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Re: Monitor Colors
From:
"Stanley S. Churchill" <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Jun 2004 07:56:28 -0500
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Hey Donald,
You need to find out what is the make/model of your video 'card'.  Then you
will need to find and install the software "drivers" for it.  As long as the
video is working at all, W98 will tell you that the current driver is ok.
Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of DJ DeWitt
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 7:00 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Monitor Colors


Hello everyone, I really don t know if this is a software or a hardware
problem . I received a P III  hand me down  from a friend running Win 98.
The computer was running ok and the monitor (a 19  ViewSonic) was in good
working order also.  However, the hard drive was completely full and things
were running very slow. I formatted the hard drive (a first for me) and
installed a clean copy of 98. When it booted up for the first time the
monitor only had 16 colors instead of 256. I went into the control panel /
display / and the / settings / tab and found that this was a default setting
with no other options. The slide bar at the bottom of this tab was grayed
out and there was no reaction when trying to reset it. I had the computer
scan for a monitor driver and it revealed that the existing driver was ok. I
tried working the settings on the monitor itself with no change. Then I
hooked up a new 17  Sony Trinitron E240 monitor (one that was on a different
computer and working fine with 256 colors) and repeated all the above steps
and the results were still the same. Only 16 colors. Can anyone help solve
this perplexing problem?

Many thanks............Donald DeWitt




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