Author Topic: 1680 x 1050 with a P-IV card on an LCD screen... how ?? (Read 3397 times)

Kristian95 · « **on:** May 10, 2008, 05:31:07 AM »

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW lcd screen and would like to run my OS3.9 workbench at 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz... I have tried to do that without success... can anyone guide me or help me with the correct settings to achieve this ??

Kristian95 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2008, 08:03:38 AM »

IIRC the P-IV card can display 1600 x 1200 at 256 colours, in which case it ought to be able to display 256 colours at 1680 x 1050 too, right ??

Kristian95 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2008, 04:57:23 PM »

I am able to make a test screen but I have never been able to make one that actually displays on my monitor... the odd thing is that when I use the Picasso config program (sorry can't remember the name of it) it is a bit strange when I fiddle with the vertical frequency... there is the frequency tab I can change and then the "computed frequency" and in order to have a refresh rate between 60 and 75 Hz (the maximum for my screen) I have to fiddle with the one I can change so it is around 33-35 or so... really strange. When I initially enter the values it shows as 60 on both sides but won't let me do a test of the resolution

EDIT: What vertical rate should I expect to use when trying for 1680 x 1050 ??

Kristian95 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2008, 07:48:55 PM »

Ah, interlace... I'll try that one out... does the interlace matter since the P-IV board has a SD-FliFi ??

Kristian95 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2008, 08:46:32 PM »

I just tried with the interlace option too, no dice... it just doesn't work... maybe because my P-IV ROM version is _very_ old ??

Kristian95 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2008, 02:14:58 AM »

Unfortunately your setup screen looks completely different from the one I get when I use PicassoMode96 so I cannot easily duplicate your settings.

Kristian95 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2008, 06:24:39 PM »

Where can I find the latest version of PicassoMode96 ?? I thought I had installed the latest version, but maybe I haven't ??

Kristian95 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 12, 2008, 06:37:25 PM »

super, thanks

Kristian95 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 12, 2008, 11:13:47 PM »

I just tried that version of PicassoModeTNG, alas to no avail, it yielded same result.

Kristian95 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2008, 01:51:43 AM »

I'll give it another try *feeling stupid for not looking in the monitor manual*

Kristian95 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2008, 02:30:09 AM »

hmmm, I tried again and there is no way I can get all the values at the correct level at the same time

Kristian95 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2008, 03:21:05 AM »

ah, that's the ticket

I'm pretty ok with running it at 1024 x 768 for now

thanks for all the help guys!!

Author Topic: 1680 x 1050 with a P-IV card on an LCD screen... how ?? (Read 3397 times)

Kristian95

1680 x 1050 with a P-IV card on an LCD screen... how ??

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