Actually, the older monitors where never designed for a large amount of
adjustment.  I've worked with several Compaq monitors that leave a HUGE gap
on either side of the screen, regardless of what system or video card they
are attached to.  Somtimes you can get into the display control panel and
make adjustments, but this depends on the utilities that come with your
video card.  Good luck!

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "John Sproule" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Monitor's usable screen area is shrinking?


> Hello folks,
>
> I was looking at a friend's 15" Dell UltraScan (15FS model, I think), and
I
> noticed that there seemed to be a rather generous margin around the
desktop.
> I tried to increase the size of the desktop with the monitor's adjustment
> controls, but they were already maxed out.  I tried some different refresh
> rates but this didn't change things that much.  It also seemed that the
> monitor didn't like the highest refresh rates (85mhz) even at 800x600 and
> 640x480, as the parts of the screen developed a flicker or unsteadiness to
> them.
>
> These problems seemed to be present both with the original computer that
> came with the monitor (486 era) and a somewhat newer computer with a
Matrox
> Mystique video card.
>
> I'm assuming that this monitor is just wearing out, as it is probably
about
> five years old.  I was wondering if these sound like typical symptoms of a
> monitor reaching the end of its life span.
>
> TIA,
>
> John

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