Blobby blobby blobby :(

[venta]

I've been in work since 9. After a couple of hours of consistent effort from Sysadmin #3, I've just got myself logged on... as Sysadmin #1 said last week, I am the kiss of death to PCs :(

We're now up and running. Unfortunately, something somewhere has gone peculiar, and my fonts, icons, etc are enormously horrible and blobby. All settings seem to be as normal. The resolution won't let me set it any higher.

It used to be OK.

*whimper*

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[venta.livejournal.com]

You could try un-checking the box on the Monitors tab in Display->Settings->Advanced ('Hide modes that this monitor cannot display', or somesuch),

The one that says that if you're not careful it might break the hardware ?

:)

I tried that, and it just offered me higher refresh rates. I reckon if it can't do higher res at 60Hz, it's not going to be able to do it at 100. Possibly wrongly.

I've tried reinstalling drivers for the video card/monitor. I may shortly begin attempting voodoo. Beware.

[ao-lai.livejournal.com]

The one that says that if you're not careful it might break the hardware ?

Yes, that's the one. :)

If I un-check it, I may get other refresh rate options (mine is currently set to 70 Hz) but after I close that 'Advanced' menu, I see higher resolutions appearing on the main Settings menu. Ordinarily, that's capped at 1024x768.

If that doesn't happen, then I guess it's a video driver issue rather than a monitor issue. But that's pure speculation!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm offered higher resolutions that 1024x768. If I try to set them, though, I get a weirdly-fonted box telling me "input not supported".

I suspect it's something up with the video driver. I am, however, assured that the driver is the one I've always had :)

[ao-lai.livejournal.com]

Weird. Okay then, maybe it thinks that you've got a different sort of monitor now...

Everything okay in Device Manager, I presume?