LCD Monitors and Fedora

[William M. Quarles]

William M. Quarles wrote:
> Caveat:  While the installation program correctly detected my frequency 
> range, it picked the highest vertical frequency that it supported, which 
> was not actually the optimum vertical frequency for my monitor's 
> display.  I had to manually alter the frequency setting.  Some monitors 
> actually only support one vertical frequency.  LCD monitors are like 
> little computers of their own, and my experience has been that they 
> don't burn out like a CRT will if driven at the wrong frequency; they 
> just won't display.

I forgot to include this very useful website for finding the settings 
for manual monitor modes for xorg or XFree86.

http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html

Peace,
William