1280 x 768 is killing my eyes

On my W3V which I've had for a week now, the 1280 x 768 resoultion is killing my eyes, everything is so small, I have to squint, and its annoying me, I've tried the other resolutions but they are hardly acceptable, if you know what I mean, is there anyway I can improve this?.

Also I have another quick question, playing games is fine on the W3V, BF2 is excellent in fact, but thats only when it's plugged in! When I use the battery it is SO slow, it's unplayable.

Any ideas?

 

1. Be thankful that you didn't go for the Sony S with the smaller display.

2. Make sure that you are running the display at 1280 x 768 resolution (Desktop > Properties > Settings). If the display is at any other resolution then it will look fuzzy.

3. You can enlarge the text size by going to Desktop > Properties > Settings > Advanced and then increase the DPI setting. However, this doesn't fix everything.

4. Try sitting at a different distance from the computer.

5. Consider getting your eyes tested.

Hope this helps,

John

 

About the battery power, it automatically clocks itself to 500mhz, so gaming is pretty impossible. If you have NHC/RMClock, clock it to maximum(Or Dynamic switching) and you'll be able to play it - better then before

 

Thanks guys.

Where can I get NHC and how do I change it to maximum?
Will that make it REALLY hot and burn out the CPU?

 

Try eyerelief. It's a free program, just google it. Many people have suggested it to me and I do the same. I'd tell you to get new eyes but that's not option. I guess you wouldn't be in the minority of people who try to tell me the resolution on the W3 should be higher.. right?

 

In the display setting, you may also want to enable "Smooth Screen Fonts" on the effects tab, and maybe "Large Icons".

 

Thanks for the tip.

Yes I think the W3V should have a resoultion that is a big bigger than the 1280 x 768 so the icons are a bit bigger, and the task bar. Looking at the whites KILL me, like an empty IE page, I turn the brightness down but it's no use, dark or light it forces you to squint.

 

Also, if you haven't already, google ClearType and download it

 

higher resolution technically means smaller icons and fonts becasue they are made at what... 72dpi and if you have smaller pixels, technically those are smaller. Most people want higher resolution for graphics work.. but WXGA on a 14" is perfect.... too big to you, but certainly not too small.

Enabling cleartype should have been a first for anyone..... and you can do that inside windows........... but That's only going to smooth things out. It's not going to make things bigger......... find eyerelief and you should like it.

 

I'll try the cleartype thing, can't find eyerelif.

Thanks

 

... I don't know how hard it was to google "eyerelief".. becuase I just did it and under the first link is the link to download it.

Use this link below to download it directly:

http://files4.majorgeeks.com/files/d9909824688daaad46d441eefd81eb38/video/eyerelief.exe

 

ATTENTION TO ALL THREAD READERS - DO NOT DOWNLOAD EYE RELIF

It is spyware or something else similar, it has f***** my pc and I've had to do a system restore, it's horrible.

That NHC thing might have also had something to do with it, I'm gonna keep a good lookout of what stuff I download.

 

Dude, it's not spyware..... customers and forum members have been suggesting it to me and others for a little over a year now I believe...... something's up on your end because it actually is a good program for doing what you're doing and you're the first person in that entire time to even have a problem with it let alone call it "spyware" ... PestPatrol doesn't pick it up as spyware, but the program is "freeware" and what exactly do you expect from a nice piece of software that does exactly what it's designed for? It's not the program.

 

I'm one of those people that PROPortable was refering to as thinking the W3V LCD screen could use a higher resolution screen option. I was wondering if it were possible to change the LCD panel to a higher resolution screen, which I am thinking is not. But since you, refering to PROPortable who knows more information than me about ASUS notebooks, knew if it were possible to do this.

 

... well I wasn't reffering to you directly because I'm honestly not that good with remembering people who said stuff like this... but no you can't. I don't even think there is a 14" widescreen panel that ANYONE makes that is above WXGA in resolution.... you'd be looking for a WSXGA 14" widescreen... and I really don't think you'll find one. If you could, yes it would be possible to upgrade it.... but you're talking about probably $400-500 at least if you could find that screen.

 

just to my 2 cents in...

1. EyeRelief is absolutely not spyware. If you have spyware on your system it came from something else.

2. As for 1280x768 killing your eyes... aside from using something like EyeRelief or playing with the dpi, there's not much you can do unless you want to use a non-native resolution (you don't).

3. 1280x768 on a 14" widescreen is about 110 pixels per inch, which is pretty close to what other screens are (WXGA on a 15.4" is ~100, WXGA+ on a 17" is 99.9, etc). It might not be the resolution that's killing you. I can tolerate WSXGA+ on my z70va, but I've seen other displays of the same size and resolution that give me headaches.

 

The eyerelif and NHC have ruined my W3V, when I try and use them it jams and shutsdown, even after a system restore the system was working fine until I downloaded both programs again.
I only got my W3V a week ago, theres no way it could have a software-side problem with it, only hard ware.

 

eyerelief works fine, not that I need it. I don't know what eyerelif is, though

you need to disable Power4Gear BEFORE you use notebook hardware control.

start > run > "msconfig"

go to the Startup tab and uncheck the line marked BatteryLife

reboot, and when the dialog box pops up asking about launching msconfig, check the "never ask" box and tell it not to start.

 

ok thanks

quick off-topic question: I changed my DPI setting yesterday in the hope that it would make my resoultion bigger, it did not, and now I am stick with fat fonts and over-sized minimise, maximise and exit buttons on all windows, I've changed the custom DPI setting to 100% and then did apply, then I put it on the standard 96 DPI and clicked apply, noting works

 

Then how do you know if it works fine?

 

This last statement confuses me. When you install software, the machine goes unstable, correct? So, how can it be a hardware issue if the software seems to create the problem? Oh and literally the second you connect any computer to the internet, you're potentially exposed to thousands of threats. A week really might as well be an eternity.

Also, have you tried to install them one at a time to isolate which is the cause? Perhaps try EyeRelief for a couple days, and if all seems well and you're so motivated, try NHC? Seems like that might be a logical progression.

PS: I use NHC on my z63a and absolutely love and swear buy it. I did notice that my machine became unstable when I tried to enable the fan support thru it though, so I disabled that feature and all is well. Perhaps you might try the same? Or maybe disabling the ATI control?

PSS: If you machine locks up on restart, you should be able to get into Windows safe mode. Restart, and press F8 repeatedly until the Windows boot menu shows up. Select Safe Mode, and once loaded you can remove any program from the normal startup routine.

 

Eye relief has done some pretty wacky things to my pc freezing it and crashing explorer. i really dont like that program because of it. And by NHC do you mean CHC centrino hardware control? if so that prgram is great and seems to run fine always.

 

buy a monitor and hook it up to the laptop, there are many good deals on LCD's right now. As for playing games on battery, go to the ATI Powerplay settings and set it for optimal performance on battery. THis should at least help the GPU side of things.

 

Also, the external monitor input for the W3v is D-Sub, not DVI, so heads up on that.

 

better yet, next time you are in the market for a new laptop, go to a real store and have a look at a similar resolution on a laptop to see if you will be comfortable before buying. In Canada if you live in the Toronto Area you can go to CanadaSys and see and play around with all the Beautiful Asus laptops. Good Luck

 

Nah Im fine with it now, you just got to get over stuff

My next challenge: Heat. The fans are like 500 degrees of hot burning air even when I am browsing web sites, and its the same heat when playing games, somethings got to be wrong there.
WITHOUT using NHC how can I reduce the heat?

p.s. I get NO heat near the touchpad, many reviews said this and it's all lies. Thank god.

 

Hey I had this problem when I first got my W3V, but my eyes have adjusted to it after a month. Don't worry I thought it was going to be a serious problem, you will get used to it. And go blind maybe

 

Am I correct to assume that Power4Gear has conflict with NHC/Eyerelief? Just curious where did you find all these.

 

You prolly need underclock your GPU speed.

 

The first task is to find out what is generating the heat. If you are giving the computer some hard work then heat is to be expected. If you are running basic internet / email / etc, then the computer should be quite cool. Use MobileMeter from http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Oakland/8259/release/0310/mm0310.zip to see your CPU speed and temperature. The CPU should normally be ambling along at 800MHz unless you give it some hard work to do.

Windows Task Manager (right-click on the task bar to start it then click on the processes tab) will show CPU utilisation both overall and for individual processes.

Ultimately, the best way to manage the temperature is through undervolting the CPU. After your initial encounter with NHC you may not want to try that software again. The alternative is the RM CPU clock utility from http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmclock.shtml. I have been using this for over 6 months without problems.

John