Do monitors operate at a different resolution while booting up or shutting
down?

At 11:34 PM 5/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
>When booting or shutting down my Compaq Presario 7180 the picture on my
>monitor (Compaq Presario 14SV) goes "bad". During Windows 98 the picture is
>fine at 800 x 600 with 256 colors. I am unable to access Setup during the
>boot process since everything is illegible. This Compaq model has a display
>adapter. I think it is an S3 Trio, Inc. PCI Plug and Play or something like
>that.
>
>If I need to, I can access Setup by hooking up to my old Packard Bell
>monitor. For some reason it will work during boot up and shutdown, but only
>at 640 x 480 with 256 colors.
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary
>
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