wildexpressions
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I gave my mom my old computer for x mas it is a p2 300 with 256 ram 64mb ati rage fury maxx video,running win 98.
when i was getting it all ready for her i had the resolution set to
1024x768
she lives in a different city so i cant really help her except from phone and she has an old moniter,how old i dont know but it is color not monochrome(are those still around lol)
anyways,when she boots up it almost gets to the end where the color i have set for the background shows up then all there is is a solid line across the screen and everything is frozen.
It boots up fine in safe mode.
I think the video card does not support the old moniter or the resolution on the card is set too high for the moniter.
Is there a way to reduce the screen resolution on the vid card in safe mode?
I told her she may have to borrow a moniter from someone,boot up and change the resolution.
Or buy a new moniter(ya right)
what do you guys think?
The computer worked perfectly the day before she got it and it was delivered to her from a friend whom i know didnt drop it or anything like that.
P.S when she was in safe mode i got her to check in device manager and it showed no problems any where.
Thanks in advance
Tony
when i was getting it all ready for her i had the resolution set to
1024x768
she lives in a different city so i cant really help her except from phone and she has an old moniter,how old i dont know but it is color not monochrome(are those still around lol)
anyways,when she boots up it almost gets to the end where the color i have set for the background shows up then all there is is a solid line across the screen and everything is frozen.
It boots up fine in safe mode.
I think the video card does not support the old moniter or the resolution on the card is set too high for the moniter.
Is there a way to reduce the screen resolution on the vid card in safe mode?
I told her she may have to borrow a moniter from someone,boot up and change the resolution.
Or buy a new moniter(ya right)
what do you guys think?
The computer worked perfectly the day before she got it and it was delivered to her from a friend whom i know didnt drop it or anything like that.
P.S when she was in safe mode i got her to check in device manager and it showed no problems any where.
Thanks in advance
Tony