Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

Resolved Question

How to run a Princepton VL173 monitor on a Dell Optiplex755

Feb 23, 2014 10:49AM PST

I have a Dell Optiplex 755 desktop running Win 7 Pro. I want to use my Princeton VL173 17 inch monitor. When I attach it and turn on the computer I get a message "Oversize. Set resolution to 1280 X 1024." After that the screen goes black.
I found that I can run the monitor if I use safe mode. I have tried setting the resolution by doing that, but as soon as I reboot the problem is still there.
Any ideas are welcome

Discussion is locked

dualcg has chosen the best answer to their question. View answer

Best Answer

- Collapse -
Varying setups
Feb 24, 2014 2:55AM PST

Sometimes, when you try to setup some older devices to newer OS or PC, it may not be a perfect match. the typical native setup the monitor wants to run what the video source may consider its own native default. You neeed to find the match and then save and exit to apply or apply beforehand. If won't save or continues to error then you have mismatch conflict where the basic h/w won't interface on a friendly level.

Native Resolution 1280 x 1024 at 75.0 Hz (from specs)

http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/princeton-vl173-lcd-monitor/4507-3174_7-30910176.html

The above is native and i suspect the resolution is normal, but the 75Hz. isn't typical for your video source. You may need to get another video card, probably a better updated one that allows 75Hz. While not normal;y provided some monitors have "driver setups" which help settle some issues. Check to see if yours provides one. Also, while you PC may acknowledge the monitor as some model#, that setup s/w from the vendor while minor helps more than hinders.

If too old, then maybe the source of a bad setup, a good match can't be had.

tada -----Willy Happy

- Collapse -
Thanks for that.
Feb 24, 2014 2:59AM PST

I neglected to mention something else I encounter with aging devices. Thist appears to be a decade old display and as it ages it may lose it's higher capabilities. 75 Hz may not work but 60 will. Try lower settings such as 800x600 60Hz and work your way up.
Bob

- Collapse -
Thanks to all
Feb 24, 2014 6:00AM PST

Thanks to all of you for your much appreciated advise and suggestions. This morning I got out my info that came with the monitor and studied it more carefully. Down in one corner of a pager I found the resolution should be set at 1280 X 1024 AT 60 HERTZ. I hadn't seen that before. Next question was how to set it so it would stay. I tried going in via the control panel.
To do this I turned off the computer. Attached the 17 inch monitor, and then restarted in safe mode. I safe mode I had the monitor. I then went to control panel and looked for monitor settings. Found it and was able to set 1280 X 1024 60Hz . I saved that, closed control panel, and was please to see a good display. I then rebooted while holding my breath. It worked! Everything is now great.
Again thank you all for your help.

- Collapse -
Hopefully you'll read this too.
Feb 24, 2014 11:48PM PST
- Collapse -
Answer
Link, comment.
Feb 23, 2014 11:32PM PST