Re: Monitor Display Problem

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From: Bob I (birelan_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:51:58 -0600

Please press the Win + Pause key, select Hardware, and then Device
Manager. There should be an entry that says Display adapter and also one
that says Monitor. The "Display adapter" is in the Computer and the
"Monitor" attaches to it. As Mike B says the Display adapter can also be
refered to as a video card. It may also be known as a graphics card or
adapter. But either way until the proper driver for Display Adapter/
Video card is installed the problem will continue. And the "Monitor" can
not be identified(because the adapter needs the driver) so the "Monitor"
file which you aquired won't be used either.

Mike Zhao wrote:

> Hi, Bob I,
> I have downloaded the driver for the display adapter at
> HP web site, but Window 2000 didn't recognize it. The
> monitor I have is HP v72 17" monitor, and the drive I
> downloaded was "HP v 72 inch display." I don't know
> whether the driver that I downloaded was wrong, or it was
> due to Windows problem. Can you give more detailed
> instructions? Thanks.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Locate a Windows 2000 driver for the Display adapter(at
>>
> HP web site) and
>
>>install it.
>>
>>Mike Zhao wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I wiped out Window XP home edition and installed
>>>
> Window
>
>>>2000 on a HP machine. Now the monitor can only
>>>
> displays
>
>>>640 by 480 pixels with 16 colors. This setting is the
>>>only choice I have, and every time when I try to
>>>
> change
>
>>>the setting to 800 by 600 pixels (the highest I have
>>>
> now)
>
>>>and click Ok->Ok->Yes, the monitor doesn't do any
>>>
> change.
>
>>>I downloaded the monitor driver from HP, but Window
>>>
> 2000
>
>>>doesn't recognize the driver. From Monitor tab
>>>
> (Control
>
>>>Panel->Display->Setting tab->Advanced button), the
>>>Property button is disabled (grayed), and Refresh
>>>Frequency has only the choice of "Use hardware default
>>>setting." Also, I don't see Display Adapter listed
>>>
> under
>
>>>Device Manager. Can anyone give an instruction of how
>>>
> to
>
>>>solve the problem?
>>>
>>>
>>.
>>
>>

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