Bought a Princeton 19" off E-bay

[ihoss.com]

It doesn't work.

I've never heard of Princeton monitors before, but it was really cheap, so i got it. It arrived yesterday, and seemed to work at first. Then I changed some resolution settings, and the screen went blank. Now it works when you change the settings enough. I can't start my computer with it as the main monitor, because then the logon won't appear. If I change the settings a bit, it works sometimes, but other times, it doesn't.

Anyone have experience with Princeton monitors or know why it won't work. Here is the link to the item btw:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=130212448652

[Genesis F5]

Same thing happens with my 19" ViewSonic CRT when I try to go upwards of 1600. When that happens, I have to use another monitor to bring it back, or I press F8 to get into Safe Mode and reset the resolution.

[ihoss.com]

It's not only high resolutions, it's low ones too, and even at the recommended resolution it fails.

[gerbick]

sounds like you're out of range... refresh more than likely.

boot up in safe mode, change it.

[ihoss.com]

What do you mean by out of range? It asks for 1280x1024 @ 60Hz and I set it to 1280x1024 @ 60Hz and it works when it feels like it. What should I change in safemode?

[gerbick]

well, I don't mind admitting I was wrong.

a lot of people switch from CRT's to LCD's and end up not setting their refresh rates down from 76hz/83hz to 60/66hz to avoid being out of range in that way too.

[ihoss.com]

It seems the monitor only handles 16bit colors. By default I had it at 32 bit. The monitor only works sometimes now. I can't change the settings around too much, or else it will stop working. But it works ok. So the conclusion is, don't get a Princeton monitor; they are cheap and have only 16bit colors