windows forgets video settings

[Guest Kyle]

Hello,

 

Several months ago I reinstalled XP SP2 on system. Ever since then Windows

frequently forgets my video settings and goes back to 640x480x4. If I try

to reset the screen resolution to its normal mode (800x512x32), the screen

blanks, and stays at 640x480x4. To get windows back to 800x512x32 the

following sometimes works:

Select 1600x1024x4

reboot

Windows boots and is at 640x480x8. If get this far then I can switch to

800x512x32 without a problem and the setting stays until I reboot. However

about 60% of the time I get 640x480x4 and switching to 800x512 won't

succeed. I have tried renaming the monitor7.inf, renaming display.inf,

deleting t2r4disp.dll, and deleting t2r4mini.sys. Then I uninstalled the

Number Nine Revolution IV video card from device manager and rebooted. The

problem is when the system boots I am stuck at 1024x768 and a very small

font, in short not usable. The monitor is a SGI 1600SW. The problem is NOT

hardware. I dual boot with Linux and Linux works 100% of the time. What

can I do to fix the problem?

 

Thanks,

[Guest John Wunderlich]

Re: windows forgets video settings

 

"Kyle" <kyle@tsr.com> wrote in

news:urHZOgncIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

> Hello,

>

> Several months ago I reinstalled XP SP2 on system. Ever since

> then Windows frequently forgets my video settings and goes back to

> 640x480x4. If I try to reset the screen resolution to its normal

> mode (800x512x32), the screen blanks, and stays at 640x480x4. To

> get windows back to 800x512x32 the following sometimes works:

> Select 1600x1024x4

> reboot

> Windows boots and is at 640x480x8. If get this far then I can

> switch to 800x512x32 without a problem and the setting stays until

> I reboot. However about 60% of the time I get 640x480x4 and

> switching to 800x512 won't succeed. I have tried renaming the

> monitor7.inf, renaming display.inf, deleting t2r4disp.dll, and

> deleting t2r4mini.sys. Then I uninstalled the Number Nine

> Revolution IV video card from device manager and rebooted. The

> problem is when the system boots I am stuck at 1024x768 and a very

> small font, in short not usable. The monitor is a SGI 1600SW.

> The problem is NOT hardware. I dual boot with Linux and Linux

> works 100% of the time. What can I do to fix the problem?

>

> Thanks,

 

This is a driver problem. Number Nine went bankrupt in 2000 and a

driver for Windows XP was never written. The newest driver I could

find online was for Windows 2000.

 

It's time to get a purchase a video board that is supported by Windows

XP.

 

HTH,

John

[Guest MAP]

RE: windows forgets video settings

 

Unfortunatlly I'm at work now and cannot access msconfig on this system

so I'm going from memory and this will be vauge.

Open run and type in msconfig now under the boot.ini tab their is and

option if checked to start windows in a very basic video resolution mode make

sure this is not checked. sorry I can't be clearer right now but if you go to

the boot.ini tab it should explain itself.

Good luck.

 

--

Mike Pawlak

 

 

"Kyle" wrote:

> Hello,

>

> Several months ago I reinstalled XP SP2 on system. Ever since then Windows

> frequently forgets my video settings and goes back to 640x480x4. If I try

> to reset the screen resolution to its normal mode (800x512x32), the screen

> blanks, and stays at 640x480x4. To get windows back to 800x512x32 the

> following sometimes works:

> Select 1600x1024x4

> reboot

> Windows boots and is at 640x480x8. If get this far then I can switch to

> 800x512x32 without a problem and the setting stays until I reboot. However

> about 60% of the time I get 640x480x4 and switching to 800x512 won't

> succeed. I have tried renaming the monitor7.inf, renaming display.inf,

> deleting t2r4disp.dll, and deleting t2r4mini.sys. Then I uninstalled the

> Number Nine Revolution IV video card from device manager and rebooted. The

> problem is when the system boots I am stuck at 1024x768 and a very small

> font, in short not usable. The monitor is a SGI 1600SW. The problem is NOT

> hardware. I dual boot with Linux and Linux works 100% of the time. What

> can I do to fix the problem?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest Kyle]

Re: windows forgets video settings

 

"MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote in message

news:13726ECC-3299-4DB5-BA9F-887B6B773B9B@microsoft.com...

> Unfortunatlly I'm at work now and cannot access msconfig on this

> system

> so I'm going from memory and this will be vauge.

> Open run and type in msconfig now under the boot.ini tab their is and

> option if checked to start windows in a very basic video resolution mode

> make

> sure this is not checked. sorry I can't be clearer right now but if you go

> to

> the boot.ini tab it should explain itself.

> Good luck.

> Mike Pawlak

 

I checked my boot.ini and there are no switches that shouldn't be there. I

ran msconfig and it is the same as before.

 

Thanks,

[Guest Kyle]

Re: windows forgets video settings

 

> This is a driver problem. Number Nine went bankrupt in 2000 and a

> driver for Windows XP was never written. The newest driver I could

> find online was for Windows 2000.

>

> It's time to get a purchase a video board that is supported by Windows

> XP.

>

> HTH,

> John

 

I am aware that Number Nine's assests were purchased by S3 and that no

driver exists for XP. The issue is that the Microsoft driver that has

worked all of these years is suddenly not working properly anymore. The

problem is that the SGI 1600SW monitor has a LVDS connector which is not

supported by any modern video card manufactors.

 

Thanks,