Video Card and Screen Resolution

[Jim Cornette]

Terry R. Grier wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I cannot get my desktop computer to get a screen resoltion above 800x600.
> My vid card has been found and is corret and my dell monitor is selected.
> I get 1024x768 via XP.
> What is the deal you think? .... .It is not even listed as an option.
> I know the monitor and card can 'handle' it since it does it under xp.
> 

There are BIOS bugs that can cause this problem. You might need to 
upgrade the BIOS. I had this problem on a newer Dell.

Also there is a legacy video setting that is set to 1 mb in the BIOS. 
This setting needs (or should) be set to 8 MB.

I'm not sure as to what make of computer you have or video card. But 
Dell BIOS A04 from their website for one of the optiplex w/ an 865G 
video card did not work for higher resolutions before upgrading the BIOS 
and changing the video legacy settings.

Jim

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