Hello, everyone.

For some reason I've been unable to specify a refresh rate value for a
monitor connected to a PC running Windows 98.

The setting I'm referring to is located under Start Settings
Display Properties Settings Advanced Adapter. In the Adapter tab,
there is a drop-down list which consists of a series of available
refresh rate modes to choose from. Well -- it usually does. The problem
here is that the list is empty. Apart from "Adapter default" and
"Optimal" (both of which essentially mean 60 Hz), there are no other
values.

The system is equipped with the latest display driver for its graphics
chip (S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR), and the monitor is installed as a Plug
& Play device. It's a 17" CRT monitor capable of operating in high
resolution modes such as 1280x960.

I don't know how to convince Windows to populate the list of refresh
rate modes. Is there anything to try before purchasing new hardware?

Thanks