ollie Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hey,I'm troubleshooting a computer problem for our friend RobNotBob. I am stumped and come to the experts here for help.He replaced his motherboard with a new one that has onboard audio and video. After installing the video drivers successfully he is able to increase screen colours to 32-bit but cannot set resolution higher than 640x480. Even decreasing the colours to the lowest setting does not help. I did a little google research and came across a suggestion to change the size of the memory allocated to video in the Bios (Advanced > Chipset Configuration) but that didn't seem to help either. Monitor is recognized and installed properly.Is it possible, in this day and age, that the onboard video is limited to 640x480? Anyone have any luck solving this kind of problem?Specs:Motherboard: ASROCK K7S41Video Chipset: SiS661FX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 No way OB video is limited to 640x480. Right-click My Computer, click the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. Please report back what is listed under Display Adapters. Right-click that item and go to properties. Then click the Driver tab and report back the first 3 lines. I will wait and assist further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Screw that, go here instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Please ignore all Booche comments in this thread as they will not help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I'll tell you about the drivers that live inside my head mother-fugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Booche - are you insane? You are going to be within uppercut range of my fist in less than 2 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Suck it up..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Just for you poochie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Display adapters : SiS 661FX_760_741_M661FX_M760_M741 Driver : SiS 661FX_760_741_M661FX_M760_M741 Provider : Silicon Intergrated Systems Corporation Date : 10-30-2003 Need anything else? Any and all help would be awesome. RnB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 perhaps the monitor needs to be identified? Check the monitor in your display tab. Windows may have just put a generic 640x480 vga monitor driver in there on ya. I've had that problem before, and all I did was either found a proper driver, or I picked a generic driver that was for a higher resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Thanks for the suggestion , Mike, but I do have the right monitor and driver for it, Panasonic S21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 what OS are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 what OS are you using? Windows 98 SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 what OS are you using? Windows 98 SE so go to the desktop, right mouse click & see what the "settings" tab has...click the "advanced " button & make sure that it knows about your monitor here as well. i was working on a laptop that would not go out of 640x480x16 mode no matter what video driver & monitor combo i fed it. finally had to reformat it. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 It has the correct settings for monitor every where I have looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 did you try adjusting the refresh frequency? (Display properties, Settings tab, Advanced button, Monitor tab) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 It doesn't seem to have that option. Just plug and play, energy star compliant and reset display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Have you tried a different monitor? How old is your monitor? I just blew mine that was about 5 years old and picked up a sweet 19" for around 300 bucks at OEM Express. If I was having those problems and my monitor was under 17" and it was 5 years old, I'd most certainly upgrade and be done with it. Your eyes will thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 It's 21" and about 5 years old and I really can't afford a new one at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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