Hi,

I've just bought a Topcon VS-10S 10" monitor from shop. Shop staff had
shown me clearly the monitor could be displayed in 800x600 resolution
with 30 bit color (I didn't know his PC configuration). When I
connected the monitor to my PII PC w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT display card, XP
Professional & XP Home installed in 2 separate HDs, I found I could
only get proper display with VGA mode (640x480). If I changed the
resolution to higher values, the display immediately turned into a
mess.

I tried forced XP to search for Topcon's driver but I found no Topcon's
brand name in monitor driver list.

Please tell me how can I use this 10" in higher resolution ? I checked
from below url that the best resolution for this monitor should be
1024x768.

http://www.aures.com/ang/2_pdv/6_monit/a_vs_10s.html

RIGHT CLICK on the blank part of the Desktop, select properties, click on
the SETTINGS TAB, make sure you have TRUE COLOR 32 bit and then see if you
can move the slider to 800 x 600. If not click on the ADVANCE button, go to
adapter and be sure yours is shown. go to Monitor and be sure Plug and Play
is checked.
-- Reboot try a different scanning freq, should be 60 hz



I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
"A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."


"emil_lam" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just bought a Topcon VS-10S 10" monitor from shop. Shop staff had
> shown me clearly the monitor could be displayed in 800x600 resolution
> with 30 bit color (I didn't know his PC configuration). When I
> connected the monitor to my PII PC w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT display card, XP
> Professional & XP Home installed in 2 separate HDs, I found I could
> only get proper display with VGA mode (640x480). If I changed the
> resolution to higher values, the display immediately turned into a
> mess.
>
> I tried forced XP to search for Topcon's driver but I found no Topcon's
> brand name in monitor driver list.
>
> Please tell me how can I use this 10" in higher resolution ? I checked
> from below url that the best resolution for this monitor should be
> 1024x768.
>
> http://www.aures.com/ang/2_pdv/6_monit/a_vs_10s.html
>
>
>
>

What version of the video card drivers are you running? The video card
drivers that are/were shipped with XP are extremely limited. Head over to
www.nvidia.com and check for the latest drivers for your video card.

BTW: The Riva TNT is getting to be a very old video card.



On 29/11/2005 "emil_lam" <Emil_Lam@mailcity.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've just bought a Topcon VS-10S 10" monitor from shop. Shop staff had
>shown me clearly the monitor could be displayed in 800x600 resolution
>with 30 bit color (I didn't know his PC configuration). When I
>connected the monitor to my PII PC w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT display card, XP
>Professional & XP Home installed in 2 separate HDs, I found I could
>only get proper display with VGA mode (640x480). If I changed the
>resolution to higher values, the display immediately turned into a
>mess.
>
>I tried forced XP to search for Topcon's driver but I found no Topcon's
>brand name in monitor driver list.
>
>Please tell me how can I use this 10" in higher resolution ? I checked
>from below url that the best resolution for this monitor should be
>1024x768.
>
>http://www.aures.com/ang/2_pdv/6_monit/a_vs_10s.html
>
>
>

--
---

Y.

1024x768 will produce very small objects on a 10" monitor.

"Yves Leclerc" <yvesleclercNOSPAM@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:erBNniR9FHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> What version of the video card drivers are you running? The video card
> drivers that are/were shipped with XP are extremely limited. Head over to
> www.nvidia.com and check for the latest drivers for your video card.
>
> BTW: The Riva TNT is getting to be a very old video card.
>
>
>
> On 29/11/2005 "emil_lam" <Emil_Lam@mailcity.com> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've just bought a Topcon VS-10S 10" monitor from shop. Shop staff had
> >shown me clearly the monitor could be displayed in 800x600 resolution
> >with 30 bit color (I didn't know his PC configuration). When I
> >connected the monitor to my PII PC w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT display card, XP
> >Professional & XP Home installed in 2 separate HDs, I found I could
> >only get proper display with VGA mode (640x480). If I changed the
> >resolution to higher values, the display immediately turned into a
> >mess.
> >
> >I tried forced XP to search for Topcon's driver but I found no Topcon's
> >brand name in monitor driver list.
> >
> >Please tell me how can I use this 10" in higher resolution ? I checked
> >from below url that the best resolution for this monitor should be
> >1024x768.
> >
> >http://www.aures.com/ang/2_pdv/6_monit/a_vs_10s.html
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>

Have you tried a lower frame rate.

Bob
"emil_lam" <Emil_Lam@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:1133287887.375989.138690@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've just bought a Topcon VS-10S 10" monitor from shop. Shop staff had
> shown me clearly the monitor could be displayed in 800x600 resolution
> with 30 bit color (I didn't know his PC configuration). When I
> connected the monitor to my PII PC w/ NVIDIA RIVA TNT display card, XP
> Professional & XP Home installed in 2 separate HDs, I found I could
> only get proper display with VGA mode (640x480). If I changed the
> resolution to higher values, the display immediately turned into a
> mess.
>
> I tried forced XP to search for Topcon's driver but I found no Topcon's
> brand name in monitor driver list.
>
> Please tell me how can I use this 10" in higher resolution ? I checked
> from below url that the best resolution for this monitor should be
> 1024x768.
>
> http://www.aures.com/ang/2_pdv/6_monit/a_vs_10s.html
>
>
>

Chuck 寫道：

> 1024x768 will produce very small objects on a 10" monitor.
>
Agree. But the point is I can't even change the setting to 800x600
without problem.

Yes, Riva TNT is old, so is my PII PC.

The problem happened with monitor at refresh rate of 60Hz. Common
setting for most monitors.

Craig A. 寫道：

> RIGHT CLICK on the blank part of the Desktop, select properties, click on
> the SETTINGS TAB, make sure you have TRUE COLOR 32 bit and then see if you
> can move the slider to 800 x 600. If not click on the ADVANCE button, go to
> adapter and be sure yours is shown. go to Monitor and be sure Plug and Play
> is checked.

I used my Althon PC with NVIDIA GeForce 2DDR display card to test this
10" mon

All suggested done & checked PnP monitor choosed. Still the same
problem

> -- Reboot try a different scanning freq, should be 60 hz
>

Tried freq 60, 70, 72, 75Hz without reboot (Changing frequency with my
Samsung LCD monitor, then swap signal cable to 10" Topcon mon, that
avoid having to reboot). Still no improvement.

I've talked to the shop staff on phone. He answered no special setting
but screen refresh rate (should be 60Hz). He has no special suggestion.

I wonder if NVIDIA card has interoperation problem with this 10" Topcon
monitor.

>
>
> I Have forgotten so much of what I once knew.
> "A Stranger is a Friend you haven''t met yet."
>

But what did you SEE at the shop? The signal may have been 800 X 600, but
the detail was considerably less.
What do you expect to use this monitor for? That information might help me
give a clearer explanation.
The display card used doesn't make a difference as long as the refresh rate
can be set low enough, and interlace can be selected. What you bought is a
very limited monitor completely unsuited for text display at 800 X 600. It
might be suitable for NTSC or PAL resolution, but 800 X 600 ditigal images
will be considerabally degraded.

Phil Weldon

"emil_lam" <Emil_Lam@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:1133374815.759269.293990@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
| The staff did show me the monitor's image at 800x600 resolution. I've
| checked that by right click at desktop then select properties (Display
| properties tab). At Settings tab, it showed 800x600 at 32 bit color.
| That staff already told me the maximum resolution is 800x600 and I
| expect that.
|
| But I haven't checked the display card used by that shop.
|