Refresh Rate Problem

[David Curry]

Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:15:01 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
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>>Ahmed Abdel-Aliem wrote:
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>>>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 :
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>>>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 ?
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>>What is the make and model of your monitor?
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>>Do you know what the horizontal and vertical sync frequencies are that
>>it supports (this information should be in the monitor manual)?
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>>Paul.
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>My Monitor is LG Studiowords 710E 17"
>i can't find the manual now, but it supports up to 90 and 100 Hz cause
>i use this refresh rate in  windows it works fine with no problems
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You might be able to find the monitor specs online through a google search.