Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: weaklink on January 19, 2006, 11:21:22 am

Title: what gets damaged if refresh rate is too high?
Post by: weaklink on January 19, 2006, 11:21:22 am

I think I figured out what happened to my betson.  after I got the wg9200 installed I ran refresh force to take out 800x600.  I had left 800x600 with the betson.  Anyway I decided to check out the refresh rates and noticed some 200 hz settings.  I had checked the desktop settings (640x480 32 bit) but had never gone under advanced-adapter settings to check out the refresh rate.  Turns out, windows had selected 200 hz by default!  Would this have damaged the monitor?   What would need to be replaced? 

Title: Re: what gets damaged if refresh rate is too high?
Post by: wpcmame on January 19, 2006, 01:48:31 pm

What is 200mHz?

Title: Re: what gets damaged if refresh rate is too high?
Post by: weaklink on January 19, 2006, 02:32:06 pm

my bad, I meant the refresh rate=200 hertz.

Title: Re: what gets damaged if refresh rate is too high?
Post by: fredster on January 19, 2006, 05:30:59 pm

The sync chip. The IC chip that controls the sync.

Title: Re: what gets damaged if refresh rate is too high?
Post by: weaklink on January 19, 2006, 06:17:35 pm

thanks for the response. next question-if the sync chip is damaged, then would this prevent the monitor from powering on?

Title: Re: what gets damaged if refresh rate is too high?
Post by: BobA on January 19, 2006, 08:26:48 pm

If it was over driven it could have failed by causing a short or low resistance to ground. This could prevent your ps from powering up.