dell inspiron 5000 refresh rate

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"Andy C" <leedscon@bigpond.net.au> wrote in
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> hi all,
> i've just reformatted the hard drive on my laptop (dell inspiron 5000)
> & have come across the same problem i had last time i reformatted, the
> refresh rate is stuck at 60hz.

hi... all LCD screens refresh at 60hz!


> please help my eyes cant take this much longer.

surely the refresh rate is not the problem.

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Refresh rate has nothing to do with response time. Also, all digital lcd's
run at 60hz refresh rate.
"Andy C" <leedscon@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> hi all,
> i've just reformatted the hard drive on my laptop (dell inspiron 5000) &
> have come across the same problem i had last time i reformatted, the
> refresh rate is stuck at 60hz.
> i remember last time i did a google search & found a post detailing a work
> around for this problem, (post seems to have been removed) i think i had
> to change the monitor type to laptop display panel, for some reason i
> don't have that option in the standard monitor types this time, only
> digital flat panel.
> i've installed the latest video drivers & it does allow me to change the
> refresh rate but this has no effect, it's still stuck at 60hz (even if it
> says 85hz).
>
> dell support groups offer no help, they insist the refresh rate doesn't
> matter but from experience, i know it does!
>
> please help my eyes cant take this much longer.
>
> thanks in advance
> Andy
>
> (inspiron 5000 running WinXP)
>