CRT help.

[NoStateofMind]

I just bought this CRT today for $175. It looked fine in the store. When I got home and hooked it up, I noticed there was shadowing of text and of outlines. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks in advance.

 

[DaddyRabbit]

Did you actually see "THIS" one in the store or just another one of the same model?

Could be your vid card if it's the same one. But if it was the same model of a different monitor return it.

 

[CP5670]

What exactly do you mean by shadowing? If it's what I think it is, that effect is often caused by electrical interference in the connection, due to a crappy VGA/DVI adapter or VGA cable.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: CP5670
What exactly do you mean by shadowing? If it's what I think it is, that effect is often caused by electrical interference in the connection, due to a crappy VGA/DVI adapter or VGA cable.

Hmm, I just bought a male to male VGA cable and its plugged into the DVI adapter. My X1900XT only has 2 DVI, no VGA. How do I go about fixing this? Buy a new VGA to DVI adapter?

 

[CP5670]

You could try that; some cards come with fairly low quality adapters. Although a better solution would be something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812105816

Does it happen at every resolution and refresh rate? It should become less prominent if those things are decreased. If it's happening even at 640x480 or something like that, then the monitor may just be defective.

 

[NoStateofMind]

At 800x600 it shows much less shadowing, although still there, its just faint. So my problem is shielding/adapter/cable related and not monitor correct?

 

[CP5670]

Yeah, it certainly sounds like it.

 

[jjyiz28]

u tried messing around with the onboard monitor controls?? namely the convergence?

 

[SonicIce]

If it's a really thin VGA cable it may have poor sheilding. Thicker is generally better but not always.