On 29 Jul 2006 at 8:46, Tom wrote:

> I have an old Dell Latitude CPi laptop. The Win98SE set up program
> only recognized a default monitor. This only gives me 16 colors. Tried
> to install new hardware thinking the computer would see and install
> the correct monitor but that did not work. Can contact Dell to see
> what monitor is installed in my laptop but thought someone here might
> have a simple answer. 

  The "Default Monitor" means that Windows can't determine the frequency 
capabilities of the display -- which are of dubious relevance with a flat 
panel such as on a laptop.
  The number of colours is determined by the *video adaptor*, and the 
limitation to 16 colours indicates that Windows has supplied the default VGA 
video driver; you need to locate and download and install the video driver 
for the CPi -- I bet you can find the driver on Dell's web site.

David Gillett

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