On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:23 -0500, "John Sessoms" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, I did that but I could only set the resolution to something like > > 1280 x 800 max. I couldn't find any thing in the registry that looked > > like resolution settings and I still got the black screen on the next > > normal boot. > > > > Sounds like your video card doesn't output the higher wide-screen > resolutions to the standard 15-pin VGA connector. Higher than 1280x800 > and you have to use the HDMI connection. > > What I don't understand is why you didn't get the dialog box that asks > you to click OK to accept the higher resolution. Since you couldn't see > the dialog box to click OK, it should have reverted to 1280 x 800 > automatically after about 15 seconds. I did get that dialog box on the initial normal boot but as soon as I clicked OK to set the 1440 x 800 resolution, the screen went black and stayed that way. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
