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640x480 res with 16 colors????

640x480 res with 16 colors????

Need some serious help here...

Okay, first off my mom got a refurbished computer from her friend this week and she wanted me to fix it up for her. I agreed, of course, and when I took my first look at it my thoughts were "OH MY GOD!". It is an HLC Pentium machine with a P 133MHz processor, 64MB of EDO RAM (I upgraded it to 128MB thankfully), 10 GB Hard Drive (I added a second 20GB for 30GB total storage, good enough for her anyway), a CD-ROM 4x drive and Floppy. As I said earlier, I added more system memory, and a second hard disk but my main problem now is with her display. She is running Windows 98 Second Edition for your records, and I added a new Dell M991 Monitor (17" CRT) in place of her old (I could even say rusty) 13 or 15" monitor that came with the PC. I also had this problem with her old monitor for your information. Okay, now to the symptoms: First off, I noticed that her resolution was set at 640x480. So, naturally, I tried to set it at 1024x768 (which appeared to be the maximum resolution supported by her graphics chip). It was at 16 colors, so I changed that to High Color. WhenI clicked "Apply", I got a dialogue box that said "Windows must be restarted for the settings to take effect. Click Yes to restart now or No to restart later.". I clicked Yes to restart, it restarted and it was still set at 640x480 res and 16 colors. This is when I started getting worried. I updated both the Display Adapter and Monitor drivers but Windows Update claimed that the most current drivers were installed and could not continue. What should I do? Thanks for the help guys. Peace.
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Reply #26 Top
here goes: to Jafo, i never said i was an expert

to I.R. Braniac, both drivers by MS

and to BoXXi, i dont think so but yrag said that it was a 19" earlier
Reply #27 Top
No jumper...hummmmmmmmm....

There's got to be something in that bios. Look for a 'Shared Memory' option and set it to it's lowest denominator. On some boards that shut the chip off.

Just out of curiosity....if you pull the PCI card out and boot up, what happens? (there is no AGP slot, correct?)
Reply #28 Top
no, no jumper

there is no Shared Memory option in BIOS

i dont know what happens yet if i pull out the PCI...hold on as soon as i finish this BIOS flash I'll try it, and there is NO AGP slot. Just 3 ISAs and 3 PCIs.
Reply #29 Top
ok i downloaded a bios flash program and i ran it in DOS mode but unfortunately it comes up "SYSTEM BIOS DOES NOT HAVE FLASH SUPPORT"......................great...
Reply #30 Top
OK...i took out the PCI video and booted...and im right back where i started when i posted this...
Reply #31 Top

Up until a couple of weeks ago I was using a Dell M991 at work and it is definitely a 19"   

Delete the card in Device Manager and reboot. Windows should then detect the card and ask for the driver - make sure you have the correct one to hand   

Reply #32 Top
OK....that's what I thought. It's booting to the chip. PCI slot 1 & 3 are the same IRQ, so try the card in #3. Failing that, try it in #2.

Win98, PCI, ISA......it's the friggin Twilight Zone....
Reply #33 Top

Win98, PCI, ISA......it's the friggin Twilight Zone....

I have an Apple 2c .....

Reply #34 Top
Fuzzy Logic: I've already done that...but to no prevail...

yrag: The card was in Slot 3 in the beginning. I just tried it in slot 2 and I'm only getting 640x480 with 16 colors as an option. Same thing in slot 1...
Reply #35 Top
I have an Apple 2c .....


we have a commodore 64 sitting in the corner of my bedroom.....
Reply #36 Top
we have a commodore 64


Use it......  

I'm beginning to think your PCI bus is out to lunch. Do you have any other PCI adpater cards (not graphic) to see if Windows detects it?
Reply #37 Top
It's detecting the network card (10/100 ethernet) in port 1...it detects the graphics cart is just the resolution/color level
Reply #38 Top
What is the graphic card?
Reply #39 Top

What is the graphic card?

It's that thing you stick into the MoBo that has the monitor connected to it...

Reply #40 Top
lol jafo...

ok the Card is a Texas Instruments TVP3026

and under Device Manager, the onboard chip is labeled "S3 ViRGE-DX/GX PCI (375/385).
Reply #41 Top
uhm
Win98 huh?
what chipset does the board use?
Reply #42 Top

It's that thing you stick into the MoBo that has the monitor connected to it


Bloody dinkhead.........  
Reply #43 Top
TVP3026


That supports what you're trying to do. Did you disable the Onboard in Device Manager?
Reply #44 Top
yeah, i disabled the onboard...well...i clicked "Remove". "Disable" isn't an option in Win98...
Reply #45 Top
I just thought of something...would Hardware Acceleration have anything to do with this?
Reply #46 Top
Booya...I got it ..I changed the Hardware Acceleration to Full and everything is fine now...yay!!!!! Now the comp can go all the way up to 1600x1200...Thanks for the help guys.
Reply #48 Top
would Hardware Acceleration have anything to do with this?


Reply #49 Top
  Its the little things that get you.
I never did ask if it was plugged into the wall socket.    
Reply #50 Top
yeah...i feel REALLY stupid right about now...