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kerryb
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Hi falkryn, I think its time to get OH to visit Pierre our local computer guy. There's something definitely not quite right with my poor PC 
The text is better now but in patches its fuzzy like some of it is bold and not the rest. If it was a photocopier I would say we've got problems with the dev unit again 
Kerry
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kerryb
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The problem originated about 2 weeks ago and sometimes when I turn on I would get to the Microsoft Windows first window with the bar with three little blue squares that move along together as it comes on. Sometimes those blue squares are not square just pixellated lines made up of any colour and they move outside the box.
Then when it goes to the next screen I get lots of blue stripes down the page flickering or grey or orange so I turn off and try again till eventually it works.
Kerry
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Hi Geoff
I discovered that last night and turned it on.
Today my PC and text are back to normal and working fine. Trouble is when I go to turn on tomorrow will it be ok.  Its been a bit hit and miss.
However I really don't understand how changing a cable can make such a difference including not showing all the screen resolutions. 
Kerry
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Kerry, is this a flatscreen monitor, as opposed to the old type with a cathode ray tube ?
If it is, then it will have a "native resolution" which it will work best at. Flat screen monitors are made up of rows and columns of pixels, and the computer generates the pictures in exactly the same way. If the pictures generated by the PC have a different number of pixels than the number on your screen, then the monitor has to find a "best fit", and some monitors don't do this terribly well, and the result is a fuzzy picture and poor resolution of text.
In any case there's no point in using resolutions higher than the number of pixels on the screen, because there will be no benefit, and your pictures will look fuzzy. Also, the resolution chosen has to be the same aspect ratio as the screen - most montors are still 4:3 aspect ratio, whilst newer widescreen ones are 16:9 or 15:9 or 15:10 (16:9 is the most common for widescreen). 1440 x 900 pixels is a 15:9 aspect ratio (near enough), so unless you have a widescreen monitor, it's not the right one. What you need to do is to find the native resolution of your screen (if it is a flat screeen) from the instruction book or from the internet, and set your video settings to that setting.
I expect now you'll tell me it's a CRT monitor 
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Hi Nick
No its an LCD widescreen
Since I changed back to the original cable the picture and text have both been fine and perfect now. Also I have had no problems switching on, maybe the cable just wasn't connected properly in the first place which caused the odd problems and why wiggling it made a difference occasionally.
Talking of ratios - on the top of my screen border it has 2000:1 dynamic contrast written - is that what you were referring to?
Kerry
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Talking of ratios - on the top of my screen border it has 2000:1 dynamic contrast written - is that what you were referring to?
Kerry
No, that's an entirely different kettle of fish ! 
The aspect ratio is the ratio of the width of the picture to the height. So 800 x 600 is 4:3, and 1680 x 1050 is 16:9 (widescreen). If you use a 4:3 ratio on a 16:9 screen it will appear stretched.
What you need to find out is the native resolution of the monitor, which is usually the same as the number of pixels on the screen. If you can post the make and model of the monitor, I can try and find this out for you.
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Arr I'm with you now Nick
Make and model - Samsung - SyncMaster 931bw
Kerry
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Hi again Kerry - the Samsung SyncMaster 931bw has a native resolution of 1440 x 900, so that's what you should set it at.
What sort of plugs are on the cable connecting the monitor to the PC ? Is is a VGA cable (D-Shaped plugs with 15 thin round pins), or DVI (a larger D-shaped plug with flat pins, some vertical, some horizontal) ?
It's just that I noticed that your monitor (which is a pretty respectable one, by the way) has a DVI input, and if you have a graphics card with a DVI output, you will benefit by using that instead of VGA. If you haven't got DVI out of the PC, it might be worth getting the graphics card updated (it sounds like your graphics card could have a problem anyway).
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Hi Nick again
VGA cable and 1440 x 900 is where it is set.
I did notice when playing around with screen resolution on Saturday that some screen resolutions were obviously not the right ratio aspect because the picture would be either too big vertically and just didn't look right or too stretched the other way. I get it now!
The cable we bought on Saturday which when plugged in did not give 1440 x 900 is a SVGA is that why it gave different screen resolutions I wonder? That was weird.
I also think you could be right about the graphic card Still considering the computer is 8 years old its not done too bad. Rather than a wholesale replace with this one we had added bits - extra memory, external hard drive, new monitor etc over the years and a new motherboard 4 years ago
Kerry
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I know what you mean - my computers tend to "evolve", rather than get replaced. I just enjoy building them !
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Maybe if the cost of fuel starts driving up the price of electrical goods again, it will become worth it evolving rather than replacing. Who knows
Kerry
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