Refresh Rate Problem

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Mon Feb 28 15:15:01 UTC 2005


Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote:
> How Can i Change the refresh rate of the monitor
> i use fedora core 3
> my screen resolution is 1280 X 1024
> when i go to Applications --> Preferences --> Screen Resolution
> i find that there is only one value for the refresh rate which is 60
> Hz & i can't change it
> i went to the file /etc/x11/xorg.conf
> i found this section :
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> 	ModelName    "710E"
> 	DisplaySize  330	250
> 	HorizSync    30.0 - 71.0
> 	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
> 	Option	    "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> what should i do to increase the refresh rate of my monitor from 60 Hz
> to 90 Hz or 100 Hz ??
> 
> can anyone help me with this please ?

What is the make and model of your monitor?

Do you know what the horizontal and vertical sync frequencies are that 
it supports (this information should be in the monitor manual)?

Paul.




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