I have an ARM N30W notebook computer (built by Compal and is essentially identical to a Dell Inspiron 5000: the BIOS is likely different though). It has ATI Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x video built in. I run Windows 2000 Professional on this computer. I bought the thing a year ago thinking that I would have support for dual monitors with different displays. It turns out that this feature was not supported in Win2k, only in some flavor of Win98. I was, however, able to at least find a driver (I thought I used a driver for the Dell Inspiron 5000, but I could be mistaken) that would permit the video adapter to display a higher resolution than 1024 x 768, so at least I had a reasonable 1248 x 1024 raster on my 19" external monitor. Well, I experienced a crash and while I was backed up, I was only able to recover my data, not a working system. I had to reinstall Win2k. I have not been able to duplicate my previous success in displaying high resolution on my external monitor.

So. Does anyone out there at least know how to make this setup display 1248 x 1024 on a 19" monitor under Win2k? And I know it is probably too much too ask for, but has anyone ever had success making this or a similar setup display different screens on both displays under Win2k? I'd be very happy to find a solution to the former situation and ecstatic to find one for the latter.

Thanks,

Bob

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