Screwy Resolution

Seth · 08-19-2007, 12:23 PM

OK, I have recently acquired a 21" CRT monitor (Hewlett Packard P1100) and it is beautiful! I run it at a resolution of 1600X1200 with a refresh rate of 120Hz and it works great. However when i try to run some applications, mainly games (eg, it has done this with Warcraft 3 and Tactical Ops) the monitor like...turns off and the light on the front flashes orange. Sometimes it will show me some of the menu of the game then go off. The only way to get it back is to turn it off and quit the game.

I know its resolution can go as low as these games are currently set as it runs Starcraft fine which runs at 640X480...or is 800X600? It makes no difference as both the above games are set to this or higher...

So what could be the problem?

Thanks

Supra_138 · 08-19-2007, 12:47 PM

Try 1280x1024 resolution because thats the recommended resolution for your monitor, see if there is a option to set the games your having the problems on to a lower resolution and see if that helps, if not i will help you out more if needed.

Seth · 08-19-2007, 12:51 PM

Nope. Doesn't work. When i start the game(s) it still just goes off, even with the monitor to 1280X1024. :S

oscaryu1 · 08-19-2007, 01:47 PM

You desktop is set to 1280x1024, not your game though

08-19-2007, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Seth Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 244	Screwy Resolution OK, I have recently acquired a 21" CRT monitor (Hewlett Packard P1100) and it is beautiful! I run it at a resolution of 1600X1200 with a refresh rate of 120Hz and it works great. However when i try to run some applications, mainly games (eg, it has done this with Warcraft 3 and Tactical Ops) the monitor like...turns off and the light on the front flashes orange. Sometimes it will show me some of the menu of the game then go off. The only way to get it back is to turn it off and quit the game. I know its resolution can go as low as these games are currently set as it runs Starcraft fine which runs at 640X480...or is 800X600? It makes no difference as both the above games are set to this or higher... So what could be the problem? Thanks __________________ Desktop - Custom Build CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: X2 Samsung 500GB & X1 320GB = 1.3TB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

08-19-2007, 12:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Seth Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 244	Nope. Doesn't work. When i start the game(s) it still just goes off, even with the monitor to 1280X1024. :S __________________ Desktop - Custom Build CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: X2 Samsung 500GB & X1 320GB = 1.3TB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

08-19-2007, 01:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,012	You desktop is set to 1280x1024, not your game though __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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08-19-2007, 12:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Supra_138 New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Blue Mountains - NSW. Age: 18 Posts: 8	Try 1280x1024 resolution because thats the recommended resolution for your monitor, see if there is a option to set the games your having the problems on to a lower resolution and see if that helps, if not i will help you out more if needed.