"Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> wrote in message
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> Keith W wrote:
>> "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.com> wrote in message
>> news:z9X6k.217613$yE1.154032@attbi_s21...
>>> Grinder wrote:
>>>> Keith W wrote:
>>>>> Along with my normal PC I have a second elderly one that is used for
>>>>> back ups and general messing about. They share keyboard, mouse and
>>>>> widescreen monitor via a KVM switch. The second machine is a
>>>>> Pentium 3 (500mhz) with an Intel 810 mobo and an ATI Rage Pro Turbo
>>>>> PCI graphics card. I have Windows XP Pro installed and the latest
>>>>> drivers for the card from the ATI website. However, it cannot produce
>>>>> the 1440x900 resolution that the mintor requires and I am having to
>>>>> make do with 1280x1024 which reduces picture quality somewhat but I
>>>>> had accepted that, because of the age of the machine, it was all I
>>>>> could get and I cannot justify buying a new card. Now however, I
>>>>> have just made it dual boot by installing xubuntu and amazingly that
>>>>> has identified the monitor size and is producing 1440x900 through the
>>>>> same mobo and graphics card.
>>>>>
>>>>> My question is, now that I know Linux can do it, how can I accomplish
>>>>> it in Windows? I have tried Powerstrip but that gives the same
>>>>> results as before, i.e. 1280x1024.
>>>> You added a custom resolution? I would have thought that would work.
>>>> It has for me, several times, but it's only diagnostic as I'm too cheap
>>>> to shell out $30 for the benefit. There is an earlier version kept on
>>>> the site because some of the older video cards are no longer supported.
>>>> You might try that.
>>>>
>>>> Check out Tip #4 on this list:
>>>> http://www.onlinesoftwareguide.com/0606xptips.html
>>>>
>>>> That looks a bit promising to me so I think I'll try to make that final
>>>> tweak on my neighbor's setup. I'll let you know how it turns out.
>>> Ok, I tried the tip and it didn't work. The registry just got changed
>>> back on restart.
>>>
>>> I installed Powerstrip, and had mixed results. Creating and installing
>>> a custom monitor inf did get the stated maximum (optimal) resolution to
>>> show up in my options. I was, however, able to add that resolution
>>> within Powerstrip, and it worked after a restart.
>>>
>>
>> I tried Powerstrip, which has worked for me on other PCs but in this
>> instant the vertical and horizontal settings are locked and just beep
>> when I try to change them. I will download the earlier one that you
>> mention and try that.
>
> Ok, for what it's worth, I have a Windows 98 SE system around here that
> has an 8MB ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP in it, and I've hooked it up to a 1440x900
> LCD monitor.
>
> 1) Windows 98 does not offer the native resolution for selection.
>
> 2) Powerstrip 2.78 complains that what I want to do is
> "not supported" when I try to set the resolution
>
> 3) Powerstrip 3.78 allows me to add a custom resolution
> without complaint, but bitches on restart. The new
> resolution has not been added.
>
> 4) Xubuntu 7.10 can display 1440x900 with no problems.

My mobo is an Intel 810 with the clever arrangement of onbard AGP graphics
but no AGP slot, hence the Rage is PCI. I have now removed the Rage and
reverted to the onbard graphics with the latest Intel driver and I have
achieved 1280x960 which is at least nearer to what I want and has eliminated
the wavy lines that I was experiencing. Xubuntu didn't even notice the
change and still gives me the correct 1440x900.
--
Keith W
Sunbury on Thames
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living)