My Widescreen Monitor Now Thinks It's Square(ish) - Page 3

Gravdigr · 09-15-2010, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Quit fixing it that way. You didn't put a multi-meter on it.

UT: Will try that, tomorrow. Sleepy time now.

Flint · 09-15-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

an air compressor works even better...but: DON'T SPIN THE FANS (you'll wear the bearings out)

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Really? I don't know much about computers, but quite a bit about bearings, and I'm curious how you came up with that?

My reasoning was that: in order to move the amount of air that a PC fan is designed to move, it moves at the RPM it is designed to operate at. It is designed to spin at that RPM for a reasonable lifetime (number of revolutions). If you accelerate the RPM of the device x1000 by blowing an air compressor directly into the fan, it stands to reason that you are exceeding the RPM it is designed to operate at, as well as "adding years to its life" by burning through a bazillion of the revolutions the manufacturer designed it to complete before failure.

Therefore, if using an air compressor to blow out a PC, stick a pencil or something in the fan to hold it in place so you don't wear out the device unnecessarily. Maybe you can use a more correct mechanical terminology to describe why that is.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2010, 11:12 AM

I think your concerns are unfounded, but your method can't hurt anything, as long as the fan gets cleaned.

Flint · 09-15-2010, 05:53 PM

Your FACE is unfounded.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2010, 10:22 PM

I'll spin your fans so fast they'll melt.

Gravdigr · 09-16-2010, 01:01 PM

Fanboys. Sheesh...

Gravdigr · 09-16-2010, 04:17 PM

As UT suggested, I d'loaded the driver he posted. I didn't pay close enough attn, and didn't see that the driver he posted a link to was for 32-bit Win 7. I got 64-bit, so, when I installed it, I got the window in the first pic. I went and found the driver for 64-bit Win 7, d-loaded & installed it, rebooted, and got no love what-so-ever. Nothing changed. There is still no joy in Mudville.

Now, I don't expect you guys to do all the lifting here, but, if any of you have any more clues that point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. I don't want to have to go w/out my 'personal confuser' for the week or so it'll be in the hospital if it comes to that.

Pete Zicato · 09-16-2010, 04:52 PM

Have you tried messing with the menu on the monitor itself?

Cloud · 09-16-2010, 10:04 PM

This sounds very frustrating, and I really can't help, other than to offer up the rather snide YGWYPF cliche.

Undertoad · 09-16-2010, 10:25 PM

I'd still try another monitor on there first

Gravdigr · 09-16-2010, 11:58 PM

My only other monitor is a square-ish one, so I would think that the resolutions not available now, w/my widescreen, wouldn't be available anyway.

I'll have to hook up the other monitor and see if its resolution is off as well. If the resolution is wonky on the other monitor, that will pretty much guarantee a trip to the 'puter hospital for the box.

Gravdigr · 09-17-2010, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Have you tried messing with the menu on the monitor itself?

Yep. No love.

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Originally Posted by Cloud

This sounds very frustrating, and I really can't help, other than to offer up the rather snide YGWYPF cliche.

Thanx.

Happy Monkey · 10-20-2010, 06:23 PM

If you haven't found a fix yet, try turning the computer and monitor off, unplugging the monitor for 5 minutes, to let its capacitors drain, and then plugging it in and turning everything back on. I just fixed a similar issue that way. It may not be the same issue, though, because my monitor actually is 4:3, but I was being restricted to 1024x768.

Gravdigr · 10-24-2010, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

If you haven't found a fix yet, try turning the computer and monitor off, unplugging the monitor for 5 minutes, to let its capacitors drain, and then plugging it in and turning everything back on. I just fixed a similar issue that way. It may not be the same issue, though, because my monitor actually is 4:3, but I was being restricted to 1024x768.

Strangest damn thing. All my 'puter stuff is on a plug that is controlled by a wall switch. If the weather goes south on me I just flick the switch (I know that prolly won't help). Well, the other day the weather went all bumpy on my ass, so I flicked the switch. After a couple hours I flicked it back on, booted up and, Viola!, my monitor is running at it's recommended resolution. Everything is beautiful. In it's own way.

You are no longer pumpkin-heads!

Thanks for the input HappyMonkey. (Happy belated B-Day, also!)

xoxoxoBruce · 10-24-2010, 08:05 AM

Do you normally shut down the system first, or just flick the wall switch?

09-15-2010, 11:12 AM	#33
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think your concerns are unfounded, but your method can't hurt anything, as long as the fan gets cleaned. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-15-2010, 05:53 PM	#34
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Your FACE is unfounded. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-15-2010, 10:22 PM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'll spin your fans so fast they'll melt. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-16-2010, 01:01 PM	#36
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Fanboys. Sheesh... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-16-2010, 04:17 PM	#37
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	As UT suggested, I d'loaded the driver he posted. I didn't pay close enough attn, and didn't see that the driver he posted a link to was for 32-bit Win 7. I got 64-bit, so, when I installed it, I got the window in the first pic. I went and found the driver for 64-bit Win 7, d-loaded & installed it, rebooted, and got no love what-so-ever. Nothing changed. There is still no joy in Mudville. Now, I don't expect you guys to do all the lifting here, but, if any of you have any more clues that point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. I don't want to have to go w/out my 'personal confuser' for the week or so it'll be in the hospital if it comes to that. Attached Images __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-16-2010, 04:52 PM	#38
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Have you tried messing with the menu on the monitor itself? __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-16-2010, 10:04 PM	#39
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	This sounds very frustrating, and I really can't help, other than to offer up the rather snide YGWYPF cliche. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-16-2010, 10:25 PM	#40
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'd still try another monitor on there first

09-16-2010, 11:58 PM	#41
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My only other monitor is a square-ish one, so I would think that the resolutions not available now, w/my widescreen, wouldn't be available anyway. I'll have to hook up the other monitor and see if its resolution is off as well. If the resolution is wonky on the other monitor, that will pretty much guarantee a trip to the 'puter hospital for the box. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-20-2010, 06:23 PM	#43
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	If you haven't found a fix yet, try turning the computer and monitor off, unplugging the monitor for 5 minutes, to let its capacitors drain, and then plugging it in and turning everything back on. I just fixed a similar issue that way. It may not be the same issue, though, because my monitor actually is 4:3, but I was being restricted to 1024x768. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-24-2010, 08:05 AM	#45
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Do you normally shut down the system first, or just flick the wall switch? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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