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[kcrunchone]

new to the forum so i hope this is in the right spot... i have a dell latitude cpi a 366 at with windows 98 se...
the video drivers were fine i was told to get the latest drivers from dell and i did that..but now that i have done that i am at 800x600 and teh view is horrible...i need to get back to 1024x768 but i can not find the right drivers...

does anyone have a place other than dell to get the drivers that i need...the dell site is crap when it come to getting drivers...anyone that has info please help out
thanks in advance

kcrunch

 

[felixc]

From the device manager, try to find what is the graphics chip on your board. Then you can google for drivers for that chip model.

http://www.video-drivers.com

is an interesting place to look at.

 

[kcrunchone]

my friend gave me the right drivers and i tried them out...it did not work what do you think i should do...i tried installingt he drivers and it will not change the adapter seting it stays at 800x600 even after i hit apply and restart the machine...

 

[felixc]

what is the graphics chip? what happens when you go to the video properties? there's no 1024 x 768 in the list? how many bits per pixel are set?

 

[kcrunchone]

how can i find the graphics chip???
total novice here

 

[micker377]

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Download and run a free program called "Everest Home". It will tell you everything you wanted to know about your computer. In this case you want to look at "Display" > GPU.

 

[kcrunchone]

actually i put this thing together it had major issues and i made it work...but i am just having problems with the settings actually staying...the novice part was meant in jest...the reason i went with the low budget end laptop is for its intended purpose for use in conjuncion with a lap counting for my RC race club...

i have followed everyones advice and still come up with the same resolution after changing and applying and a restart...now i have had some situations where games or programs change the res but never experienced where i make the adjustment and it still seems to take hold to it original setting. you know when you make the change normally it allows you to see the change then you apply it..well i see the change in the smaller window but not in the actual desktop and the change never takes place.

that is the full story

 

[felixc]

Notebook displays are made to work at a fixed resolution, fixed timings. If the software asks for a different resolution, the video BIOS will try to emulate the different resolution setting doing hardware tricks with the video chip.
So it looks like your new BIOS was just not made for your model of notebook. A given laptop may have just a different TFT and everything else being the same. Just a different BIOS version does it.
Check if there are any settings in the BIOS for the graphics characteristics. Because of the newer BIOS that you loaded, the setting maynot be good. Settings like "display stretch" or "center". The graphics chips can do it, but the manufacturer may have chosen to not offer the options in the BIOS to avoid service phone calls.
To find out about your graphics chip, right-click the mouse when the arrow is over the wallpaper, go into properties. At the "settings" tab you may find what the graphics chip is, you can also find TFT settings for the display depending on the BIOS or the driver.