Graphics Card problem?

Cianos · 10-07-2005 1:51pm #1

Hi,
Just got a laptop from eBay, a Pentium 3 Dell Latitude. Its working fine etc., except the graphics card seems to be very outdated. Its a 12" screen laptop, but some of the colours are a bit patchy, rather than showing the true gradient. The highest colour display (Right click desktop, properties, settings) is High (24 Bit). And when I increase the screen resolution, anything above 800x600 means you have to pan the screen. The graphics card is called NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV.

Any advice?
Cheers

petes · 10-07-2005 2:02pm

Have you updated the driver for the neomagic?

Cianos · 10-07-2005 2:03pm

petes wrote:

Have you updated the driver for the neomagic?

No I dont know how. I dont have the software or anything. How likely would that be to solve the problem?
Cheers

RicardoSmith · 10-07-2005 2:14pm

Post the model number of the laptop so we can see that the screen is able to do. I'd be surprised if a P3 laptop (even a 12") can't do 1024x768. Theres not much difference between 24bit and 32bit unless you are working with graphics, and I doubt you are doing that on a 12" screen.

Scrolling at 800x600 sugeests you haven't the graphics corectly figures and have some form of virtual desktop turned on.

formatman · 10-07-2005 2:16pm

What OS is it , presuming windows 98

Sounds like a driver problem there was a few issues with that card in its time

although 1024x768 wasn't standard on 12 inch screen originally so thats why the screen is panning above this most likely

Cianos · 10-07-2005 2:30pm

Win 98 was on it originally, however I have installed Win Xp on it now. Its a Dell Latitude LS, model number PP01S. Yeah, anything above 800x600 and the screen is panning.
Thanks v.much.

formatman · 10-07-2005 2:40pm

800x600 is the max

manual is here http://wpcarey.asu.edu/content/it/notebook/Documentation/LS/Guide.pdf

1024x768 will work on an external monitor though

set the monitor type to laptop display panel 800x600 and no plug and play monitor

Cianos · 10-07-2005 3:06pm

Damn thats annoying, but thanks v.much for the help.

"set the monitor type to laptop display panel 800x600 and no plug and play monitor"
- How do I do this?

Also, is there any way to make the colour range higher, as in, to increase it above High (24 Bit) ?

EDIT: Would updating the drivers allow me to do so?

Cheers

RicardoSmith · 10-07-2005 5:27pm

Cianos wrote:

Damn thats annoying, but thanks v.much for the help.

"set the monitor type to laptop display panel 800x600 and no plug and play monitor"
- How do I do this?

Also, is there any way to make the colour range higher, as in, to increase it above High (24 Bit) ?

EDIT: Would updating the drivers allow me to do so?

Cheers

Since that would just slow it down a lot, why would you want to do that?

formatman · 10-07-2005 8:29pm

the laptop display 800x600 setting is to optimise the display when just using the latop screen , go to display properties advance , monitor and change the driver there

24 bit colour is fine and 32 bit will slow down your machine even if you could select it ( which I don't think you can) don't

RicardoSmith · 10-07-2005 9:56pm

To speed up the display I'd run at the lowest colour depth you need. Probably 16bit is the best compromise.

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