| Title: | Microsoft Windows 95 ("Chicago") |
| Notice: | Please read topics 1 to 22 before writing anything |
| Moderator: | EEMELI::BACKSTROM |
| Created: | Sun Nov 13 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Purchased a "repaired" Compaq (7100) 100mhz 1.2gb, 24Mb,
14.4fax/modem... for $700 and it came with the original software and 3
year warranty. Good stuff. I did not buy the monitor (no money).
Plugged it in, the initial WIN95 screen comes up, but when windows
starts running the screen goes "crazy" like the vertical hold has lost
its mind. I remember the "box" says that the machine has been
custom configured to work with a compaq monitor..... ahhhhhhh
Find the money and buy a compaq monitor (14") and it works beautifully.
I check the settings and the screen driver is S3? I'd l ike to switch
to something more like VGA/SVGA.... but it is difficult to do if you
can't see the screen. This is a WIN95 machine.... could someone take
pitty on me and walk me through changing the driver to do SVGA/VGA.
Remember.... if I have the COMPAQ monitor I can see what I'm doing....
but I have better use for the $400 to keep it: food, clothing, phone
bill, munchies, toilet paper, piano lessons, spell checkers.......
ty
jff
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| 2797.1 | DANGER::ARRIGHI | and miles to go before I sleep | Fri Feb 14 1997 13:41 | 7 | |
When the message "Starting Windows..." comes up, press F8, which should
bring you to a menu screen. Scroll down to "Safe Mode" and hit
return. You should come up in standard VGA. Then you can do the
Start -> settings -> control panel -> display thing to change your
display setting and not necessitate safe mode.
Tony
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| 2797.2 | Yes, F8, a no-brainer, if I had used it | NWD002::FEIGLE | Tue Feb 18 1997 00:46 | 8 | |
Thank you... worked fine. Obviously I didn't need to "borrow" a new
monitor and "return" it... I had the tools with me all the time. My
next step is to see if I can find some drivers....on the WWW ... for
the monitor. The S3 display was pretty sharp... the VGA, okay. Thank
you again... I should have known, hope it helps someone else the way it
helped me....
jff
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| 2797.3 | DANGER::ARRIGHI | and miles to go before I sleep | Tue Feb 18 1997 16:08 | 12 | |
What you'll be looking for is a .inf file for your monitor. This will
define the operating limits of your monitor to Win95 or whatever
display driver Compaq installed on your machine for the S3 chip it
uses.
A shortcut into the display settings is to right-click in an empty area
of the desktop and then click on properties. If you have a display
settings tab that allows you to manually set your refresh rate, then if
you know your monitor's specs you can set this without the .inf file.
I don't think the standard Win95 display controls allow this.
Tony
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