A way to manually set Windows XP's refresh rate?

[The Winslow]

I've bought an ASUS LCD screen for my compy. It flickers horribly, especially on dark colors. I think I've found the source of the problem: the screen itself has a refresh rate of 74 Hz, but Windows only accepts to send it 60 Hz or 75 Hz.

I think if I were able to tell it to use 74 Hz instead, the flicker would disappear; but alas I can't.

Anybody know how to override that? Registry key, something?

[Varaj]

LCD screens don't refresh. :confused:

[The Winslow]

LCD screens don't refresh. :confused:
Substitute "refresh" for whatever is the correct technical term for an LCD's frequency of image updating.

The screen's information menu tells me:
VGA
1280x1024
79KHz 74Hz
VB171D

If I set it on 60 Hz, then the third line becomes 64KHz 60Hz and it flickers even more. If I set it on 85, then I just get a totally black screen with "Out of range" and I've got to wait the 15 seconds until Windows cancels it.

Meh, I don't know. I just want it to stop hurting my eyes.

[Varaj]

You have something other than refresh rate going on. If an LCD is flickering something is very wrong. Check the cable, make sure you have the newest drivers for both the monitor and the video card.

[Steampunk]

You have a bad LCD. They don't refresh and usually just default to 59 or 60MHz. Like Varaj stated, if it is flickering, something else is wrong. Do you have another computer you can connect it to? That way you can see if it is repeated on another machine.

[The Winslow]

You have a bad LCD. They don't refresh and usually just default to 59 or 60MHz. Like Varaj stated, if it is flickering, something else is wrong. Do you have another computer you can connect it to? That way you can see if it is repeated on another machine.

I've finally been able to, and noticed no flickering on that other comp...

[Varaj]

I've finally been able to, and noticed no flickering on that other comp...

What type of motherboard is on the computer. If the LCD works fine on another computer it is something wrong with the computer. Make sure graphics drivers are up todate, bios is up todate, etc.
LCD don't have anything like a refresh rate. Once a pixel it is lite is should stay lite unless the color it is displaying actually has changed. Example you pull up a static webpage and then don't do anything the pixels should glow the right colors constantly and never turn off.

[The Winslow]

Graphic chipset is the übercrappy Intel Xtreme Graphics 2. I guess that's the reason. This chipset is probably the worst ever made in all the cosmos. It's extreme, sure, the name just doesn't say what is extreme about it (it's the crappiness).