Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:11:00 -0500 From: "Jerry Dunham" <jdunham@m3designinc.com> To: bastill@sa.apana.org.au Cc: Andrew Gosling <gos@atdotcom.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] WinNT monitor change problem Message-ID: <3D484454.9689.737D613E@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200208010040.g710eWL86277@tierzero.apana.org.au> References: <3D4828C8.3800.7311C574@localhost>
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On 1 Aug 2002, at 10:16, Brian Astill wrote: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:43, Jerry Dunham wrote: > > On 31 Jul 2002, at 18:53, Andrew Gosling wrote: > >> F8 on startup, select safe mode, change settings and restart. > >> > >> I think XP has 800x600 as it's lowest res, so if your monitor can't > >> handle that, your screwed. > > Sorry I gave the impression that I was using XP. > I am actually using WinNT4 (SP6a). VGA mode will NOT allow me to change the > refresh rate - "hardware default refresh" is all I can have. Today, I let > WinBlows use "standard VGA adaptor" and this has given me a readable screen - > 640x480 16 colours is the best I am allowed regardless of the driver I > install from the CD (sigh). > I guess it is a registry problem? Maybe? Or just Win rubbish behaviour? > In this situation I am not confident that even putting the 17" monitor back > would help. Oh dear! I believe that going back to the original monitor will help, assuming that you also have the original video card and haven't uninstalled the video driver. -- Jerry Dunham M3 Design, Inc. jdunham@m3designinc.com (512) 218-8858 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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