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Cannot get to 1024x768, 16M colours
Hi everybody,
I've been given an old machine (PIII-500) to reinstall for a friend. So far, I've installed Windows '98 Second Edition on the machine, but I cannot seem to get the resolution of the screen to go up to 1024x768 at 16 million colours. At the display settings screen, I can choose the resolution, and I've added a Super VGA screen (standard driver), but whatever choice I make, it defaults back to 640x480, 16 colours. Now I know for a fact that the video card in the machine is an old Matrox one, so I started fiddling around with some of the more popular Matrox drivers, but to no avail. As this is a second-hand machine, no driver CDs are available in any form, so I'm down to my own collection of drivers, the Windows CD, and whatever the Net seems to offer. Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this resolution to my desired settings? Thanks, Ikke |
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Cannot get to 1024x768, 16M colours
If the card was ever able to obtain that resolution, then you don't have the
right driver. Here's my standard blurb: When the correct screen resolution (screen area) or the right number of colors are not available choices in display properties, settings tab, then it is a good bet you do not have the right driver installed for your display adapter. The display adapter in your PC is either a video card or a display chipset on the motherboard. If you received a CD or floppy disks with drivers along with your PC, see if they contain a display adapter driver and install it using: control panel, system, device manager, display adapter. If you know what display adapter your PC has but you have no disks, use www.google.com to track down the correct driver on the internet. If you do not know what display adapter your PC uses, you can go to a MS-DOS prompt and type: Debug and hit enter. The screen will display a flashing prompt next to a - sign. Type: DC000:35 (DC000:50 may also work) and hit enter. The name and possibly model of your display adapter should appear on the right hand side of the screen. To quit Debug, type Q and hit enter. If Debug is not helpful, you can try this program: Aida32 available from: http://www.aumha.org/free.htm Your final option is to remove the computer case, look at where the monitor plugs into the back of the case and then check that location inside the case. If there is a card there, you have a video card and if there is a cable connected to the motherboard it is on board graphics. Write down any information displayed on either the card or the chipset on the motherboard. Then use www.google.com to search for the information. Do not include all the data you found in one search message--search on each piece individually. If you include all the information at once, you might not get a hit. I have found that a video card will generally have to be removed in order to see the information. Be careful of static electricity as it can fry components. Before touching anything in the computer case (the cord is unplugged, right?), ground yourself to the case by touching it. Don't work on carpeting since shuffling your feet on it can generate static electricity after you grounded yourself. Remove the one screw that holds the card in place and using a rocking motion (left to right and back), pull the card straight out. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Ikke" wrote in message ... Hi everybody, I've been given an old machine (PIII-500) to reinstall for a friend. So far, I've installed Windows '98 Second Edition on the machine, but I cannot seem to get the resolution of the screen to go up to 1024x768 at 16 million colours. At the display settings screen, I can choose the resolution, and I've added a Super VGA screen (standard driver), but whatever choice I make, it defaults back to 640x480, 16 colours. Now I know for a fact that the video card in the machine is an old Matrox one, so I started fiddling around with some of the more popular Matrox drivers, but to no avail. As this is a second-hand machine, no driver CDs are available in any form, so I'm down to my own collection of drivers, the Windows CD, and whatever the Net seems to offer. Is there anybody who can tell me how to get this resolution to my desired settings? Thanks, Ikke |
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Cannot get to 1024x768, 16M colours
"Ron Badour" wrote in
: If the card was ever able to obtain that resolution, then you don't have the right driver. Here's my standard blurb: snipped information The card was/is able to obtain that resolution, since this is a reinstall of the machine. You were correct in stating that I did not have the right drivers. Thanks ever so much for your 'standard' blurb - I did not know about that debug trick, which has solved my problem. I was able to identify the card as a Matrox MGA G200, and luckily for me Matrox still offers old drivers for download. After installing the drivers, I was able to configure everything as expected. Thanks again, you've been a great help! Ikke |
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