Computer problems...

[ILuvBMW]

God only knows what is wrong with it... The 'view' is only about the middle 3rd of the screen and it is very shaky and wavy. It's impossible to see anything. It's a really old monitor, so it's robably died of old age :-(

 

[Wadula]

i love linux. i tried a suse evaluation just recently. it had KDE 3.1.3 i think. it was a boot CD image. after burning the system started by CD and ran just fine. and even though i booted by cd and the linux did not even touch the hard drice, it was almost as fast as MS. dang i ell you guys, back home i will have a nice linux server....so all the crap you need to keep MS clean is no more necessary. i saw that at a freind and it was amazing how fast the package filter made his internet. basically it did not get faster, at least not physically, but the linux filter did only let the packages through that really were supposed for him. that gave so much resources free at the MS system....incredible...

i know. many of you know that since a long time, but for who just discovered it and made his first steps with linux, it is so amazing

 

[Bear6360]

It sounds like your monitor settings are incorrect. You'll have to right click on your desktop and click on properties. Go to the settings tab. You'll need to monkey with the resolution and the refresh frequency. I currently have mine set at 1024 x 768 and a refresh rate of 60 Hz.

 

[Wadula]

I assume that the coils that make the magnetioc field guiding the electrons to the screen surface is gone bad. that is because the picture does not cover the whole surface. if you go to the manual screen settings, can you change height and width or does nothing change at all?

btw, 60hz is not really nice for the eyes. i always go as high as possible to reduce flickering. it's the same with TV's, since years they have a higher refreshment rate than the human eye can see for more conveience.