monitor problems

[Swatman]

Don't know really how to call this problem, i think it's my connection. Here's a screen

See, the problem is, it only takes the lowest part of the monitor but not the upper part.

[sixf00t4]

you need to mess with your monitor settings...

it differs from monitor to monitor, but the actual buttons on the monitor need to be adjusted

[Prexaspes]

Try lowering your refresh rate.

[sixf00t4]

did you look at the pic prex? it is obviously pincushioning.

[Prexaspes]

I looked at the picture and saw a very short vertical size, as well as excessively bad barrel distortion. It would be uncommon for a monitor's default settings from the factory to be that far out of spec.

It looks to be either the connector, the monitor is failing, the video card, or the refresh rate is too high. From the picture I can't ascertain whether it has control knobs, but I am assuming it is newer than that and has button instead which would eliminate the possibility that the knobs were pegged in the wrong direction.

Also, the three bright lines in the picture lead me to believe that the electron guns are suffering with some sort of problem, which could be from anything I have listed above.

*Edit for spelling

[Swatman]

I can't adjust the monitor settings to the full screen. It has nothing to do with the settings, and the vid card is ok cuz it works with other monitors. I noticed there is 1 pin broken on the connector so can that be it?

[Prexaspes]

Yes it could be. You should try a new monitor cable. Sounds like one of your sync pins is messed up. Is it possible for you to use the cable from the working monitor, or are both sealed up inside the monitor?

If you post what types of monitors you have, it may help.



*Edit
I think it is important to remind you that some VGA connectors do not have all 15 pin holes occupied with pins since all of tham are not needed. You may still want to reduce the refresh rate to 60 Hz and the resolution to 800x600 when attempting to get the monitor to work.

Has this monitor worked before? Can you verify that it is a broken pin?

[Swatman]

I know one pin is broken on the second row of the three. The monitor has worked before very good. It's a vibrant color monitor VM71.

The connector is sealed in the monitor so i can't just replace it with an other one

[locutus53]

I know one pin is broken on the second row of the three.

Every VGA monitor cable has a pin missing in the middle row. I'm assuming that's the one you think is broken. Everything's normal there. It should look like this:

  *  *  *  *  *
*  *  *      *
  *  *  *  *  *

If there's another pin missing, which one is it?

[Swatman]

No, that aint it, there IS one broken pin. It was a little bad so i tried to put it good again and then it broke in half