that a "death symptom" for monitors? > > > > > > > > christy > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > > > To access our Archives: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > > For more info: > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > To access our Archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > For more info: > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk