MAMEWorld Forums - Hardware - Re: Monitor problem (horizontal squishing)

> > > I'm running Windows XP on my machine with a radeon hd 4850 DVI video card with
> > > soft15khz. The monitor is brand new, before I bought it I saw it working
> perfectly.
> > > The moment I plug it into my PC which was already running at 15khz I get this
> > >
> > >
> > > This image was actually taken with the machine running at 31khz. In 31khz the
> image
> > > keeps it's consistancy but is squished. in 15khz the image "bends" at the edges.
> > That
> > > is with 15khz 640x680@60hz interlaced.
> > >
> > >
> > > No matter what khz I try (it's a trisync monitor) or resolution 640x480 or
> 800x600
> > > same issue. Now this is through a VGA connection from the PC to the monitor.
> > >
> > > If I plug in the RGB connection from the machine to my chassis and run the signal
> > > through my minimaid (like a jpac but for a DDR machine spacifically) my monitor
> > shows
> > > a message that says "Signal out of range"
> > >
> > > Does anyone have ANY idea how to fix this?
> >
> > 1. Give us more information on the monitor other than "Trisync".
> >
> > 2. Remove the chassis, rework. I can't say more without better information, but I'd
> > put good money that is where you are headed.
>
> Kortek KT-2914F
>
> What do you mean rework? Sorry I'm not too savvy with monitors.

Kortek info:

http://www.casinotech.com/kortek/support_materials/crt_support_material.html

Rework means to pull the monitor chassis (PCB board) and have new parts put into it. Generally capacitors get replaced, but sometimes transistors, resistors, pots, etc need replacing.

This is a common failure on this model, get it serviced and everything should be OK.