So HV OVP means High Voltage Over Voltage Protection, so it looks like there is some issue with the flyback circuitry for some reason, and it goes into protection.
ABL is the Automatic Brightness Limiter, which is also linked to the high voltage stuff, so it definitely looks to be the same issue...
I was asking myself the same question yesterday, taking measurements. But then I realised there is the USB hub in the stand... so I guess that might be a little too much to ask the seller. It's not like some monitors where you just remove the stand it seems.
Where mine is located right now is...
Well guys, super happy to have finally found a second FW900 after years and years of looking! :D
Slightly bad news, it is not quite exactly 100% functional, but it is in very very good condition. No anti glare though... but it's the same for pretty much all FW900s these days sadly.
According...
Yes I've seen that! Though, in some situations, I can start to feel the input lag increase. I need to better understand what the limitations are. Since the last time, I didn't really test that a lot more, I need to get back to it when I find some more time.
I know, I've seen all the news around...
Haha, it is possible, but I for sure would not want to run my FW900 to 133kHz for long. Definitely don't want to take those risks.
That said, this is only for progressive, but at 4K you can run interlaced, and there is absolutely no visual difference whatsoever compared to progressive at such a...
Another thing I was able to retest. HDMI to DisplayPort adapters just don't work at all with interlaced resolutions, at least of the few I tested, none did.
Akasa AK-CBHD24-25BK
Delock 63206 (Lontium LT6711A)
Gofanco HDMIUSBC
Startech HD2DPVGADVI (works fine with interlaced on the VGA port, but...
I continued the testing today, and it seems like 3065 is the maximum horizontal size we can use with interlaced here on the GTX 1080 (running driver 537.58).
This is what I get at 3066... I reverted very quickly, things were not happy at all with the whine it made showing this garbage with...
Interlaced works fine on driver version 537.58, tried it with the CRU technique. It's a fairly recent-ish driver dating Oct. 10, 2023 so just last year. But definitely not the latest driver. Some recent games might not like an older driver like this one.
Tried 2560x1600i at 140Hz, which is...
Sorry lots of unexpected stuff, my testing was delayed. I just had some time and did a quick test with the GTX 1080, on drivers 552.22. While I was able to hit the 430-ish MHz with my LK7112 no problem on progressive, I just can't see any interlaced resolution show up anywhere.
I tried with the...
Well, that's really interesting stuff then! Tomorrow I will fire up a PC I was gonna put for sale (GTX 1080 & i7 6700K), and test that before listing it. I plan on getting a EVGA 1080 Ti Kingpin if I ever find one for a good price one day, it would be really nice to know it is the last GPU that...
On the latest driver?! I remember we used to be stuck to 411.70 as the latest driver than could do interlaced... They added it back later? I just read on the Nvidia forum some guy saying 537.58 is the latest driver supporting interlaced early 2024?
Damn, if Nvidia plays with us going back and...
I might be wrong with that, but does the Nvidia Pro GPUs use a completely different driver compared to the gaming GPUs? Meaning you could run both a RTX with the latest drivers, and the Quadro with correct drivers for interlaced.
Someone mentionned that to me, I completely missed that as I...
By the way, I mentionned the Intel DG1 GPU earlier... I don't think I talked about that here before. Well... imagine my surprise when I learned Intel created a dedicated GPU before ARC existed. ARC is codenamed DG2, and DG1 was its predecessor. It uses PCIe 4.0 8x.
It's a very very quirky Iris...
Lol, that photo in the article is my FW900 on my desk I built in 2015! I keep seeing this photo on every article online wtf :ROFLMAO:
That's the thumbnail I used for that old video:
https://youtu.be/vIIWTMOvisw
Xar, note that the AMD Radeon R9 380X, the R5 250, plus a few others I haven't...
Today I hooked up the FW900 to the Intel iGPU, and 3840x2400i at 72Hz looks absolutely stunning on it! I had to tweak the timings a little to get below the 458.49MHz limit, but it worked flawlessly. Crystal clear picture!
With only 90.1kHz and 72Hz, it's far from the maximum limits of this...
Awesome to so see another video on that legendary thing! And looks like more is to come in the future on those Siemens black and white models!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asfViYLpShM
Alright, here it is! Today I was finally able to test the last gen Intel integrated graphics with interlaced modes.
This time I went straight to DisplayPort, tried with the default drivers installed by Windows Update and as expected... no interlacing working. No surprise there.
So I went...
Timings are either CVT or GTF. CVT always works fine, I seem to remember for GTF it depends on the resolution.
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A few days ago I got my hands on a Intel ARC A380, so I could test interlaced resolutions support by myself. I found no real reports out there, and some contradictory informations...
No worries, it's back to stock limits already. I didn't do more testing that that, and I did it with the monitor I had full spare parts for, just in case something wrong happenned. I have another F520 with a shorted tube, but I'd like to keep it original as long as possible.
Tests were done only...
Yes, I usually don't appreciate at all using UI scaling, but to make things readable for the photo, it was set pretty high here indeed!
It took me quite some time back then, to tweak the timings until I got an acceptable result! I did hit the 655.35MHz pixel clock limit in CRU, and trying to use...
I was able to get a LK7112 adapter from eBay as well, and just received it!
I will do a longer post soon, but quick summary. I was able to reach 431MHz with the stock small heatsink and 3D printed enclosure from the seller.
I will improve the cooling and make a much better enclosure for it...
On another subject, I was finally able to get my hands on a replacement compatible flyback for my FW900.
The original flyback from the FW900 (G1W chassis) is the NX-4504//J1D4 (1-453-348-11).
I remember some talk about the flyback from the Sony G1 chassis being compatible and working...
First of all, congratulations on getting your FW900!
So regarding the adapters, to be able to go up to 2304x1440 at 80Hz you'd need the Sunix DPU3000 / Delock 87685 (rebadged Sunix).
At that resolution, 80Hz is indeed the maximum the FW900 can do. I tend to use both that resolution and also...
Interesting, I can't really say it looks blurry, but I didn't do a side by side comparison with a direct GPU output. I will do that when I can. The ghosting is only noticeable in certain conditions, so it's not too annoying.
Haha damn, I went too fast.
That said I'm interested in getting the...
Alright, I just tested both the Sunnix DPU3000 and the Delock 62967 with interlaced resolutions. They both display interlaced resolutions perfectly fine! :D I have to say I'm really impressed!
So I just received a few adapters I ordered (all at a really good discount of -50 to -70%, which is...
I would say that depending on the game it might be hit or miss. But from my testing a few posts above, most games I tried did run well using old 2015 drivers with the 4890. There are a few tricks needed sometimes though, for example I had to have a monitor plugged in to the 3080 for Call of Duty...
Short follow up. I got a reply from ToastyX, he mentionned that he indeed vaguely remembers that 545.45MHz limit with the 5000 series, but he doesn't know where it comes from. The 272.72MHz limit for the interlaced resolutions seems to be linked, considering it's exactly half the maximum...
Oh I completely missed that indeed! I didn't really know ATI/AMD hardware before, I mainly had Nvidia cards for the past 13 years.
So I tried it with the Radeon HD 5870, and wow indeed it pushes the pixel clock limit to exactly 545.45MHz for progressive resolutions and the maximum horizontal...
That would be something really interesting indeed to try with my RX 5700 XT maybe! It will give me an excuse to do some more testing with recent AMD cards as well.
I will probably get my hands on a 280X / 380X at some point, since these are the last AMD cards with analog output. So if I'm...
Some new updates on the interlaced resolutions subject. Today I received two more ATI GPUs:
ATI Radeon HD 4890, TerraScale 1 (DX10) architecture (the same generation of GPU I already tested before with my HD 4550)
ATI Radeon HD 5870, TerraScale 2 (DX11, pre-GCN) architecture
The HD 5870...
Something else, I tested my Sunnix DPU3000 to its limits, I was able to display 3840x2160 at 50Hz (for testing only, of course, as it gets really flickery) on the F520 and FW900.
I had to manually lower the VGA timings, to get a perfect picture on the CRT at 4K, and yet not go above the 540MHz...
Congrats for your big CRT collection, being a fellow CRT collector myself. :D Over the past couple years a friend and I achieved almost the same combined number of CRTs (mostly 16 Trinitron/Diamondtron monitors, 5 PVMs, 2 or 3 smaller lower end monitors and a few SD TVs). Though with the added...
Interesting... I did a quick search and found the "3M ARP 320" film that's used for car LCD screens. I'm not sure that's the kind of film you were talking about though.
I'm gonna look around my area and see what I can find in the part of the world I live in.
You are correct for the anti glare on the F520. There is no film on this one, unlike the FW900.
The sharpness of the F520 is absolutely impressive, overall I've been in awe using this monitor. I didn't use it that much the past few days, but I enjoy the picture quality every time I sit in...
Thanks! This is a really good starting point for me to start working on both the Sun and the P1130 monitors. Colors shifting seems to be quite a common issue across different models, most of the time green it seems, and also red for one monitor. I'll start by adding more grounding wires to see...
Well, long time no posting but I'm amazed everytime I come here once in a while and see all you guys still active and passionate about CRTs!
Since the days I got my FW900 back in 2015 nothing much changed until quite recently, about a year ago. Being in Reunion Island with absolutely no high...
Just passing by real quick as I'm in a hurry, I'll read that through another time. But just to answer that.
flod, I seem to understand that a new device has been found during the past few months. It's a USB Type C adapter from the brand Vention. It doesn't seem like a lot of people have tried...
But for those who removed the stock anti glare coating already, could this be at least a partial improvement? That's what I'm thinking. It might not be a true replacement, but it might still make things better than nothing at all. Worth a try I'd say, if it fits at least.
Oh, that's very interesting. I also removed my antiglare film back in 2015 when I got my FW900. It had some scratches. And just like you said, the image quality is great, but only in a dark room, or at least not much light coming from the back.
I would be curious to see how this really works...
I'm curious, what's the setup you've got underneath the BVM, right next to the control unit? And by the way, which control unit is that, I only know the BKM-10R and this one doesn't seem like it.