Narrowed Concave screen

Richard Urban wrote:
> "paul1961" <paul1961 DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:65AACC88-5097-4896-9A4E-82EC601DEEBA@microsoft.com...
>> The buttons on the monitor only seem to be for brightness and contrast
>> control.
>> I can substitute another monitor for this one on Monday and will do so.
>> The only question I have is when going into Monitor properties and
>> graphics
>> card properties both are said to be working correctly. Is that par for the
>> course?
>
>
> You were told in another news group that what you see is only the condition
> of the drivers/software. It has nothing to do with physically defective
> hardware.
>

I take it you have never seen a CRT die? Quite often when they start
failing the display shrinks until it gets too small to use. I have seen
them shrink down to a line a couple of pixels in width. As some of
those were being used as glass ttys there was no way any software or
drivers were involved.
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A CRT that has horizontal collapse is not, in any way, going to alter the
fact that the device manager will show everything as OK, both the monitor
and display adapter. All the device manager shows is the condition of the
drivers/software associated with the monitor and display adapter device. Not
the physical condition of the monitor.



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"Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder.RemoveThis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Richard Urban wrote:
>> "paul1961" <paul1961.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:65AACC88-5097-4896-9A4E-82EC601DEEBA@microsoft.com...
>>> The buttons on the monitor only seem to be for brightness and contrast
>>> control.
>>> I can substitute another monitor for this one on Monday and will do so.
>>> The only question I have is when going into Monitor properties and
>>> graphics
>>> card properties both are said to be working correctly. Is that par for
>>> the
>>> course?
>>
>>
>> You were told in another news group that what you see is only the
>> condition of the drivers/software. It has nothing to do with physically
>> defective hardware.
>>
>
> I take it you have never seen a CRT die? Quite often when they start
> failing the display shrinks until it gets too small to use. I have seen
> them shrink down to a line a couple of pixels in width. As some of those
> were being used as glass ttys there was no way any software or drivers
> were involved.
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Richard Urban wrote:
> A CRT that has horizontal collapse is not, in any way, going to alter the
> fact that the device manager will show everything as OK, both the monitor
> and display adapter. All the device manager shows is the condition of the
> drivers/software associated with the monitor and display adapter device. Not
> the physical condition of the monitor.
>
>
>
Maybe I misunderstood your post. The way it sounds is that the problem
was in the drivers/software, not the hardware.
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