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Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My mom recently, bought a new computer with a flat panel display. Since she's not using her 17" monitor anymore, she gave it to me and I have just it hooked up to my computer yesterday. I had originally, a 13" monitor that came with the computer when I bought it. It did fine, but I thought I would take advantage of a bigger monitor. I can't seem to get the Brightness and Contrast set right. When I try to set the brightness and contrast, it gets out of whack and I have to end up restoring all the defaults...then I'm right back where I started.

I can use the monitor as is, but it's dark and the colors aren't as sharp as they should be. Anybody have any suggestions? Is there a program or something that can help me get the brightness and contrast set properly?

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Was it working correctly for your mom? Have you gone to the display properties and selected the new monitor?

Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah it worked fine when my mom was using it. She never had any problems with it. As far as I can tell, the right driver is loaded for it.

Nickovtyme
Member

07-29-2004

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think I got it figured out. Took me some time, but I did it. It's not as great as my other monitor was but I think I can live with this. thanks for everybody's help.