Re: unnecessary startup programs
- From: Jean Menzies <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:37:59 -0600
Hi Bill
I thank you for your shared experiences and thoughts on this problem.
I'm at least glad FS is aware of it and that it's not something new.
Well, I'm sorry for those of us who have stumbled into this problem, but
at least it's something they're aware of.
I noted that you're using a different ATI card than I am, but it's ATI
just the same if that is indeed significant. I don't know if our
monitor is LCD or not, but that's very enlightening about the difference
between LCD and CRTS. When I went to System and checked, it just said
Plug and Play monitor. I'm sure it says on our sales receipt, but is
there a way to find out if it's LCD or CRTS in system settings, etc.? I
found the resolution settings which are the same as yours, 1024 by 768
pixels.
Can you or anyone else explain to me what happens if I choose a lower
pixel resolution? What happens visually? The next one down is 800 by
600, but I'm guessing that wouldn't be that good for the sighted folks
sharing this computer. When I went into the advanced settings for the
adapter and monitor, there was a big list of combinations. I imagine I
would want to stay with 32 bit, right? It also talks about hertz. Do
you know what that means?
Just looking for the allusive needle in the haystack.
Jean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Powers" <powersradio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: unnecessary startup programs
> Jean,
>
> Just a quick note to address the video driver issue that might also
> help
> others experiencing something similar. FS is well aware of the
> problems of
> disappearing text but isolating it is laborious and not always easy to
> duplicate on like machines. I tend to think it's more of a monitor
> issue
> because I didn't have this problem until I got an LCD monitor (NEC
> 1860NX).
> I use an ATI 128 Rage Ultra card. The problem is most likely a
> combination
> of using an ATI product and the LCD monitor. LCD monitors are more
> prone to
> video problems because they trace a picture slower than CRTs and also
> don't
> require the same high refresh rates that CRTs do for a good clear
> picture.
> In any case, the issue is under constant investigation and we hope one
> day
> to find the culprit and fix it. In the meantime, it's hit or miss.
>
> Things that can help some are making sure your computer has plenty of
> resources, plenty of memory, and not trying to bump up the screen
> resolution
> to the very highest setting. Though I could run mine at a higher
> resolution,
> I stay at 1024 x 768 rather than going to 1268. That image would be
> way too
> small for me and require a lot more magnification.
>
> With that said, if there are further comments we can definitely take
> this
> offline. But I did want to say the above in case it would help someone
> who's
> a partially sighted person having video problems. Hope it sheds some
> much
> needed light on the problem for a future fix.
>
> Bill Powers
>
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