Only 16 colours..?
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Name: Dennis
Date: August 17, 2001 at 12:38:31 Pacific
Subject: Only 16 colours..? |
Comment:
I've configured my monitor (IBM G42 - Jan 98) as VGA and only get 16 colours. Every time I set up as something else (256 colours) the computer throws a complete wobbler and I have to reinstall. What should I do?
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Response Number 1
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Name: chesco_9
Date: August 18, 2001 at 15:55:16 Pacific
Subject: Only 16 colours..?
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Reply: (edit)I had that problem before too. It might be that the video card or the monitor do not support that many colors. When it happened to me it was the monitor that went bonkers when I tried to put 256 colors at a certain resolution. Maybe if you can change the resolution it might work but I do not guarantee it.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Warlord859
Date: August 19, 2001 at 07:06:33 Pacific
Subject: Only 16 colours..?
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Reply: (edit)Choose at windows setup VGA 256 colors, if that isnt listed there, then your video card is not 256 colors compatible
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Response Number 3
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Name: Lightspeed
Date: August 21, 2001 at 02:56:27 Pacific
Subject: Only 16 colours..? |
Reply: (edit)You need a different driver. You can get a generic svga driver for 256 colors at Powerload's Win 3.x Resource Page It is called svga.exe and you need a video card with at least 512kb of memory. If this still doesn't work, get the info about your video card using MSD.EXE (type MSD [ENTER] at the Dos prompt, then click Video), then go to the Drivers section of my page and get the specific driver for your video card. HTH. 
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Response Number 4
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Name: Zyo
Date: January 23, 2002 at 09:12:58 Pacific
Subject: Only 16 colours..?
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Reply: (edit)svga.exe does not work for all but a few models of video cards, monitors etc. If it fails your only choice is to hunt down the proper video drivers for your Video Card, Monitor, Etc and install those, an example is the very machine im posting this response with, it will not work with svga.exe and required its factory drivers to display 256 colors and above.
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