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   HiTech RedNeck wrote in news:Bb1pk.17823$cW3.15962@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com:   
      
   > Dear Windows byteheads,   
   >   
   > I am having obstinate problems trying to get Win XP SP3 on a Dell Optiplex   
   > GX270 containing a Dell-provided Silicon Image 8x AGP card to put out the   
   > maximum screen resolution (1920 x 1200) to a 24" Gateway FPD2485W.  Win XP   
   > identifies it as Plug and Play Monitor, but with a DVI-D cable the max   
   > selectable resolution is 1600 x 1200 (which displays in a distorted   
   > horizontally elongated manner) and with a VGA cable the max working   
   > selectable resolution is 1680 x 1050.  (With VGA cable, I see 1920 x 1200   
   > available as well, but will only let me choose 75 Hz whereas my monitor   
   > wants 60 Hz and can't support 75 Hz.  Selecting 1920 x 1200 makes the   
   > monitor blank out and pop up a warning about wrong frequency.  If I check   
   > the "hide unsupported modes" box then I don't see 1920 x 1200 at all.)   
   >   
   > It is NOT a hardware limitation: I can boot to Linux Kubuntu Hardy Heron   
   > on   
   > the same system, and with either DVI-D or VGA cable, Linux immediately   
   > recognizes the screen as 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz and it displays nicely.   
   >   
   > I've installed the latest 82865G video drivers from Dell (Intel Extreme   
   > Graphics 2).  Intel has archived only an older version of these drivers,   
   > which I've also tried.  Neither version seems to alleviate the problem.   
   > Gateway's web site has no video driver support for this monitor.  (Gateway   
   > does offer a display tuning application, which in vain attempts to set the   
   > computer to optimal display resolution, i.e. 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz.)   
   >   
   > I've tried monkeying around with the contents of   
   > C:\WINDOWS\INF\monitor.inf   
   > (after backing up the original) to put in higher resolutions for the Plug   
   > and Play monitor, but I am not totally sure that I've got everything right   
   > in the data field formats.  Nor do I know how the Gateway monitor   
   > identifies   
   > itself to Windows so I could try to create a dedicated monitor*.inf entry   
   > for the Gateway.  (Older Gateway monitors are present in one of the   
   > monitor*.inf files.)   
   >   
   > The BIOS is set to allow 8 MB preallocated to video memory.  This   
   > according   
   > to Intel should be enough to allow the OS to boot up as 1600 x 1200 at 60   
   > Hz   
   > at 32 bits without requesting more video memory.  The BIOS does not offer   
   > me   
   > anything higher than 8 MB.  It is the latest BIOS update for this machine   
   > available from Dell.  The machine itself has 1.5 gigabytes of DDR memory   
   > installed.   
   >   
   > If I didn't have a dedicated Windows proprietary application that I had to   
   > run there, I would say pshaw on Windows and go with Linux so I could use   
   > my   
   > expensive screen.  But I require Windows for my application, and the   
   > application really wants AGP with DVI-D -- it says VGA will load down the   
   > computer too much.   
   >   
   > Any ideas how to get any further than this, O wise ones of the web?   
      
   You typed all that blather only to be told...   
      
   > Thank you very mucho in advance-o.   
      
   Get fuckedo in advance-o.   
      
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