Asus MW221U 22" Ghosting in games.

Devious · 4 Jan 2007 at 07:16

Plodicus said:
I'd keep your cables and manuals and stuff if they aren't swapping it directly

I will be trolling this forum for news on how the replacement panels works out

I dont know if they are swapping it or not with it going to Asus instead of the repair company CRC.

Devious · 4 Jan 2007 at 12:37

Shaddow said:
Hey guys could you do me a big favour?

As soon as you get your replacement screens can you run the Ghosting test again to confirm it is fixed?
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I have a feeling it may be the first thing we will do

Admiral Huddy said:

Looks like you are all saying that the Asus is the one to avoid

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All will be revealed when I get the monitor back. I know id rather have a working Asus than the the other models as they all look ugly IMO.

Devious · 4 Jan 2007 at 12:37

Shaddow said:
Hey guys could you do me a big favour?

As soon as you get your replacement screens can you run the Ghosting test again to confirm it is fixed?

I have a feeling it may be the first thing we will do

Admiral Huddy said:
Looks like you are all saying that the Asus is the one to avoid

All will be revealed when I get the monitor back. I know id rather have a working Asus than the the other models as they all look ugly IMO.

Devious · 4 Jan 2007 at 16:46

Plodicus said:
still waiting for my RMA details to arrive via email, any idea how long it takes?

I got mine through the same day.

Devious · 5 Jan 2007 at 13:00

meglamaniac said:
Ok I can't test the file because the link has expired.
Are you able to upload it again Devious?

Ill do it later when i get home.

Devious · 5 Jan 2007 at 18:07

Oh god, i hope Asus dont screw up my perfectly fine monitor

Good job Plodicus.

Devious · 5 Jan 2007 at 18:50

Maybe they will fix the negative ghosting while overdrive is enabled on my monitor

*fingers crossed*

p.s Doesn't the samsung costs more ? And doesn't look as good imo.

Devious · 6 Jan 2007 at 12:14

Plodicus said:
Sods law says they will have it back and trash it

You know i'm worried as they have mine to 'fix' gulp :eek:

Devious · 8 Jan 2007 at 19:27

Ive not heard anything from Asus today, I hoped they would have been sending the 'fixed' monitor back.

Devious · 10 Jan 2007 at 12:31

IT Troll said:
My updated monitor is being shipped out to me today.
Fingers-crossed.

I chased Asus up about when mine will be returned to me.

The reply..

Dear Mr. xxxxxx

We are experiencing some issues. Hopefully will be done by tomorrow and shipped out by Thursday.

Regards,

:S

Devious · 10 Jan 2007 at 20:56

Hmm, that sux. Is it definately your monitor you got back, they haven't swapped it for another ?

What are you going to do ?

Devious · 11 Jan 2007 at 10:18

Mine has been delivered back to me here at work, i didnt even know it was coming. I'l try it tonight..

*fingers crossed*

Devious · 11 Jan 2007 at 12:39

hashcake said:
I just wondered why so many people have been raising RMA's directly with Asus and having their monitors go back for repair rather than getting them swapped or replaced with OC'ers if they are DOA.

Can someone please enlighten me on this?
Thanks.

Because everyone is having the same problem so if we swapped we would get another one exacly the same.

Devious · 11 Jan 2007 at 12:43

i couldnt wait until I got home so I hooked the monitor up at work. I need to check my serial Number but I think I may have a new monitor as I got all the cables and CD's even though i didnt send them back.

I tried the Avi and its exactly the same except the ghosting is now behind rather than in front

I turned off overdrive and it looks fine. I need to try it at home with some games later.

Devious · 11 Jan 2007 at 12:49

hashcake said:
Yes sorry, good point, as it seems to be a firmware issue the chances are the stock they had will have the same firmware build.
This is a curious fault though, I've run the avi file posted here on two of these Asus monitors and not seem the reported problem.

Maybe those 2 had the overdrive turned off, have a look, if you hold down the menu button for a few seconds you can change the setting then try the Avi again. Let us know how you get on.

Devious · 11 Jan 2007 at 13:03

Exactly, we paid £50 more than other monitors because it had 2ms latency (i.e with overdrive on)

If its fine in games with it off then im happy, i just wondreed if there was some aorund which had no ghosting with overdrive on.

Devious · 11 Jan 2007 at 16:24

Haze said:
Can some one piont me in the right direction of this avi u r using to test it please

Get it here
it about 20 mb, if I run it looped i can see white ghosting next to the lighthouse and boat with overdrive on.

You may need Fraps to run it.

Devious · 12 Jan 2007 at 07:10

IT Troll said:
Yes. I turned my monitor off with the overdrive disabled and when I turned it back on overdrive was enabled and the ghosting had returned. When I entered the overdrive menu the white bar was on NO and I had to move it to YES and then back to NO before the overdrive (and the ghosting) was disabled.

Gonna be a PITA if I have to do this everytime.

Mine is exactly the same, everytime i turn off overdrive switches on again.

Im sure some people here said theres defaulted to being off as they saw the Avi file fine :confused:

Im going to tell Asus that its still the same for what good it will do. Games are fine with overdrive off but with it defaulting to on every time is a PITY as you say.

Devious · 12 Jan 2007 at 11:07

IT Troll said:
I wonder if they were fooled by the fact that NO is hilighted in the menu and so they assumed overdrive was disabled.

Let us know was ASUS has to say.

Will do, as well as asking them why they sent the monitor back after a week with exactly the same problem I also mentioned the discovery of the overdrive menu, asked why it wasnt mentioned in the user manual and mentioned it resets to on everytime the panel is switched off.

I told them I was thinking about returning as it isnt working as spec and mentioned this problem is putting a lot of people off buying it.

Devious · 12 Jan 2007 at 14:57

Shay, if you could run the Avi file looped then keep switching between the ovedrive modes just to see if the ghosting appears on and off like all ours.

p.s I keep missing you on msn by seconds.