Hi Chuck,

The video card should detect the monitor's capabilities via plug-n-play, 
but perhaps this is not happening. You can force Windows to show all 
display modes, even those that it doesn't think the monitor can display.

1.) Right mouse click on a blank area of your desktop and select "Properties"
2.) In the display properties dialog box that comes up, select the 
"Settings" tab.
3.) Click on the "Advanced" button.
4.) Click on the "Monitor" tab.
5.) Uncheck the box "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display"
6.) Click "OK". You should now see a lot more resolution options to choose 
from.

Be careful when using this to not select a resolution that your monitor 
does not support.

Russ Poffenberger
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At 04:27 AM 9/19/2006, you wrote:
>I purchased a new Samsung SyncMaster 215TW (20" wide) LCD monitor. I have 
>it running in Digital mode attached to an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 adapter. 
>I've installed the latest drivers for the monitor. I'm not sure which 
>drivers i need to upgrade the adapter as it always list so many for that 
>chipset. The highest the resolution will set to is 1280 x 1024, which is 
>below the recommended.  The refresh rate is 60.
>
>The problem is that every other line on the screen appears blurry. Is this 
>just a bad monitor that i need to replace or am i missing something in the 
>settings?
>
>thanks,

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