New LCD Screen is Showing Blurry Text

Please post them, as I am running out of ideas.

I did go through this document without sucess.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1019501&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19


I also tried removing the drivers by right-clicking on my desktop, selecting properties, and working my through the tabs until I got to the "uninstall drivers" option for both the video card and the monitor. I then reinstalled the drivers, with Norton Antivirus turned off, but have had no success in resolving the problem.

Give me what you have and let's see what happens.

Thanks.

Please let me know if the original video card was an nVidia or ATI, as that affects the steps in this case.

It was a nVidia GeForce card. I believe a 5200 with the ability to broadcast analog and digital signals.

Thanks.

The exact card was a nVidia GeForce FX 5200. I still have this card if you need me to reinstall it. Otherwise, the current video card is also a nVidia card.

Made a small improvement, but I'm continuing to have problems. Perhaps I should repeat the process with the Samsung monitor drivers?


I've posted screenshots so you can see what is happening. Not nearly as good as looking at my monitor, but its something.
http://www.netsweat.com/Screenshots/Screenshots.pdf


Let me know what you think the next step should be.

Thanks.

I "uninstalled" IE though the program is still there. I've read that with SP2, IE doesn't get uninstalled.

I updated Firefox and now Mozilla doesn't show any background colors either. A screenshot of what I'm seeing is at:
http://www.netsweat.com/Screenshots/NewMozillaScreenshot.pdf


What is the next step?

I did a system rollback to the earliest possible date and reinstalled the video drivers. I'm still having problems with no signs of improvement.

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

HI Chasro:

I wish I'd read this before you went to the kind of trouble you've obviously gone to. I was having similar problems when I installed a new video card a couple of weeks ago. Simply adjusting gamma and screen "temperature" made a world of difference with the monitor.

I then decided on the spur of the moment to buy a new 19" wide-screen monitor and saw new and equally strange text effects. To cut to the chase, I don't think there's anything wrong with your hardware (as evidenced by the fact that you've already returned a monitor with a "problem").

Does the manufacturer provide you with an auto-adjust feature? If so, use it - it will make a world of difference. You can further refine the display by playing with the Red/Blue/Green controls on the monitor and adjusting the screen temperature to your liking. That has corrected all of the fuzzy text and resulted in clear, vivid text and colors on my new monitor (a ViewSonic).

You also need to make sure that the monitor is running in its native resolution. If it's a wide-screen monitor replacing a standard one, you'll need to install the screen drivers that came with it, and I can almost guarantee that manual adjustment will be necessary (my monitor needed to be adjusted to 1440x900 to work optimally).

I hope this helps.

Resolution is set correctly and I've used auto-adjust.

My biggest problem right now is that background colors do not show up. Yahoo is white on both IE and Firefox. Word opens with white menu bar on the right-side instead of a blue bar.

I've tried rolling back Windows and then running update. No improvment.

I'll give it a shot, though I've had the PC in "classic style" all along without any problems until now.