Anyone heard of 'Project' monitors?

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I have a 17" monitor, with PROJECT in blue in the top left corner. I have
googled for this, and on the model and even the serial number. I really want
the driver.

Does anyone have any ideas?
 
I have a 17" monitor, with PROJECT in blue in the top left corner. I have
googled for this, and on the model and even the serial number. I really want
the driver.

Does anyone have any ideas?
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There is no such thing as a driver for a monitor, only for the graphics
cards which drive the monitor. You just set the resolution to what ever
the native resolution of the monitor is. Usually you can use the GUI
configuration tools that come with your distribution to do this, for some
newer LCDs with funny aspect ratios you might have to edit
/etc/X11/xorg.conf yourself.
 
In the true sense, there is no driver required for a monitor. The
so-called drivers for the monitors are really a so-called software patch
that locks the range of the display card, to not exceed the range of the
monitor's capability.

If you cannot find the software for your monitor, I would suggest to use
the generic monitor drive that is in your operating system, and just
make sure you do not use settings out of the range of your monitor.

If you go to the Add/Remove hardware, do the manual installation for the
monitor, you can select any of the models listed, that come close or
exactly to yours. You will have to first know a model to select. These
are very standard. If your monitor is a 17 inch, most of these are about
the same. The ViewSonic, Sony, Samsung and NEC monitors are very
standard in their range of operating, just to give you an example.

I myself have never heard of your monitor type. When purchasing
monitors, I like to stay with the main stream names rather than looking
for a so-called low priced deal.

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Jerry G.
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I have a 17" monitor, with PROJECT in blue in the top left corner. I
have
googled for this, and on the model and even the serial number. I really
want
the driver.

Does anyone have any ideas?
 
General Schvantzkoph said:
There is no such thing as a driver for a monitor, only for the graphics
cards which drive the monitor. You just set the resolution to what ever
the native resolution of the monitor is. Usually you can use the GUI
configuration tools that come with your distribution to do this, for some
newer LCDs with funny aspect ratios you might have to edit
/etc/X11/xorg.conf yourself.
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I see what you're saying, but if possible I'd like to select something other
than 'plug and play monitor' or unknown monitor.
 
I see what you're saying, but if possible I'd like to select something other
than 'plug and play monitor' or unknown monitor.
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Well you could randomly pick a manufacturer and (one of )
their 17" models, then if it doesn't support refresh rates
as high as your monitor does, try a different one... or if
the refresh goes too high just don't use those higher rates.
 
I see what you're saying, but if possible I'd like to select something other
than 'plug and play monitor' or unknown monitor.
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The only thing that's important is that you use the native resolution of
the monitor and a refresh rate that it can support. Lower resolutions will
work but they won't look as good. For a 17" CRT monitor the likely
resolution is 1024x768, it's also possible that 1280x1024 will work. Just
pick one of those resolutions and try it. You don't have to worry about
hurting the monitor with the wrong refresh rate, unless that monitor is 15
year old it won't blow up.
 
General Schvantzkoph said:
The only thing that's important is that you use the native resolution of
the monitor and a refresh rate that it can support. Lower resolutions will
work but they won't look as good. For a 17" CRT monitor the likely
resolution is 1024x768, it's also possible that 1280x1024 will work. Just
pick one of those resolutions and try it. You don't have to worry about
hurting the monitor with the wrong refresh rate, unless that monitor is 15
year old it won't blow up.
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It's on a standard 1024x798 72 refresh, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
 
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I myself have never heard of your monitor type. When purchasing
monitors, I like to stay with the main stream names rather than looking
for a so-called low priced deal.
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Me too. This one I inherited, if it dies I'll get a brand name.
 
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