Subj : Win2K & Monitor
To   : Jeff Guerdat
From : Alexey Gradovtsev
Date : Mon Oct 02 2000 07:47 am

Hello Jeff!

Jeff Guerdat wrote to Alexey Gradovtsev:
 AG>> Neither I can't add another monitor because there's no
 AG>> monitors at all in the list of devices can be installed.

 JG> If you go into the Display control panel, choose Settings and click on the
 JG> Advanced button at the bottom right, you should get a new dialog box that
 JG> includes a Monitor tab.  Look in there for the ability to change or set
 JG> the monitor.  If there's a selection that lets you see all possible
 JG> devices, enable it.

I go into Display -> Settings -> Advanced and see the next tabs:
Adapter; Monitor; smth. else;
In the Monitor tab there's no ability to change "Standard VGA Monitor" -
the button exists but isn't active.
In the Adapter there's written "VGA", I also can't change it. Although Devices 
Dispatcher shows Video Adapter as "Riva TNT2 M64". So I guess the problem is 
with my hardware.
All that looks very strange, because noone can help me with.

 AG>> The additional information that may be important (I don't know exactly)
 AG>> is: I have no ACPI BIOS so during the W2K installation process after the
 AG>> first reboot I press F5 and choose the "Standard PC" option.

 JG> This shouldn't have affected the monitor installation but you should
 JG> generally let the W2K installation figure out what it wants to use.  I did
 JG> the same thing as you one time and ended up with a less than robust
 JG> installation when I was done setting it up.  Letting the installation
 JG> determine what it wants to use based on the BIOS data that is incorporated
 JG> in the installation seems to be a better solution.

I have no choice 'cause the usual W2k installation tries to enable ACPI 
regardless of my BIOS and then hangs.

                                                             Sincerely yours,
                                                                      *Alexey*.
.... Come, sleep! O, sleep, the certain knot of peace! Ph. Sidney
---
 * Origin: Never trust a woman - crocodiles cry too. (2:5030/1247.7)

.