Your monitor is capable of 1280 x 1024 resolution, so that's not the
problem.  Most modern video cards are also capable of this (a very few low-
end or older cards are not), so that's not the problem either.
  The most likely issue is that Windows doesn't know how to configure your
video card for a higher resolution, usually because it is using the Windows
default VGA driver instead of a driver specifically for the video card you
have.  Perhaps the correct driver was never installed, or has become
corrupted.
  That IBM model normally came with an S3 "Trio 3D" video card which is
capable of supporting the 1280x1024 resolution of your monitor.  So I would
download a fresh Windows 98 driver for this card and install it, and that
should let you select the higher resolution.

  I like "Code" by Charles Petzold.

David Gillett


On 9 Mar 2005 at 23:49, Karen Halder wrote:

> Our monitor will not show all of the info on the screen - we have to
> scroll left & right using the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen.
> We cannot move the slider to change the screen area in settings from
> 640x480 pixels.  Do we need a different video card?  If so, how do we
> know what to buy?  Where do we buy it?  How do we install it?  We have
> an IBM 300PL 6862-29U and a Compaq FS7600 monitor.  Windows 98 is the
> operating system.  Also, if you could only read one book to help you
> understand computers, which book would it be?
> Thank you for any help you may offer.
> Karen

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