Advent 7084 Specifications

I have tried searching everywhere to find out what the specifications of my Advent 7084's monitor are (in particular the HSync and VRefresh rates) but I can't locate them anywhere. Advent does not have their own site (because they are part of the Dixons Group), and as Advents are just rebranded computers I'd go on its original manufacturer's site - IF I could find out who they where.. :rolleyes:

It's very irritating how such a simple piece of information isn't available on the web. I'm shocked that not even Dixons have a little aside on the technical specs of my laptop and other Advents.

So, if anyone can help me out, I'd really appreciate it. Whether you know the original manufacturer of this laptop, or you know where I can find it (not the manual - I don't have access to it atm), I'll take any info gratefully. ;)

Thanks,

-jk

They are not normally specs that are posted with a laptop

The best I could find is:

Height 27
Width 363
Depth 281
Colour SILVER
Battery Type LI-ION
Weight 3
Processor Type PMP 740
Processor speed 1730
Battery life (up to) 2
Operating system WIN MEDIA CENTER 2005
Memory Type DDR333
Hard Drive Capacity 60
Memory Size 512
Optical Drives DVD +/- RW
CD-ROM Speed 48
DVD-RW Speed 4
DVD-ROM Speed 8
Floppy Disk Drive NO
Screen Size/Type 15 XGA TFT
Graphics Card Type ATI M26C
Graphics Memory 128mb dedicated
TV-out YES
Sound Type AC97 V. 2.2
Modem Type 56Kb
Other Interfaces 10/100 Interface
Software Titles Included WORKS 8.0
CD-RW Speed. 24
Wireless Enabled YES
Infrared Port Included YES
No. of USB Connections 4
No. of Firewire Connections 1

To get your refresh rate, right click on your desktop > Properties > Settings > Advanced > monitor.

This will tell you your refresh rate but I dont think that is what your after? It could be the best you can do tho!


// Lol, did find this though!
http://www.verdicts.co.uk/reviews/67935/67935.html
look at "the Verdict".

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Height 27
Width 363
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No. of Firewire Connections 1

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Yeah, I found that - no luck there ;)

About the refresh rate - that may be it, although I'm pretty sure it isn't. (I don't know what VertRefresh is to tell you the truth :D) I'll try to find out

The verdict - God, I'm in for luck then ;) Although Vector Linux 5.1 _did_ install and work perfectly, so there's no reason why Mandriva 2006 shouldn't..

A Ha! We need to goto the registry my good sir!

HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\VIDEO\{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}\0000\MonXXXXXXXX\DefaultSettings.VRefresh

Look at the number in brackets after VRefresh and that will give you your vrefresh rate!

Thanks Nokia! My VRefresh then _is_ 60 - what we found out before in the graphics settings.. oh well, at least we've confirmed it. ;)

Any ideas for the HSync? :D

Thanks,

-jk

HSYNC

Short for Horizontal Synchronization, HSYNC is a signal given to the monitor telling it to stop drawing the current horizontal line, and start drawing the next line. The amount of time this takes to occur is measured in Hertz (Hz), which means cycles per second.

VSYNC

Short for Vertical Synchronization, VSYNC is a signal used to describe the process or set a value telling the monitor when to draw the next vertical line. The time it takes for this to occur is measured in Hertz (Hz).

Thats what they mean - tried searching the registry for Hsync/Hrefresh but to no avail!

Google, my good man, google!

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It's very irritating how such a simple piece of information isn't available on the web. I'm shocked that not even Dixons have a little aside on the technical specs of my laptop and other Advents.

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I worked for them for a number of years.............wouldn't buy anything even on staff discount ;) These are the people who used to hype Packard Bell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have an ADVENT.................errr............. save up for a proper computer, and don't go to PC World........................

Your vertical refresh rate is 60?...............what is it when you look in control panel?

60 is the bare minimum on most systems, perhaps you should be looking at video card/chipset settings, rather than the monitor? that is, look at "adapter" rather than "monitor"

Remember that the number of colours and the screen resolution will affect what can be resolved.

If you are having problems just set the resolution to 600x800 and 16 bit. That will support at least 85 refresh rate.



:)

60Hz is pretty standard on LCDs I believe.. I own a Dell 2001FP and it can only do 60Hz (on all resolutions)..

I'm assuming you need the HorizSync and VertRefresh for X? Doesn't DDC (EDID) work?

Nokia - Thanks ;)

Nihil - Hi. I am already regretting buying an Advent - but we learn from our mistakes. I looked in CP for the display adapter, but all that gave me was the model of my graphics card (which I already knew) - and the driver info wasn't too helpful either.

SirDice - Yep, 60 or 70Hz is usually the norm AFAIK. You are right in saying that I'm trying to configure X - Mandriva seems to have a problem using VESA at 1280x800 and refresh rate 60Hz. I also tried an 'xorgconfig' to setup xorg.conf, but in the end I made it even worse ;) I also tried reinstalling Mandriva and asking it to use the Radeon driver, but that didn't work either. The funny thing is that I tested the X server using the VESA driver during the installation and it worked perfectly - but then after the reboot everything went haywire. The X server does start, and works for a few seconds while it is loading (you can see the 'working' cursor and the desktop background) and going to the KDM, but before it reaches that stage it starts flashing black with a white Mandriva logo and this goes on a loop.
I would reinstall Vector 5.1 and grab that one's xorg.conf file for use in Mandriva, but it'd be better to find an alternative solution. Would putting in a live CD, taking its xorg.conf and replacing the one on the Mandriva partition with it work?

Thanks a lot,

-jk

[edit] I've looked into EDID, and I think this software might tell me what I'm looking for? I may be able to download it tomorrow..

Hmmm.....................

Yes, I did not spot that it was a laptop............ :fart: :chuck:

My Chuntex does 85, but that is a desktop device.

So, we buy laptop from PC World and expect a Linux distro to work on it?.................

What I cannot get my mind around is that you are having problems with the lower end settings? that is weird.

That seems to be more driver orientated than refresh rate?.......what actually happens?

:)

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So, we buy laptop from PC World and expect a Linux distro to work on it?.................

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Aye - as one does :D

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What I cannot get my mind around is that you are having problems with the lower end settings? that is weird.

That seems to be more driver orientated than refresh rate?.......what actually happens?

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It's quite difficult to describe what actually happens. First of all, the X server starts. At this stage Mandriva's post-LILO loading bar has finished, and I get the Mandriva background with the timer/working/busy cursor. The cursor spins for a few seconds, and then the screen turns black but the Mandriva logo goes white (almost a colour inverse of sorts) which lasts for <1 sec, and then goes to a console, which is only briefly visible before we return the the spinning cursor. The process continues until I either switch to another runlevel or reboot manually.

Could this be a driver problem? I've got a Mobility Radeon X700 XL, and I've tried VESA, Radeon and VGA drivers but none work in the end.

However, Vector Linux (which IMO has a far less advanced installation system than Mandriva) managed to setup my X server perfectly (although admittedly it did bugger up my LILO config - but that's another story :D).

Thanks,

-jk

Anything in /var/log/Xorg.0.log that would give a clue?

I had some trouble setting up my 2001FP too.. But with a bit of fiddling I got it working..

Try starting X with startx -- -logverbose 5 that should put a bit more info in the log..

Oh.. Does Mandrive install the drivers from ATI? You might want to try the "regular" xorg drivers or vice-versa..

I have an update on the situation.

I tried booting into failsafe, but it decided to stay stuck on the USB probing (it thought there was a device in one of the USB ports, although there were none). That was a bit weird, so I rebooted the computer and went into standard mode.
I got to the usual place (the flashing image loop) and switched to TTY2 after about ten successive hits of Ctrl+Alt+F2. Then from there I tried 'startx -- -logverbose 5' - but that obviously wasn't going to work because I still had X running on TTY7. So, I typed in a 'ps -t 7' and sure enough, X was running with a PID of 5784 (or something like that). I then killed it with a 'kill 5784', and suddenly I was switched to a working KDM login screen. I could barely believe it - so I logged in as a normal user, and everything continued to work fine. Interestingly enough, I was on TTY1 (not on TTY7 as I had thought), and I ran a couple of apps which worked perfectly well. I tried changing my screen resolution from within the KDE Control Centre, but it looks like I'm going to have to edit that manually (only the defaults from xorg.conf were available). So, I fiddled around a bit longer, and then rebooted to post it here.

Any idea what on earth could be going on now? I kill a faulty X server and get switched to another TTY which is running X and is at the KDM. All I can say is that I'm more than a little confused.. ;)

I'll try to replicate the results if you like. Unfortunately, I got a bit too caught up in my own thing to save the X.org log file. I'll get it and upload here next time if you want (from the faulty X, not the second, working one lol).

Thanks.

-jk