Since I've just been talking to someone who was running ME *very* happily on
an AMD64bit system, (and was amazed at the speed - despite lack of drivers)
I would doubt your problem is due to what it appears to be - unless Dell
have done something *totally* stupid (ummm - errr - not beyond the realms of
Delldom!)
I say again - ignore the 'can't do this' messages, and tell it to accept the
changes - see what happens.
--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
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"MT Head" wrote in message
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I have not made myself clear. In safe mode I cannot make
any resolution changes, 640x480 is it. Cannot move the
screen area pointer. Normal mode permits any or all changes.
Safe mode boots to the reduced centered screen, same size
as the logo which inspired my original post.
Think the CMOS vs. BIOS (non)rant is too fast for the room,
this room at least.
-----Original Message-----
In ,
Noel Paton had this to say:
Your Display is locked *in Safe Mode* but any changes
that you make
there should be activated once you reboot to Normal Mode
- try it and
see.
Now that's one I'd have never guessed at. I don't actually
have a Dell lappy
running at the moment (I've pretty much given up on them
and have moved on a
to a new brand) but I seem to also recall that the monitor
could be set to
duh-fault through the CMOS or adjusted to a number of
resolutions. Setup was
accessed during boot by pressing the delete key. I am
pretty sure at any
rate that it was the Dell that had that _feature_ in the CMOS.
Note: I didn't even rant about the difference between CMOS
and BIOS 
I'm
getting better I tell ya g The doctors say I should be
okay to go out in
public now so long as I stop biting people.
*thread marked for reading/downloading to see final
results of this one*
Galen
--
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with
artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I
crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
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