Subj : W2K problem
To   : Roger Nelson
From : Ross Cassell
Date : Fri Apr 22 2005 11:50 am

Hello Roger!

22 Apr 05 06:51, you wrote to All:

 RN> I recently reinstalled W2K and came up with a problem I hadn't noticed
 RN> before.  Before I go any frther, my machine is:

 RN> W2K SP2
 RN> 400MHz CPU
 RN> 384Mb of RAM (I remember when I started out, I had only 384K of RAM)
 RN> 13Gig drive
 RN> ATI Rage 128 video card w/32Mb of memory
 RN> DirectX 8.1
 RN> Latest video drivers from ATI specifically for W2K.

 RN> The problem is I can't get out of 16 color mode no matter what I try.
 RN> During those times when I successfully changed to 1024x768x32-bit
 RN> color mode, upon reboot, the monitor stayed blenk, so I have to press
 RN> the reset button (the 3-finger salute doesn't work) and press F8 to
 RN> enable VGA mode.  I have googled this problem in the NGs, and have
 RN> fouund no solution.  Any help appreciated.

Try 800X600 and see if it maintains that setting after a reboot, maybe monitor 
doesnt support frequency range?

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Ross
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