Monitor jumpy - too old?

[conradguerrero]

Hi, so I have an old Packard Bell monitor and recently the screen has been a little jumpy in that it's image moves up and down slightly. I have recently put in a tnt2 ultra video card and have the resolution set to the monitor's max. No other monitor options were changed though. The 'jumps' only happen once in a while, then nothing. I took off the desktop background image, no noticable change.

Is my monitor just old? or could it be the new resolution? Maybe the drivers for the tnt2 ultra could be updated, I'm only using the manufacturers driver not NVidea's. Could I use the newer Detonators instead?

here's a diagnostic:

Monitor
Setup Name : Packard Bell 1024S
Maximum Resolution : 1024x768
Horizontal Scan Range : 30-49kHz
Vertical Refresh Range : 50-90Hz
DPMS Energy Star Compliant : Yes

PnP/DDC Monitor Data
Manufacturer : Packard Bell
Model ID : 4234
Serial Number : 00000009
Manufacture Date : 1998 week 24
Display Type : RGB colour
CRT/Panel Size : 13 in
Max. Horizontal/Vertical CRT/Panel Size : 270 mm / 200 mm
Gamma Factor : 2.80
DPMS Modes Supported : Off Suspend Standby
EDID Version : 1.01

Monitor Established Timings
Video Mode 0 : 720x400 at 70Hz NI
Video Mode 1 : 720x400 at 88Hz NI
Video Mode 2 : 640x480 at 60Hz NI
Video Mode 3 : 640x480 at 67Hz NI
Video Mode 4 : 640x480 at 75Hz NI
Video Mode 5 : 1024x768 at 87Hz I
Video Mode 6 : 1024x768 at 60Hz NI
Video Mode 7 : 1024x768 at 75Hz NI
Video Mode 8 : 1280x1024 at 75Hz NI

 

[Vehementi]

I'd say it's your video card drivers - try updating them to some of the old Detonators, not the 30's or the 40's since those are optimized toward the GF3's and the GF4's, respectively. Try the 10's, or even the 20's. See if that fixes your problem.

You mentioned "new resolution" - which was the monitor's maximum, 1024x768. What resolution were you running it at before? 800x600? If so, then try reverting back to that resolution for like an hour to see if it still does it.

 

[conradguerrero]

I am now downloading the new detonator drivers and will post back when I am finished testing them.

 

[Vehementi]

What Detonator version? Not the 40's...

 

[StormBringer]

By "jumpy" I assume you mean a visable annoying flickering?
What refresh rate are you using? The lower it is the worse the flicker will be, especially at higher resolutions.

 

[palmboy5]

my 7 year old monitor (that can do 1280x1024 ) its been shaking around whenever there is a vibration....

 

[Rick]

I've seen this problem before, and I've seen it caused by two problems - Video card or monitor.

I would recommend getting yourself ahold of another video card and see if it does this. If it does not, than it is definitely the monitor.

I've never heard of video drivers do this.

 

[conradguerrero]

It look like the problem has abated, the newer drivers may have helped. The 'jumps' were vertical up and down movements of about 1/8 of an inch. So far no new jumps. Will post if it happens again, thanks everyone.