[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Packard Bell VGA Monitor problem?

hong@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Hong Cheng) (06/13/91)

Hi, I have a question about my monitor setup:
it is a Packard Bell PB8531V (.31mm dot pitch) VGA analog monitor..
Somehow, after I upgrade my VGA card to 512K. For 640X480 /256 color,
the monitor cannot display with stable screen. According to the spec provided,
it should be able to handle the resolution. What will be the problem?
There are three vertical size adjustments, do i need adjust them?
Thx

mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) (06/15/91)

In article <1991Jun13.022447.7030@garfield.cs.mun.ca> hong@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Hong Cheng) writes:
>Hi, I have a question about my monitor setup:
>it is a Packard Bell PB8531V (.31mm dot pitch) VGA analog monitor..
>Somehow, after I upgrade my VGA card to 512K. For 640X480 /256 color,
>the monitor cannot display with stable screen. According to the spec provided,
>it should be able to handle the resolution. What will be the problem?
>There are three vertical size adjustments, do i need adjust them?
>Thx

Well; it's up to you, but I would return or sell the monitor.
I remember getting the Packard bell VGA monitor with .41 mm dot pitch.  After
seeing such a blurry screen, I decided that I would never again buy a Packard
Bell monitor.  In my opinion, they should never be allowed to call such a thing
a VGA monitor.  They only fool unknowledgable people into thinking that VGA
offers a blurry picture.

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