First time poster here. Also Non-Gamer here. Last time I played a video game it was Galaga and it cost a quarter at the local liquor store...where every kid should spend his youth
So there...I said it...I know squat about all this monitor/video card/ghosting/zero ms voodoo. Yet I humbly ask the resident experts here about a problem I've tried really hard to figure out. Found the 1300 post thread on the LG L246WP...but I'll be retired or dead by the time I read that AND understand it in its entirety. I even searched within the thread for flickering or black out and learned a lot just not about how to fix my problem.
I have a bad flickering and intermittent black out problem only when connected via the HDMI to DVI cable. No issues at all with the D-sub analog cable connection. Again, no games will be played on PC or via Xbox or similar, no TV/DVD hook up, no watching videos via a DVD, etc. going on. This is strictly for editing, color correction, etc. using Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom applications (wedding photography).
I, like many, want the most out of their hardware/software and women but I didnt realize that by connecting via analog I was probably sacrificing some image clarity or sharpness. So I found my HDMI/DVI cable and plugged her in and immediately I noticed an improvement in image clarity at the expense of a nasty flicker and 2-5 second black out cycles. Not happy.
Monitor was purchased in Dec. 07 with a production date of March 2007. Im running a 8 month old Acer Aspire ASE700 Quad core, Vista Home, 2 GB RAM and ATI x1650 Radeon vid card (1GB).
Ive read hi and low at possible causes:
- Checked cable connections were secure as only an obessive/complusive could...no help.
- Dirty electricity check...bought a line cleaning power strip = problem remains
- Move speakers b/c possible space voodoo interference check = problem remains
- Update ATI drivers check you know where this is going
- Update LG Monitor drivers tried but Vista says I have the latest greatest. But I need help here. Within Display Settings Vista IDs the monitor as 1. Generic Non-PnP Monitor on Radeon X1650 Series so I dont really know if the LG drivers are loaded and being used or if Vista is driving the monitor via some generic pre-loaded drivers. I know its a stupid question but I have the drivers on my desktop that I downloaded from LG. I just dont know the procedure to update them. I hear people talk about wiping old drivers out then loading the new ones, etc but honestly I dont want to wipe out display drivers and have the friggin monitor go black on me with arms crossed saying Now whattcha gonna do rocket scientist?
I apologize for the long first post and I could go through all the options Ive tried but youd hunt me down and kill me. For all my poor attempts at humor Im really beyond frustrated and at a complete loss.
Between changing settings within Vistas Display Settings AND ATIs Catalyst Control Center AND the monitors OSD AND switching b/w D-sub and HDMI/DVI it has become apparent that larger forces are at work here. Menus change depending on how connected and what application you are in and I simply cannot figure out how to up the refresh rate to above 60Hz (which Ive read is the likely issue) AND maintain the native resolution of 1920 x 1200. Lower resolutions look like poop and defeat the whole purpose of trying to go with the digital cable.
Im going to back away from the computer verrry slowly now and be very still and quiet while someone hopefully has read this far and feels they can help me out. Again, thanks for giving this a go Ive tried other photography forums and all Ive gotten back is mostly the sounds of crickets .
Shoots!
So there...I said it...I know squat about all this monitor/video card/ghosting/zero ms voodoo. Yet I humbly ask the resident experts here about a problem I've tried really hard to figure out. Found the 1300 post thread on the LG L246WP...but I'll be retired or dead by the time I read that AND understand it in its entirety. I even searched within the thread for flickering or black out and learned a lot just not about how to fix my problem.
I have a bad flickering and intermittent black out problem only when connected via the HDMI to DVI cable. No issues at all with the D-sub analog cable connection. Again, no games will be played on PC or via Xbox or similar, no TV/DVD hook up, no watching videos via a DVD, etc. going on. This is strictly for editing, color correction, etc. using Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom applications (wedding photography).
I, like many, want the most out of their hardware/software and women but I didnt realize that by connecting via analog I was probably sacrificing some image clarity or sharpness. So I found my HDMI/DVI cable and plugged her in and immediately I noticed an improvement in image clarity at the expense of a nasty flicker and 2-5 second black out cycles. Not happy.
Monitor was purchased in Dec. 07 with a production date of March 2007. Im running a 8 month old Acer Aspire ASE700 Quad core, Vista Home, 2 GB RAM and ATI x1650 Radeon vid card (1GB).
Ive read hi and low at possible causes:
- Checked cable connections were secure as only an obessive/complusive could...no help.
- Dirty electricity check...bought a line cleaning power strip = problem remains
- Move speakers b/c possible space voodoo interference check = problem remains
- Update ATI drivers check you know where this is going
- Update LG Monitor drivers tried but Vista says I have the latest greatest. But I need help here. Within Display Settings Vista IDs the monitor as 1. Generic Non-PnP Monitor on Radeon X1650 Series so I dont really know if the LG drivers are loaded and being used or if Vista is driving the monitor via some generic pre-loaded drivers. I know its a stupid question but I have the drivers on my desktop that I downloaded from LG. I just dont know the procedure to update them. I hear people talk about wiping old drivers out then loading the new ones, etc but honestly I dont want to wipe out display drivers and have the friggin monitor go black on me with arms crossed saying Now whattcha gonna do rocket scientist?
I apologize for the long first post and I could go through all the options Ive tried but youd hunt me down and kill me. For all my poor attempts at humor Im really beyond frustrated and at a complete loss.
Between changing settings within Vistas Display Settings AND ATIs Catalyst Control Center AND the monitors OSD AND switching b/w D-sub and HDMI/DVI it has become apparent that larger forces are at work here. Menus change depending on how connected and what application you are in and I simply cannot figure out how to up the refresh rate to above 60Hz (which Ive read is the likely issue) AND maintain the native resolution of 1920 x 1200. Lower resolutions look like poop and defeat the whole purpose of trying to go with the digital cable.
Im going to back away from the computer verrry slowly now and be very still and quiet while someone hopefully has read this far and feels they can help me out. Again, thanks for giving this a go Ive tried other photography forums and all Ive gotten back is mostly the sounds of crickets .
Shoots!