Creative Labs GB0050 manual Other Display Problems, Center

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Other Display Problems

For the resolutions supported by your monitor, refer to its manual.

The monitor display flickers or the screen goes blank after Windows starts.

Cause Your monitor may not support the resolution or refresh rate that you have set.

Solution Use display settings supported by the monitor.

To change the display settings:

1.Restart your system in Windows 98/Me Safe Mode. To do so:

a.Restart your system and when the message “Starting Windows 98/Me...” appears, press <F8>.

A list of options such as Safe Mode and Command Prompt Only Mode appears.

b.Select Safe Mode and press <Enter>.

2.After your system has restarted, right-click the desktop and click Properties.

3.In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.

4.Try the following:

Make sure that the correct monitor is selected.

Click the Change Display Type or Advanced Properties button. Select the Monitor tab and change the setting if necessary.

Use a lower refresh rate or the adapter’s default.

For details on this, refer to the topic “Using BlasterControl Display Center” in the BlasterControl Help file.

Lower your monitor’s resolution.

To do so, adjust the color depth and desktop area on the Settings tabbed page.

Monitor display exhibits pixel drop (that is, pixels, usually white in color, appear on the screen) or other abnormal behavior.

Cause

The settings that you have selected for your graphics card may be incompatible with one or

 

more games or applications that you are running.

Solution

Use the factory default settings:

 

1.

Click Start, select Programs, select Creative, click on BlasterControl Display

 

 

Center.

 

2.

Click the Tweak button to start BlasterControl Tweak Center.

 

3.

Click the Defaults button.

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