Thank you for responding to my request for help!  Can you explain how to
download a fresh Windows98 driver for this card?  Also, how can I tell if an
S3 "Trio 3D" video card is in our machine?  When I go to the settings info
all it says is Standard PCI Graphics Adapter VGA.  This all types out like
English but certainly reads like Greek to me!
Thanks again.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gillett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Monitor problem


>   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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