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| 103067 | 2002-12-03 09:59:00 | Can anyone help me please? I'm at my wits' end! At the moment, I am only able to view in what I believe is 16-bit colour, and needless to say, I cannot view photographs or websites in their true format. I am trying to build a photo gallery for my baby daughter and this ailment is very frustrating! 6 mths ago, I clean installed the system and obviously deleted the drivers specific to the monitor and graphics adaptors. I have no original disks for this hardware. I am using a Pentium-133, with 32MB of RAM and 6GB HDD. I am currently operating on Win98, and the monitor was purchased with the system in 1996 from the Green PC co. I know it is due for the waste disposal unit, but I figure that everything else is ok for what I want at the moment and this must be a simple fix, so why not persevere? The monitor seems to have the Brand name "Tasman" and model "5A/Smart Display", but I have the brochure for this monitor, and this has been produced by "Microvision". It is a 15inch "Energy Star compliant monitor, with max. res. of 1280x1024 Non-interlaced, and its connectivity lists "8514A, VGA, Super VGA, Mac-II, Enhanced VESA Standards". It operates at 47-95Hz continuous vertical frequency. I have tried using all the "Standard" monitor drivers and display adaptors available in Windows' display settings in the Control Panel, but it always boots up saying that the display adaptor is incorrect or the settings don't match the Hardware. I believe I have tried every combination of standard monitor and standard adaptor available. The lead running from the monitor to the Case connects to a cable running straight to the Motherboard, and not a graphics card as far as I can see. I feel I have exhausted all options to me, but if someone can please offer any advice at all, because I still feel that the solution is simple. After all, it's not like the computer has a mind of it's own, does it!? Thank you Jack |
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| 103068 | 2002-12-03 14:05:00 | You say that your video cable plugs strait into the mother board: I assume from that you have no graphics card, but a chip set on the mother board using a portion of the system ram for its own purposes. Check that the 'shared ram' it is using is enough to allow more than 16 bit color; also have you installed the right driver for your chip set? Vince | Vince (406) | ||
| 103069 | 2002-12-03 19:10:00 | >> After all, it's not like the computer has a mind of it's own, does it!? Oh yes they do!! :D Are you SURE you don't have disks that came with your PC? You say that the monitor came with your system - when I reformatted my older PC I thought I had no drivers, program installation disks, etc but came across a CD packet that had "Do not open without a technician to hold your hand" on it. Lo and behold there were all my drivers and programs. Hopefully you might have something like that somewhere. :-) |
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