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Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

I believe that most of us are using "peneric PnP" I am using a Dell monitor that had a specific profile under XP, same with my SGI...but they are generic under Vista, needless to say Dell has NO info regarding this monitor on their site.
"Sean" wrote in message

Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

Thanks! I dont feel alone in the issue then. I just wait for that later
"Zapper" wrote:

I believe that most of us are using "peneric PnP" I am using a Dell monitor that had a specific profile under XP, same with my SGI...but they are generic under Vista, needless to say Dell has NO info regarding this monitor on their site.
"Sean" wrote in message Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

Is your monitor a LCD or CRT model? If it is a CRT, try disabling ClearType.
"Sean" wrote in message

Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

Is your monitor a LCD or CRT model? If it is a CRT, try disabling ClearType.
"Sean" wrote in message

Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

I do have CRT, tried what you suggested, not much difference. Plans to buy a LCD this weekend anyway for other reasons so knowing this is helpful thanks.
"John Doe" wrote:

Is your monitor a LCD or CRT model? If it is a CRT, try disabling ClearType.
"Sean" wrote in message Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:42:02 -0700, Sean wrote:

Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)

What resolution are you running at? I found that running at 1024x768 with 8 point screen fonts was very blurry. Increasing the resolution to 1280x960 and using the default Segoe UI font with ClearType enable was almost readable again. I do wish that Avalon would use the XP method of displaying fonts at smaller sizes though. -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

Increasing the resolution helped a ton! In fact I took it one more step and ran out and replaced my old CRT with a 21' flat widescreen from samsung and it changed my entire experience! Running at the highest res which gave me a low 56hz refresh I seemed to notice flicker but not anymore (perhaps it autocorrected). What I found intresting is that even running one level lower then the highest level for this monitor made everything look dramatically less crisp. It could be becuase its a widescreen and any resolution that doesnt fit the same ratio looks odd.
Now everything looks as if its running on a Mac. fantastic!
Now if the guys at asus can get my onboard audio working I will be all set. "Michael Cecil" wrote:

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:42:02 -0700, Sean <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
Windows cant seem to tell what monitor I am using and I think might be the cause of my blurry text. It found the video card without a problem however for monitor it just says "generic PnP" any advice here?
Same story for my sound which I am using the motherboard sound devices for. Windows cant find it and I cant install drivers becuase the driver program doesnt know what operating system this is...;)
What resolution are you running at? I found that running at 1024x768 with 8 point screen fonts was very blurry. Increasing the resolution to 1280x960 and using the default Segoe UI font with ClearType enable was almost readable again. I do wish that Avalon would use the XP method of displaying fonts at smaller sizes though. -- Michael Cecil http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/ http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/