Really fed up about this. Totally no use as is.
I was so please to 'win' the Foxconn MB on e-thingy. Even more pleased when finally, the Authentication for the new 64bit install via an ISO accepted a key*
As soon as I fired it up I was perplexed by the lacklustre screen.
The board is so much quicker than my dual core AMD, and would have been a cheap upgrade if it were not for the crap picture. It's even selectable to 72Hz refresh which I require.
My home screen backdrop has a wheelbarrow, the edge of which is at 45 degrees, and I can see several colours on that line. Like an old TV's poor convergency. There's a bit of a white mist over the entire picture.
The graphics are Intel, and the HD driver is loaded. 1440 res on my lovely old LG W1952, which with 72Hz shows a very relaxing photo-like picture - or it did.
Have I missed something @#$%@ obvious? Clutching at straws here, but even if I had to shell out for an N-Vid card, it wouldn't be too bad - if that was the answer.
I've got no HDMI, but is there a chance going to the DVI plugs would help? No lead handy, and in the past I've not seen much difference from VGA.
Is there any reason to fear adding a video card to a board with a crap picture might not work? i.e., the card has to get information from somewhere, could that be already of poor quality?
*The Key was the very first supplied with the OEM W7. Thank heavens I'd kept the case label. The other night, it would NOT take the key for the W10 32bit upgrade of that copy I'd been using for months. Info on that was obtained by Belarc. (we've discussed that, and it leaves question marks about the algorithms used to obtain the Key.) But all four W10 upgrades I've done show a new number and key. The number (serial?) loses the OEM tag in the string.