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Monitor hijinks - Auto-Adjustment in Progress ad nauseum

I'm not sure what category this should go in really as it involves my whole new system a la Compaq CQ2000AN, HP W185, 18.5 inch LCD monitor, and last but not least, Windows XP Home. Anyway:

I don't know if this is normal but to my mind it dosen't seem to make sense to be going through three flashings of the ''Auto-Adjustment in Progress - Recommended Setting 1366 x 768 60hz'' notice on start up. It is time consuming - adds about 15 seconds - and seemingly superfluous when I have already set the thing up through Control Panel>Display>Settings.

Thanks if you have any ideas, if there is away around this.

Alan.

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alanhll

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Thanks. Firstly, at least that's good it isn't adding time (it just looked like that). Your computer is the same.

But it sems peculiar that:

'I think this happens because in the Settings of the display you have selected( accidentally or otherwise) resolution that the monitor cannot handle easily. So each time toy turn on the computer the screen tries to adjust itself to work with the resolution that you have selected. Select a screen resolution that the monitor can handle and will work with'.

...when I in fact have the monitor set to none other than ...the 'Recommended Settings'? How does that follow? All boils down to not accessing the video card drivers while in boot up (probably)? If the system is smart enough to detect that the settings should be 'widescreen', I reckon it should start up in that mode as a default (but it dosen't as we know)!

Any other ideas out there? Or I'll take that as the answer.

Thanks,

Alan.

☠ MASQ ☠

What's the resolution and refresh rate you are sending to the monitor?
It looks llike the monitor is trying to tell you the answer - it's possible you have a refresh rate of 70'ish Hz set this to 60 as LCD panels cope with 60 or 120Hz. The other refresh rates are for working with CRTs

alanhll

ASKER

Masqueraid bro, thanks interesting angle but it is already set to 60hz.

Alan.

alanhll

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I'll give it another 24 hrs otherwise the points go to unassasinable...

Thankyou,

Alan.

☠ MASQ ☠

And so they should - According to HP this is normal behavior for the reasons described. The only way to stop it is happening to not use a VGA feed - which is fairly pointless advice if the W185 doesn't support any other input! (So another monitor??)

alanhll

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Well, it's a bit of an annoying feature but I will be able to live with it. Reminds me of computers about 18 years ago really. Whatever. Thanks for wording me up anyhow.

Alan.