On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 04:11:36PM -0400, Jonathan Alexander Daniel wrote:
> 1) Is there any difference or danger to the monitor in using these numbers
> if my monitor is not a multisync?
YES. Please be careful with these things, as they CAN damage your
monitor. A multisync monitor can deal with a contiuous range of
frequencies. Non multisync monitors can only work with a specific
set of fixed frequencies. This is why the XF86Config file accepts
both ranges ("30-95") for HorizSync and discreet values ("30.1, 45.6,
66, 90.2") (I just made up these numbers - don't use them :-).
A monitor that can't display a certain frequncy should not be "asked"
to do so. Ostensibly you're safer with a multisync because it can
"suffer" a range, but don't let that confuse you: if you go out of
range for a multisync, you're just as fried.
Now, newer monitors do tend to have safety features to shut off the
display if the signal is not compatible, like Boaz mentioned: but
don't count on it. As I said, be prepared to ctrl-alt-backspace (or
even turn off the monitor physically) if you see weird things
happening to it.
> 2) In the pamphlet for the Vision Graphic monitor, there is no listing for
> bandwidth. But there was a listing for "pixel rate" which was 110 MHz.
> Since this was the same as what was listed for bandwidth for the Acer
> monitor, I assumed that these were synonymous. Is this correct?
Take a look in section 4.1., "The monitor's video bandwidth" in the
XFree86 Video Timing HOWTO, that should answer your question.
> 3) What possible dangers are there to the monitor if I get these numbers
> wrong?
Well, if it stops working you may get angry at it.
--
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