color tv in B&W

watermelon · Post by **watermelon** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:30 pm

ive connected my tv to my computer via RCA as a seperate moniter, but for some reason it wont display in color.

when windows loads the moniter shows the color in the microsoft logo, but its distorted and "moving". once i log into my account the screen works fine, but is in B&W.

anyone know a solution to this?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:32 pm

Try looking for a jumper on the graphics card that changes between NTSC and PAL. I remember when I got my Radeon 9200SE it was set to PAL for some reason, though I changed it before I even used it.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:32 pm

Try turning down the screen resolution. Sometimes Comp-TV interfacing has difficulty with really high resolutions.

The Windows logo at startup is 640x480... try 800x600.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:56 pm

Ya, I would try 640 x 480, since that is just about the maximum your tv can handle pixel-wise.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:02 pm

SpongeBuell wrote:Try looking for a jumper on the graphics card that changes between NTSC and PAL. I remember when I got my Radeon 9200SE it was set to PAL for some reason, though I changed it before I even used it.

HA! You might have broadband and I have lowly Dial-up, but I beat you in the video card arena! Mine is a ATI Radeon 9600 XT (128 MB)

Okay so I would trade it in a minute for broadband...

Unidentified Assilant · Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:54 am

I know how you feel G-Force, Dial-Up is horrible

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:46 am

actually, this is an awesome card for the money. While with a low resolution and low textures, it even plays Doom III. Halo and other games look pretty good, too