Trouble with Dell C610 with Radeon 16meg Vid Card...

davidpg · Jun 6, 2006, 09:38 PM

I've been using my trusty Dell C610 laptop as a desktop for the last couple of years.

I decided to treat myself and bought a Viewsonic 19" widescreen LCD monitor (VA1912wb).

The resolution needed to run this monitor is 1440x900 and naturally the video drivers that were installed on the laptop weren't up to spec. After a little searching, I found this wonderful site and downloaded the new drivers and all is wonderful...almost.

While running in 1440x900, things look okay, except a little shadowing that goes off to the right of whatever object is on the screen. For example, the video properties box...when it's onscreen I see a light shadow copy that goes off to the right about 1mm beside it and another beside that one. I don't see it in the box itself, really just to the right of all objects onscreen. The start bar has the same problem.

Sounds weird, I know. At other resolutions it doesn't happen. Is there a tweak for this or is my 16meh ATI Radeon just maxing out?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 7, 2006, 09:58 AM

You might just be looking at the LCD slightly crooked... ? Sounds like what I see when I look at an LCD off axis

MiDri · Jun 7, 2006, 10:06 AM

LCD have a native res, check to see what that one runs at. Anything else and you could have problems.

davidpg · Jun 7, 2006, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

You might just be looking at the LCD slightly crooked... ? Sounds like what I see when I look at an LCD off axis

It's definitely not that... you can see it dead on.

As for native resolution, I believe it's 1440x900. As stated in my original post, I had to work to find a solution to find the right driver for my vid card to run this resolution.

Spyre · Jun 7, 2006, 03:15 PM

That sort of ghosting is usually from an iffy data cable, not heard of the issue before now on a DVI LCD monitor before however. Worth a shot if you can borrow someone elses cable.

davidpg · Jun 7, 2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spyre

That sort of ghosting is usually from an iffy data cable, not heard of the issue before now on a DVI LCD monitor before however. Worth a shot if you can borrow someone elses cable.

I'm running the screen with a regular cable as my laptop does not have a DVI output...I will try another cable for the monitor though.

Any other suggestions?

MindlessOath · Jun 8, 2006, 02:16 PM

just run it at a lower res. thats an older laptop and i dont think the video card likes it very much - regardless if your running an external mon/lcd.
i would say 1024x768 is a really high res for most laptops (LCD's already part of the unit). going higher is going to cause issues most likly.

otherwise try omega drivers and see if that helps.

Jun 6, 2006, 09:38 PM	#1
davidpg DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Trouble with Dell C610 with Radeon 16meg Vid Card... I've been using my trusty Dell C610 laptop as a desktop for the last couple of years. I decided to treat myself and bought a Viewsonic 19" widescreen LCD monitor (VA1912wb). The resolution needed to run this monitor is 1440x900 and naturally the video drivers that were installed on the laptop weren't up to spec. After a little searching, I found this wonderful site and downloaded the new drivers and all is wonderful...almost. While running in 1440x900, things look okay, except a little shadowing that goes off to the right of whatever object is on the screen. For example, the video properties box...when it's onscreen I see a light shadow copy that goes off to the right about 1mm beside it and another beside that one. I don't see it in the box itself, really just to the right of all objects onscreen. The start bar has the same problem. Sounds weird, I know. At other resolutions it doesn't happen. Is there a tweak for this or is my 16meh ATI Radeon just maxing out?

Jun 7, 2006, 10:06 AM	#3
MiDri DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 933 Rep Power: 0	LCD have a native res, check to see what that one runs at. Anything else and you could have problems. __________________ [COLOR=Red] [COLOR=black]He is so happy, I just don't have the heart to tell him...[/COLOR][/COLOR]

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Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 1,217 Rep Power: 48	That sort of ghosting is usually from an iffy data cable, not heard of the issue before now on a DVI LCD monitor before however. Worth a shot if you can borrow someone elses cable. __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

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MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,142 Rep Power: 0	just run it at a lower res. thats an older laptop and i dont think the video card likes it very much - regardless if your running an external mon/lcd. i would say 1024x768 is a really high res for most laptops (LCD's already part of the unit). going higher is going to cause issues most likly. otherwise try omega drivers and see if that helps. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Jun 7, 2006, 09:58 AM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	You might just be looking at the LCD slightly crooked... ? Sounds like what I see when I look at an LCD off axis