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- From: cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham)
- Subject: Re: Video card/Monitor incompatable???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.055352.1928@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 05:53:52 GMT
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- In <Bx99pq.HAF@cs.psu.edu> mllang@snobol.cs.psu.edu (Matthew Lang) writes:
-
- >Hi, I'm having a problem with my video that's driving me crazy. I have a
- >SVGA card (True color) based on Cirrus GD-5422 chip and a Packard Bell
- >1024x768 monitor (non-interlaced). The problem is that the picture shifts on
- >my screen when I switch video modes. Some examples:
- >640x480 -- looks fine
- >800x600x64k -- Picture is shifted to the right, off the screen
- >800x600x256 -- picture is centered but really small (half-size)
- >etc.
- >I had this problem before so the company said I could try a new video card and
- >this is what I got. About the same result as before (This is my second card
- >and my second monitor, same problems) The manufacturer (WANG -- about the
- >worst service I have ever received said "It's an incompatability between your
- >monitor and the card). I still find this hard to believe. Can anyone help???
- >I would appreciate any ideas!!!!
- >Matt
-
- Hi.
- This is a very common problem, although it is still usable
- normally. I got a program with my Trident card that allows the
- position (and size) of each individual screen mode to be set and stored
- in a device driver so that the settings are loaded when the computer
- boots. I don't know if something like this exists for that card though.
-
- Mark Cosham
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