Need tool to adjust 'monitor geometry' for me. Read inside :P

Caleb · Feb 13, 2005, 10:42 AM

Ok, I have an old IBM Thinkpad laptop from about 6 years ago or something. It has S-Video out (amazingly), and is just fast enough to run popular decoders like XviD and DiVX. I wanna use it as a media center, since I put a Wi-Fi adapter in it and have loads of movies on my local server that it can stream just fine.

Problem is, that when I run TV-Out in PAL mode (European here), I get a black border all the way around. The videocard sucks ass (NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV), and so does the drivers. I KNOW that it is physically possible to fill the whole TV. I know that for 2 reasons. 1: If I switch to NTSC, it properbly expands to fill the whole TV but that f*cks up the colors. 2: There is a positioning panel that lets me position the screen, and I can move it around right out to the borders of my TV. The problem is just... that this dumb panel only supports moving the screen... not adjusting width/heigth. ARGGH!!!

I tried Powerstrip, but I think my videocard is too old. Powerstrip has an "adjust timing" functionality that works on my new laptop, but it is greyed out on the old one. And nothing I do can enable it.

Do ANYONE know a tool that lets you change the width and heigth of the screen like the ATI control panel does??? Or do anyone know if there is a way to edit .inf files or something to change timings ???

P1x44r · Feb 13, 2005, 10:57 AM

Hey, I'm not going to tell you that it's the best tool out there, but this is what I've been using for years now. It is old.

http://www.construnet.hu/nokia/monit...t/mon_test.zip

Caleb · Feb 14, 2005, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P1x44r

Hey, I'm not going to tell you that it's the best tool out there, but this is what I've been using for years now. It is old.

http://www.construnet.hu/nokia/monit...t/mon_test.zip

Yeah thx, but I already tried that

This tools is just used to test so that you can finetune ur monitor. My problem is that it is the TV out I have problems with. And my TV cant be adjusted that way.

I need a program that can actually adjust the geometry output from the graphics card.

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Caleb Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,125	Need tool to adjust 'monitor geometry' for me. Read inside :P Ok, I have an old IBM Thinkpad laptop from about 6 years ago or something. It has S-Video out (amazingly), and is just fast enough to run popular decoders like XviD and DiVX. I wanna use it as a media center, since I put a Wi-Fi adapter in it and have loads of movies on my local server that it can stream just fine. Problem is, that when I run TV-Out in PAL mode (European here), I get a black border all the way around. The videocard sucks ass (NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV), and so does the drivers. I KNOW that it is physically possible to fill the whole TV. I know that for 2 reasons. 1: If I switch to NTSC, it properbly expands to fill the whole TV but that f*cks up the colors. 2: There is a positioning panel that lets me position the screen, and I can move it around right out to the borders of my TV. The problem is just... that this dumb panel only supports moving the screen... not adjusting width/heigth. ARGGH!!! I tried Powerstrip, but I think my videocard is too old. Powerstrip has an "adjust timing" functionality that works on my new laptop, but it is greyed out on the old one. And nothing I do can enable it. Do ANYONE know a tool that lets you change the width and heigth of the screen like the ATI control panel does??? Or do anyone know if there is a way to edit .inf files or something to change timings ???

Feb 13, 2005, 10:57 AM	#2
P1x44r Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 17,882	Hey, I'm not going to tell you that it's the best tool out there, but this is what I've been using for years now. It is old. http://www.construnet.hu/nokia/monit...t/mon_test.zip __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"

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