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Continued problems with 1905
I have a new 8400 (Xp-2) with the 1905FP monitor (DVI), Nvidia 6800. For the first two days, I had no trouble, but suddenly the glare was unbearable and I am unable to use the monitor for more than a few minutes at a time. Have set the monitor to native res, and have adjusted the various settings, to no avail. Even in typing this message, one letter is black, the next is green, etc.
Questions:
1. Under device manager, the monitor shows as a plug and play (no monitor name mentioned), with a driver from 2001. (The Nvidia card driver is the most recent, from nov 2004). Is this as it should be, or should it say Dell 1905? Or do I need to be installing something? And if so, do I also have to uninstall something? And could an updated display video help with this glare problem?
2. I notice others speaking of backlight leakage -how does one know this is happening? Could this explain the problems I am having with my eyes and using this monitor?
3. The windows are so large (but the text small, even at 120 dpi, with fonts set to large) that they extend to the edge of the monitor, and in some of my programs, data is so extended sometimesI cannot copy it. However, there is no way to change the centering of the windows in the monitor settings (position controls grayed out unless you are hooked up with analog) other than to move the window to the left or right.
I am trying to figure out if this monitor has a problem, or if I am just unable to use LCD monitors. (I have used analog LCDs in the past without this problem.) Any clues would be much appreciated.
Questions:
1. Under device manager, the monitor shows as a plug and play (no monitor name mentioned), with a driver from 2001. (The Nvidia card driver is the most recent, from nov 2004). Is this as it should be, or should it say Dell 1905? Or do I need to be installing something? And if so, do I also have to uninstall something? And could an updated display video help with this glare problem?
2. I notice others speaking of backlight leakage -how does one know this is happening? Could this explain the problems I am having with my eyes and using this monitor?
3. The windows are so large (but the text small, even at 120 dpi, with fonts set to large) that they extend to the edge of the monitor, and in some of my programs, data is so extended sometimesI cannot copy it. However, there is no way to change the centering of the windows in the monitor settings (position controls grayed out unless you are hooked up with analog) other than to move the window to the left or right.
I am trying to figure out if this monitor has a problem, or if I am just unable to use LCD monitors. (I have used analog LCDs in the past without this problem.) Any clues would be much appreciated.
- lgg
To answer quastion 1. No the driver on your computer should not have a 2001FP driver instead it should have 1905FP driver. I recommend that you delete the driver of the 2001FP it is for a Dell 20.1inch monitor not a 19inch monitor. I am guessing that the poeple at the Dell factory must have install the wrong drive and without checking it.
The Dell 2001FP Resolution is 1600x1200 and the Dell 1905FP resolution 1280x1024 both are its native resolution. The 1905FP has the 1600x1200 resolution this could explain the problem.
On your monitor press the button menu/select and you well see on your monitor "main menu" and it will say "Dell 2001FP" this is the one you should delete. First get the CD drive of 1905FP put the CD disk in the CD ROM and install the drive it should do two things one the 1905FP drive will replace the 2001FP drive or 2. Go to Control Panel and click on "Display" press on the "Setting" tab click on the word "Advance"
press on the tab "monitor" press on the word "properties" on the tab "driver" click on it and you will see the "uninstall" button press it and it will remove the 2001FP drive and you can install the 1905FP drive.
If you want to find out about backlight leakage you can get a DVD movie or use screen saver ( black or darker colours)or wait at night and turn on your computer and you will see white light appear when your computer starts when you see the window xp from the black background.If non appear, your monitor is working fine.
mike470 - Hi lgg
Thank you, for telling me that it is Year 2001. I have the Dell 1905FP monitor, I had it for more than one month and had no eye strain or any other problem. I have read that some Dell monitors are bright from other websites as well on the Dell forum. Since you are not happy with the Dell 1905FP monitor and you want to get your money back may I suggest choose an other Dell monitor but look at different forums
like www.hardforum.com and www.anandtech.com/displays/ this website does reviews of all brands of monitors including the 1905FP and 2001FP this might help you choose the kind of monitor you may want to get in the future. To get a full refund of your money
on the Dell monitor call Dell customer service and ask them if they will refund or get the a diferent Dell monitor.
mike470 - Hi lgg,
Like Mike, I also have this monitor. I am using the DVI connection. Note that LCDs are generally much brighter than CRTs. Here are the settings I have adjusted:
Brightness set to 40 on the monitor OSD
nVidia settings:
Digital vibrance set to the first mark, which is either "medium" or just below
Gamma set to 1:31
I have also changed the appearance of various fonts in Display properties via the Advanced tab. You can fiddle around with various item's font sizes to display as you wish.
If any of this fails to help, I would call Customer Service tech support and try and get them to run through set-up with you.
lgg
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Posted March 4th, 2005 19:00