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Hi I have recently had to reformat my machine and think I have a monitor
driver problem. It hurts my eyes to look at the screen and the mouse cursor
flickers when I move it. How do I find out which driver I need and where do I
get it? The manufacturer isn't very helpful, can anybody help?
AMD Athlon[tm] XP 2700+
500 RAM
NVIDA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
LG Monitor Studioworks Hisync 775
Thanks

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It may just be the refresh rate. Right click on your desktop go to
properties, then the settings tab click the advance button then the monitors
tab. You should be showing a "plug and play monitor" I would think, in the
monitor settings change it to at least 85Hz and click "OK" back through the
screens and see what that is like.

Neil

"Bantamess" <Bantamess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5B0C70AF-98CA-482C-87FF-BA89135FE1EF@microsoft.com...
> Hi I have recently had to reformat my machine and think I have a monitor
> driver problem. It hurts my eyes to look at the screen and the mouse
> cursor
> flickers when I move it. How do I find out which driver I need and where
> do I
> get it? The manufacturer isn't very helpful, can anybody help?
> AMD Athlon[tm] XP 2700+
> 500 RAM
> NVIDA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
> LG Monitor Studioworks Hisync 775
> Thanks
>

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1. Look at the user guide and then you will find out how to load the drivers
off your 'drivers' disk.
2. No guide or useful information? then get Everest home edition, install
and run.

Lavalys EVEREST Home Edition is a freeware system information, system
diagnostics and benchmarking solution for home PC users. It offers system
information and diagnostics capabilities, including online features, memory
benchmarks, hardware monitoring, and low-level hardware information. EVEREST
Home Edition is uniquely available for home users without any charges, based
on the freeware license.

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com [...] ition.html

This will give best information on the Display Adapter so that you can do
further searches for up to date drivers.

"Bantamess" wrote:

> Hi I have recently had to reformat my machine and think I have a monitor
> driver problem. It hurts my eyes to look at the screen and the mouse cursor
> flickers when I move it. How do I find out which driver I need and where do I
> get it? The manufacturer isn't very helpful, can anybody help?
> AMD Athlon[tm] XP 2700+
> 500 RAM
> NVIDA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
> LG Monitor Studioworks Hisync 775
> Thanks
>

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Thanks Neil I tried it and its stopped the curser judder but it still hurts
my eyes

"neil" wrote:

> It may just be the refresh rate. Right click on your desktop go to
> properties, then the settings tab click the advance button then the monitors
> tab. You should be showing a "plug and play monitor" I would think, in the
> monitor settings change it to at least 85Hz and click "OK" back through the
> screens and see what that is like.
>
> Neil
>
> "Bantamess" <Bantamess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5B0C70AF-98CA-482C-87FF-BA89135FE1EF@microsoft.com...
> > Hi I have recently had to reformat my machine and think I have a monitor
> > driver problem. It hurts my eyes to look at the screen and the mouse
> > cursor
> > flickers when I move it. How do I find out which driver I need and where
> > do I
> > get it? The manufacturer isn't very helpful, can anybody help?
> > AMD Athlon[tm] XP 2700+
> > 500 RAM
> > NVIDA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
> > LG Monitor Studioworks Hisync 775
> > Thanks
> >
>
>
>

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Hi,

Control Panel/Display/Appearance tab, click on "effects". Try changing the
method to smooth the edges of fonts between standard and clear type. Which
one is best for your system depends on the monitor, using the wrong one will
give you a headache.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Bantamess" <Bantamess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D4E0391-F7B4-4189-A382-B870357F8A75@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Neil I tried it and its stopped the curser judder but it still
> hurts
> my eyes
>
> "neil" wrote:
>
>> It may just be the refresh rate. Right click on your desktop go to
>> properties, then the settings tab click the advance button then the
>> monitors
>> tab. You should be showing a "plug and play monitor" I would think, in
>> the
>> monitor settings change it to at least 85Hz and click "OK" back through
>> the
>> screens and see what that is like.
>>
>> Neil
>>
>> "Bantamess" <Bantamess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5B0C70AF-98CA-482C-87FF-BA89135FE1EF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi I have recently had to reformat my machine and think I have a
>> > monitor
>> > driver problem. It hurts my eyes to look at the screen and the mouse
>> > cursor
>> > flickers when I move it. How do I find out which driver I need and
>> > where
>> > do I
>> > get it? The manufacturer isn't very helpful, can anybody help?
>> > AMD Athlon[tm] XP 2700+
>> > 500 RAM
>> > NVIDA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
>> > LG Monitor Studioworks Hisync 775
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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What resolution are you using, XPs 800x600 or another.??
Neil

"Bantamess" <Bantamess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D4E0391-F7B4-4189-A382-B870357F8A75@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Neil I tried it and its stopped the curser judder but it still
> hurts
> my eyes
>
> "neil" wrote:
>
>> It may just be the refresh rate. Right click on your desktop go to
>> properties, then the settings tab click the advance button then the
>> monitors
>> tab. You should be showing a "plug and play monitor" I would think, in
>> the
>> monitor settings change it to at least 85Hz and click "OK" back through
>> the
>> screens and see what that is like.
>>
>> Neil
>>
>> "Bantamess" <Bantamess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5B0C70AF-98CA-482C-87FF-BA89135FE1EF@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi I have recently had to reformat my machine and think I have a
>> > monitor
>> > driver problem. It hurts my eyes to look at the screen and the mouse
>> > cursor
>> > flickers when I move it. How do I find out which driver I need and
>> > where
>> > do I
>> > get it? The manufacturer isn't very helpful, can anybody help?
>> > AMD Athlon[tm] XP 2700+
>> > 500 RAM
>> > NVIDA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
>> > LG Monitor Studioworks Hisync 775
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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