640x480 res with 16 colors????
Need some serious help here...
Sunday, February 4, 2007 by Armbut | Discussion: Video Cards
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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yrag
Reply #42 Sunday, February 4, 2007 8:57 PM
Bloody dinkhead.........
Reply #42 Sunday, February 4, 2007 8:57 PM
| It's that thing you stick into the MoBo that has the monitor connected to it |
Bloody dinkhead.........
yrag
Reply #43 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:04 PM
That supports what you're trying to do. Did you disable the Onboard in Device Manager?
Reply #43 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:04 PM
| TVP3026 |
That supports what you're trying to do. Did you disable the Onboard in Device Manager?
Armbut
Reply #44 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:11 PM
Reply #44 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:11 PM
yeah, i disabled the onboard...well...i clicked "Remove". "Disable" isn't an option in Win98...
Armbut
Reply #45 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:35 PM
Reply #45 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:35 PM
I just thought of something...would Hardware Acceleration have anything to do with this?
Armbut
Reply #46 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:37 PM
Reply #46 Sunday, February 4, 2007 9:37 PM
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.
..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.
yrag
Reply #48 Sunday, February 4, 2007 10:05 PM
Reply #48 Sunday, February 4, 2007 10:05 PM
| would Hardware Acceleration have anything to do with this? |
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #49 Sunday, February 4, 2007 10:16 PM Its the little things that get you.
I never did ask if it was plugged into the wall socket. 
Reply #49 Sunday, February 4, 2007 10:16 PM
Its the little things that get you.I never did ask if it was plugged into the wall socket.
Armbut
Reply #51 Sunday, February 4, 2007 10:58 PM
Reply #51 Sunday, February 4, 2007 10:58 PM
i guess this is just another learning experience...
yrag
Reply #52 Sunday, February 4, 2007 11:05 PM
Reply #52 Sunday, February 4, 2007 11:05 PM
Don't beat yourself up (that's our job)......you'd be amazed how many people don't plug the thing in...... 
Jafo
Reply #53 Sunday, February 4, 2007 11:25 PM
Reply #53 Sunday, February 4, 2007 11:25 PM
"Hardware Acceleration"....when you get so pissed off with a buggy machine you LAUNCH it through the nearest Window rather than LOAD Windows on it....
Armbut
Reply #55 Sunday, February 4, 2007 11:44 PM
Reply #55 Sunday, February 4, 2007 11:44 PM
LOL. thats why we should all use mac's (not really)
my mac-loving friend said this once "throw an APPLE thru a WINDOW, then look at the BLUE sky...its stupid...
my mac-loving friend said this once "throw an APPLE thru a WINDOW, then look at the BLUE sky...its stupid...
Jafo
Reply #56 Monday, February 5, 2007 12:10 AM
Reply #56 Monday, February 5, 2007 12:10 AM
| "throw an APPLE thru a WINDOW, then look at the BLUE sky...its stupid... |
Not wrong....
Armbut
Reply #57 Monday, February 5, 2007 1:01 AM
Reply #57 Monday, February 5, 2007 1:01 AM
AAAAAAHHHH!!!!! ITS A BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!!!! I got one of these on my Vista PC yesterday...shhh...dont tell...
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #58 Monday, February 5, 2007 1:12 AM
Reply #58 Monday, February 5, 2007 1:12 AM
dont feel like the lone stranger...I have DOH! moments all the time.
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Reply #41 Sunday, February 4, 2007 8:57 PM
Win98 huh?
what chipset does the board use?