Monitor Driver

Question

I am having some problems with blurry text. So I thought that one solution might be installing a Dell driver for the monitor since the one installed is a generic Windows one. I installed one that was for a Dell 1704FPT monitor, which was the closest thing to what's listed on my order sheet. My order sheets lists a Dell 1704FPTT. The blurriness is still there ,but now in the Display Properties it lists my monitor as Dell 1704FPT(analog). My monitor is supposed to be digital. Did I download and install the wrong driver?

Thanks,
Chris

DELL-Chris M · Answer

Chris Higgins, What are your resolution and refresh rate settings?

Chris Higgins · Answer

Chris,   1024 x 768 75Mhz   Is that driver I installed ok to leave in? Or should I roll it back? Thanks, Chris

DELL-Chris M · Answer

* Click Start- (Settings)- Control Panel
* Clic Appearance and Themes
* Click Display
* Click the Appearance tab
* Click the Effects button
* Insert a check to "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts:"
* Choose ClearType
* Click OK
* Click Apply
* Click OK

Is the blurry text better or worse?

Chris Higgins · Answer

Chris

It's much worse. Everything seems a little blurry using "ClearType". Using "standard" the blurriness is intermittent, but mainly noticeable on text intensive things such as message boards, Word documents, .pdf documents and so on. As an example, when reading through topics here, random lines on posts are blurry while others are not. In Word, it's the same thing. Scrolling the page or document doesn't help either.

Thanks,
Chris

Chris Higgins · Answer

Anything else to try? And if anybody knows the answer to my original question in the first post, that would be great. Thanks. Message Edited by Chris Higgins on 09-05-2005 02:51 PM

Chris Higgins · Answer

Oh well. Somehow this got stuck at the top of the list. Anyone know how to remove it? It happened Again! How do you bump a message up to the first page? I give up.

Disregard my babblings in this post! I still have to figure out how to use the board. :\

Message Edited by Chris Higgins on 09-05-2005 03:44 PM

Chris Higgins · Answer

Chris or anybody else have a suggestion or an answer to my original question?   :smileysad:

goflo321 · Answer

I think you need to set resolution at 1280x1024 with that monitor.

Chris Higgins · Answer

Thanks for replying. Everything is so small at that resolution that it's hard to read.

I assume that I am being left to handle this on my own. 7 days without a Dell response. :(

I am sorry and no offense meant but I can't understand the people on telephone support. So I'll continue to hope that a Dell rep can help me here.

goflo321 · Answer

You will never get a clear picture with an lcd if you don't have it set at the recommended resolution . lcd's are not like crt's.  You can enlarge your fonts, but if you want a clear picture you need to use the 1280 x 1024 resolution. If you can't stand the small icons and it isn't too late maybe you can exchange for a 15' lcd which uses 768 x 1024.

Chris Higgins · Answer

Thanks.   Can anybody please answer my original question in my first post about what monitor driver to use?   Thanks.

drew-and-not-u · Answer

Monitors don't need drivers.

Chris Higgins · Answer

If that were completely true then why are they available for download from Dell's website?

chulett · Answer

Chris, a digital monitor will display in the properties as (Analog) if you've got it hooked up with a VGA cable instead of DVI... is that the case?

Chris Higgins · Answer

Yes. I have the VGA cable. Should I use the other one?   Thanks.

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