Dell 2005FPW 20" TFT problem

[Alex Deucher]

On 1/11/06, Jorge Arcas <jorge at warp.es> wrote:
> El Tuesday 10 January 2006 19:39, Xavier Bestel escribió:
> > Le mardi 10 janvier 2006 à 12:58 +0100, Jorge Arcas a écrit :
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a problem configuring the 2005FPW (a 20" TFT monitor from Dell)
> > > with xorg in a laptop with a ATI Radeon 7500.
> > >
> > > The resolution is ok (1680x1050) and the VGA output works fine, but the
> > > image is not completely sharp.
> > >
> > > The image seems to be correctly drawn, but a thin shadow is dropped just
> > > a milimeter near the edges of the fonts, windows, etc. and the image
> > > isn't still perfect
> >
> > I have seen big problems (3cm image offset, shadows on texts) with a bad
> > VGA cable. Replaced it with a good one and the image went perfect.
>
> I will try with a better VGA cable but, in other machine works ok with
> linux and Windows, so I think my laptop VGA output is not really good
> or the ati driver isn't working as expected.

perhaps your modeline is a bit off...  you might try reduced blanking modes.

Alex

>
> Thank you,
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