MOnitor wil not display in 1920x1080 give "out of range" black screen error

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HI, thanks for reading
I have recently acquired a emachines 23" e233h monitor on HDMI-0 (which is really hooked to DVI). It is supposedly capable of displaying 1920x1080 as evidenced here:

http://www.manualslib.com/manual/417194/Emachines-E233h.html?page=17#manual

When I put the monitor into that resolution, the monitor goes black and displays out of range or similar wording.
I am running opensuse 13.2, with the default video driver, with onboard radeon HD HD4290.
ALso have a Samsung syncmaster as VGA-0 that can go to 2048x1152 with no problems as the manual states.

http://i.imgur.com/l4dcYOx.png

what am I missing? Thanks in advance

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On 2015-05-20 03:36, kilbert wrote:

> It is supposedly capable of displaying
> 1920x1080 as evidenced here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/n3upy6m
>
> When I put the monitor into that resolution, the monitor goes black and
> displays out of range or similar wording.

Meaning that even if it supports that resolution, it doesn’t at that
frequency.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

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Yes I noticed that the frequency seems to be 60 hz though the manual states 67.
Is there a way to fix it? Or should I return the monitor to my friend?
thanks

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kilbert donned his tin foil hat and penned:

>
> Yes I noticed that the frequency seems to be 60 hz though the manual
> states 67.
> Is there a way to fix it? Or should I return the monitor to my friend?
> thanks
>
>

If you are running KDE have a look in the monitor section of system
settings, choose the right output and go to advanced settings, does the drop
down section for refresh rate give you the option to use the right
frequency?

I cannot test this myself here as I have only my laptop with me at the
moment sorry.

If not that then you might have to start getting deep and dirty with some
config files by hand :slight_smile:

HTH

–
Mark
Nullus in verba
Caveat emptor
Nil illigitimi carborundum

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no, it does not. only auto and 60.

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60 is the correct one, 67 is KHz for the Horizontal refreshrate.

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OK thanks. Do you think the monitor is faulty?

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On 2015-05-20 13:06, kilbert wrote:
>
> OK thanks. Do you think the monitor is faulty?

The data you posted for your monitor says it supports 1920*1080 at 67khz
H and 60Hz V. Or actually 59.963. Maybe it lies.

But it does not work… maybe it does at a lower frequency. Sometimes
the monitor displays a box saying that the mode is unsupported, but also
includes what it is getting.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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Obviously you’re using an HDMI-to-DVI adapter, right? The problem is probably there, some problem with getting the EDID through.

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On 2015-05-20 13:46, hank se wrote:
>
> Obviously you’re using an HDMI-to-DVI adapter, right? The problem is
> probably there, some problem with getting the EDID through.

Good point.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)