please help a helper!

[matt77303]

hi guys i have a problem with my pc when im trying to run games.

i have a pentium 4 1.8
256mb ram
120 gig hdd
and a abit siluro 64 mb geforce 2 mx400 video card
running windows xp service pack 2.

right then heres the problem....

in windows the display is fine brightness and everything is good. when i run a game ( quake 3 duke nukem 3d quake 2 etc )the screen goes dark, i have adjusted the brightness in the games and tryed most of the changeable settings in the games and it just seems so dark, unplayable. the monitor is a old packard bell monitor as mine is f**ked, windows detects it as a plug and play monitor. i have tried using the drivers that windows reccommends ( microsoft ones ) and i have downloaded the latest drivers from abit.com and there the same.

this is doing my f**king head in!!!! please help me .

Matt

 

[g$$$]

I think its like running purple race fuel in a model T. It can work but not very well. Your drivers and monitor don't seem to get along.

 

[Catalyst]

Now this is just a guess but...

Set your reresh rate to 60 Hz. If you have a high resolution and high refresh on an old monitor the "cathode" cannot recharge fast enough to "stimulate" the pixles on your "phosphor-coated screen"

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/monitor7.htm

Your other option is to stop being a tight-ass and buy a new monitor...

 

[ph0neman]

lol catalyst. my first question would be... what kind of monitor do you have. i have a 128mb ddr all in wonder ati card and my sh*t monitor wont even play the visualizations in winamp... i had to revert back to my old monitor with the sony picture tube. viola games pop up. good luck matt77303

 

[matt77303]

oh f**k it i give up, im just gonna wait for the port of quake 3 on the xbox, after reading about it i thought i would dust of the old quake 3 cd and have a go but never mind...

Fingers crossed for a release asap

Matt

 

[gamersha794]

sounds like you're outputing something the monitor doesn't like. Do you still get sound?

 

[Catalyst]

lol catalyst. my first question would be... what kind of monitor do you have. i have a 128mb ddr all in wonder ati card and my sh*t monitor wont even play the visualizations in winamp... i had to revert back to my old monitor with the sony picture tube. viola games pop up. good luck matt77303

Gods honest truth... I have a monitor I bought in Korea from a guy selling all sorts of weird fish... I think he had eels and squid from what I remember... it was sitting in the back corner and I offered 10,000 won for it... (about $8.00 US)

It's a Hansol... which is the only words in english on the whole thing. It's one of those old school huge monitors... it's got a 22 inch display... and it still smells a little like fish!

It'll only run at 60 Hz or it goes dim. I was told that it was because the cathode gun whatever was weak... like I said.

God only knows what's really wrong but setting it to 60 worked for me

 

[matt77303]

mine is set on 60hz, just worked summit out if i reset the monitor settings ie brightness and contrast then windows is dark as well. must just be a dark monitor, and with quake 3 being a dark game anyway its unplayable! bloady crap old parkard bell monitor!

thanks for everybodys help.

Matt

 

[matt77303]

also, would it help if i install a driver for the monitor, windows just says plug and play monitor, its always been like that. i dont spect packard bell makes the monitors anybody no who makes them for them? so i can find a driver?

Thanks

Matt

 

[Catalyst]

also, would it help if i install a driver for the monitor, windows just says plug and play monitor, its always been like that. i dont spect packard bell makes the monitors anybody no who makes them for them? so i can find a driver?

Thanks

Matt

I bet a gajillion dollars that it won't help. Well, maybe half a gajillion...

I think it's boned.

 

[matt77303]

sh*t, who do i make the check out to? ...



Matt

 

[Rookio]

I'll see your half gajillion and raise you a WHOLE gajillion

 

[Catalyst]

sh*t, who do i make the check out to? ...



Matt

Money order baby... I don't know you!

So you getting a new monitor?

 

[matt77303]

yeap, gonna have a look tonight.

Matt