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Have a Hewlett Packard Omnibook XE2.(second hand)... the desktop has a large black border round and is also stuck in 16 bit colour mode. (no option to change in settings)... does anybody Know how to fix please? Kim Running ME pentium 3 128mb ram |
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Boot into Safe Mode and in Device Manager, 'Remove' any/all Display Adapters
and Monitors and then re-boot. WinMe *should* re-detect (Plug and Play) your video card and monitor, and should install the 'correct' original drivers. This should allow you to reset you display to your required settings. N.B. - Be sure that you have a 'fresh' copy of the video drivers (often supplied on a supplementary CD, supplied with your PC) or download the 'latest' WinMe drivers from your video card manufacturers web site. Good luck Mart "Pompey©" wrote in message . uk... Hi.. Have a Hewlett Packard Omnibook XE2.(second hand)... the desktop has a large black border round and is also stuck in 16 bit colour mode. (no option to change in settings)... does anybody Know how to fix please? Kim Running ME pentium 3 128mb ram |
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Hi Mart
Thanks for the speedy reply.. I've done the safe-mode thingy but still the same :-(..I don't have any cd's or drivers with the pc and when I use 'Everest to determine the video card.. In Displays I have..Windows Video and PCI/AGP video.. which one shows the video card? Windows Video Device Description_____________ standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) Installed Driver________________ vga.drv OR PCI/AGP Video Silicon Motion SM710 LynxEM Thanks for your help. Kim Iv "Mart" wrote in message ... Boot into Safe Mode and in Device Manager, 'Remove' any/all Display Adapters and Monitors and then re-boot. WinMe *should* re-detect (Plug and Play) your video card and monitor, and should install the 'correct' original drivers. This should allow you to reset you display to your required settings. N.B. - Be sure that you have a 'fresh' copy of the video drivers (often supplied on a supplementary CD, supplied with your PC) or download the 'latest' WinMe drivers from your video card manufacturers web site. Good luck Mart "Pompey©" wrote in message . uk... Hi.. Have a Hewlett Packard Omnibook XE2.(second hand)... the desktop has a large black border round and is also stuck in 16 bit colour mode. (no option to change in settings)... does anybody Know how to fix please? Kim Running ME pentium 3 128mb ram |
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Kim, I guess you are in the UK (although you appear to still be working at
GMT rather than BST g) in which case try :- http://support.packardbell.com/uk/my...mNr=spec_sm710 for the video driver for the Silicon Motion SM710 LynxEM. Don't quite understand why Packard Bell site should be supporting a Hewlett Packard PC - but that may be a different story. Maybe a look on the HP site might furnish a User Manual? I have no info on the HP PC. Mart "Pompey©" wrote in message . uk... Hi Mart Thanks for the speedy reply.. I've done the safe-mode thingy but still the same :-(..I don't have any cd's or drivers with the pc and when I use 'Everest to determine the video card.. In Displays I have..Windows Video and PCI/AGP video.. which one shows the video card? Windows Video Device Description_____________ standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) Installed Driver________________ vga.drv OR PCI/AGP Video Silicon Motion SM710 LynxEM Thanks for your help. Kim Iv "Mart" wrote in message ... Boot into Safe Mode and in Device Manager, 'Remove' any/all Display Adapters and Monitors and then re-boot. WinMe *should* re-detect (Plug and Play) your video card and monitor, and should install the 'correct' original drivers. This should allow you to reset you display to your required settings. N.B. - Be sure that you have a 'fresh' copy of the video drivers (often supplied on a supplementary CD, supplied with your PC) or download the 'latest' WinMe drivers from your video card manufacturers web site. Good luck Mart "Pompey©" wrote in message . uk... Hi.. Have a Hewlett Packard Omnibook XE2.(second hand)... the desktop has a large black border round and is also stuck in 16 bit colour mode. (no option to change in settings)... does anybody Know how to fix please? Kim Running ME pentium 3 128mb ram |
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