[MrHorror]

Originally Posted by setishock

Just a tibbit, next time get a used monitor from a local shop. The small shops take crt and flats in on trade when a client upgrades their hardware. If you shop around you can get some killer deals. And you get to see the monitor in action before you plunk your money down.
Most likely whats happened with the one you have is it took a blow and the yoke moved just enough to knock it out of focus. If no adjustments you can get to you'll have to have it serviced.

Thanks for the reply. I just got a new VGA cable today and plugged it in. Still no difference. I also noticed that this monitor is having issues displaying webpages as fluid, quickly, and smoothly as my earlier ev700 did. It seems to jam up on some pages.

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Originally Posted by Zachariah

Check for EMI (Electromagnetic interference)
- Take a look to see if there is any power cables tangled with your VGA cable.
- Move the location of the CRT on your desk. I have seen large power trunks of wire in walls that power the house / apartment that "bleed" all over the CRT's that result in warping the signal and making the screen fuzzy.


If I were to have the SCRN @ my house:

1) Try 72 or 75 HZ vs. 60HZ on the refresh.
2) OSD options - Degauss to demagnetizes the screen.
3) Look to see if there is a pin bent on the VGA cable.
4) Look for VGA cable damage
5) After that I would open the case and look to see if if there was a focus POT inside the unit on the circuit board. Most of the time there is a brightness, contrast, and focus PCB mounted trimmer potentiometers, or "trimpots", intended for infrequent adjustment. Once found adjust with jeweler screwdriver.

** If you have never worked with TV's or CRT's know that there is 30,000 volts of electricity inside the tube that can discharge through your body that might result in death.


You might want to look for a LCD
http://www.pricewatch.com/monitors/

Gateway EV700
CRT - 17 inches diagonal (15.7 inches viewable), anti-reflective/anti-glare, 90? deflection, 0.28 mm dot pitch
Maximum resolution - 1280 ? 1024 non-interlaced
Display colors - Unlimited
Video bandwidth - 100 MHz
Synchronization - Horizontal, 30-69 KHz
Vertical, 50-120 Hz
Power input - 100-240 VAC
Certifications - UL, CUL, DHHS, and FCC Class B

My monitor is plugged into a surge protector so I don't think wiring is the issue. I tried the hertz thing earlier. Didn't work. As for opening the back of the monitor. Yeah I have heard about the focus button inside the monitor. Problem is, getting those screws out seems to be a real problem. I've tried with a filet screw driver and no dice.

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Originally Posted by setishock

Just a tibbit, next time get a used monitor from a local shop. The small shops take crt and flats in on trade when a client upgrades their hardware. If you shop around you can get some killer deals. And you get to see the monitor in action before you plunk your money down.
Most likely whats happened with the one you have is it took a blow and the yoke moved just enough to knock it out of focus. If no adjustments you can get to you'll have to have it serviced.

I've had my crt for like 9 years. Liked the model which is why I sought out the ev700 first before anything else. I live in NYC, so finding a gateway ev700 crt monitor locally is NOT an option here. Everyone is doing the LCD/HD flatscreen thing. I am not a fan of that look of monitor which is why I didn't ever try to get one.