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I had to reinstall Windows 98 on my laptop, an AMS Tech
Travel Pro, now the display on my screen is really low resolution and I cannot find any setting to change it. What can I do to correct this? Thanks. |
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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: Advanced PCI Info, available at: http://www.upsystems.com.ua/support/alexmina/ If all else fails, you will have 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 obviously have a video card and if not, you have 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) and pull the card straight out. Once you have the right driver, install it through control panel, system, device manager or through control panel, add new hardware, as appropriate. -- 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 "ron" wrote in message ... I had to reinstall Windows 98 on my laptop, an AMS Tech Travel Pro, now the display on my screen is really low resolution and I cannot find any setting to change it. What can I do to correct this? Thanks. |
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-----Original Message----- I had to reinstall Windows 98 on my laptop, an AMS Tech Travel Pro, now the display on my screen is really low resolution and I cannot find any setting to change it. What can I do to correct this? Thanks. .howdy: ihave had such problems my self. there are 3 things that may help you. the first right click onthe screen,click properties,click the settings tab, with the slide bar increase the pixel count,click apply. the second may be that you have incompatable color settings with your display driver, the fix is similer to the previuos problem. right click on the screen,click properties,click the settings tab,in the colors section click the drop down to the right side of the bar.choose a setting,start at the lowest setting you can go up later if you whant.after choosing the setting,click apply. the third is that you may be using the incorrect display driver.this is a little more complicated.once again, right click on the screen,click properties,click the settings tab, click advavced,click monitor tab, check the automatic detect plug and play box,click apply, click change, click next, click display lists of drivers, click next, click show all hardware,then follow the instuctions. this should give you the best choice for a driver. i hope this information helps you to a resolution! |
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If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93 http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183 To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Aida32 reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- I had to reinstall Windows 98 on my laptop, an AMS Tech Travel Pro, now the display on my screen is really low resolution and I cannot find any setting to change it. What can I do to correct this? Thanks. .howdy: ihave had such problems my self. there are 3 things that may help you. the first right click onthe screen,click properties,click the settings tab, with the slide bar increase the pixel count,click apply. the second may be that you have incompatable color settings with your display driver, the fix is similer to the previuos problem. right click on the screen,click properties,click the settings tab,in the colors section click the drop down to the right side of the bar.choose a setting,start at the lowest setting you can go up later if you whant.after choosing the setting,click apply. the third is that you may be using the incorrect display driver.this is a little more complicated.once again, right click on the screen,click properties,click the settings tab, click advavced,click monitor tab, check the automatic detect plug and play box,click apply, click change, click next, click display lists of drivers, click next, click show all hardware,then follow the instuctions. this should give you the best choice for a driver. i hope this information helps you to a resolution! |
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