what happens when a monitor has a vertical refresh rate which is too slow?
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Dcreasing the refresh rate increases flickering, increasing eye strain, but few people notice any change above 60-72 Hz.
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check your video card... or you can use the fine tuning of your monitor located at the bottom side of your monitor...
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I'm assuming you know HOW to set resolution, so theres three possibilities:\n\n1) Video Card does not handle larger resolutions\n2) Monitor does not handle larger resolutions\n3) Video Drivers do not handle larger resolutions\n\nTry to download the newest video drivers first. Do a Yahoo! search for "<video card name> drivers", and find the manufacturers website. Download and install the newest possible.\n\nIf that doesn't help, your hardware is the problem. If your monitor is small and old, it is very likely the problem. Check the documentation if you still have it.\n\nOtherwisw it will be the video card. Again, check it's documentation for limits. You may have to replace this and/or the monitor.
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I have XP SP2, and I don't have a white vertical stripe.  Have you tried switching monitors to see if it's a problem with your monitor?  Also, but less likely, could be your graphics card.
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Actually, it's more likely that your monitor can't handle it.  If there were a problem with the video card, I suspect the driver wouldn't let you select the higher resolution.  Is your monitor very old?   I suggest looking up the specs in the manual, or the manufacturer's web site.
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The first thing that I would do is re-install the video card drivers. \n\n(I would not rely on Windows to be correct, since you can't make changes, so if necessary, I wold open the Pc and determine the exact make and model of the video card.  If you have an onboard video adapater, then I would go to the manufactors web site to identify) \n\nOnce I installed new video drivers, I would check to make sure that the video card has the ability to change and display different video modes. (640X480, etc.) You can change that via the Adapters settings in the Display window. \n\nProperties: To access the hardware properties for your video card or on-board video hardware, click the Properties button. This is the same properties window that can be accessed through Device Manager. \nList all Modes: This useful feature lists all the supported graphic resolutions and refresh rates that can be sent to the monitor by the video card or on-board video hardware. You can use the list of valid modes to find a mode that is compatible with the monitor you are using. Once a compatible mode is found, you can change the refresh rate from the monitor tab, and the display resolution from the settings tab of the basic display properties window.
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Test your computer with another monitor, if it works, then the new monitor is defective.
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The monitor is probably not the problem. Find out what video card you actually have, (on board or PCI) and install the correct driver.  The actual monitor has very little effect on how the visual effects render.
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One reason is that windows may think you have monitor that cannot handel higher resoputions.  You nee to be more specific about ur prob to detemine how u try and change the display and what happens when u try it.
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try going to display properties -> screen saver -> power settings. there should be an ajustment for monitors.
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try adjusting it manually on your monitor .....
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I can't tell you what your monitor native resolution is. The most common resolution for 17in *LCD* monitor is _usually_ 1024 by 768. A CRT monitor (which is the one you probably have, considering you only said flat panel) don't have native resolution, and any resolution set on the monitor would look as great as the other.\n\nJitters on monitors may be caused by many things. The most common reason is for the excessive amount of electromagnetic field near the monitor, speaker is a common cause, and you might want to consider moving everything around the monitor a while until you get a stable picture. The source of electromagnetic field may be anything, even a seemingly guiltless digital clock which is 2 feet away (relatively far) or a harmless desk lamp may cause jitters.\n\nThe second common reason for jittering monitor is by the use of analog connector (VGA) for a digital monitor. Try changing the conection to a DVI connection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface )\n\nFor jitters caused by the use of VGA connectors, you may also reduce jitters by using the auto configure options in the monitor, usually newer monitor have better jitter reduction. Or if the monitor doesn't have auto configure or the jitter is still existent, you may try to fix it manually by:\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/troubleshooting/pc/ls/122001.asp
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If you are in Windows, you should be able to re-size your screen using the "Display Properties" to adjust your screen.  You can get there through the Control Panel in the Stat Menu (or by RIGHT clicking your mouse anywhere on the desktop).\n\nIn the Display Properties you need to select Settings.  There should be a slider there that allows you to set the screen resolution.\n\nAlso, depending on what type of video card you have, there may be a way to actually move and re-size your screen through other software.\n\nIf you are trying to do this to the monitor itself, you will need to figure out what buttons (or knobs on older models) can be used to adjust the vertical and horizontal settings.\n\nBE CAREFUL not to adjust the frequency settings unless you know which ones are supported.  You can ruin your monitor.  Adjusting the size should have no ill effects whatsoever.
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I hope I'm wrong, But if the bars that you are talking about are on both sides, that means that the circutry that explands the horizontal are defective... if it is a desktop, try a different monitor, probably you'll find out that the problem goes away, which only means that is time for an upgrade... if it is on a laptop... is even worse... you'd have to find someone to repair it... but like I said, hopefully I'm wrong...
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"Sync with refresh rate" is supposed to eliminate "tearing artifacts". Don't ask me what tearing is, I've never seen it. I would suppose though, that if it was causing problems for you, you'd know what it was. Turning it on actually will reduce preformance, though, not increase it.
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frist press f8 while booting and choose safe mode. in the safe mode check whats the problem. go with normal boot ...chk display driver and may be this currupted so suggesting reinstall this. change ur monitor resolution frequency also if selected wrong one.\n\ngood luck!!!
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if you increase the number of displaying pixels, everything will be small surely. you can do nothing to stop it because it is the configuration of the computer. even if you bought a new LCD, it would be just like that