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16 colors after installing windows me

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sepia

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May 18, 2001
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Hi. I installed Windows ME on an old Compaq Armada laptop (300mhz) but for some reason it is only displaying 16 colors. I went into Control panel, display to try to adjust it to display more colors but it only list 16. How can I get it to display more colors? Thanks.
 
It will require display drivers to be loaded. Default is VGA 16/640/480. Drivers should be available at Compaq.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
 
sepia
Sounds like the installed drivers are not compatible with ME so VGA resorted back to default (low Res) settings.
As edfair said, hopefully there should be a newer (ME) supported driver on the Compaq website.

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It would be good to find what is the video chip in your laptop. It will help to find a suitable driver, if Compaq does not support your product.


 
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