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by bspencer May 11, 2001 last reply Apr 1, 2002

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I have an 8mb agp video card that will not allow me to change the screen area settings.
I've got the latest drivers. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. It just won't let me change the settings. Help!!!

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by naamor May 11, 2001

It would help if you indicated what brand of card and what operating system your using.

by bspencer Apr 1, 2002

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by mphoffar May 11, 2001

Which OS are you running?

If this is nT, I would suggest rerunning at a minimum sp3, but preferably sp6 for this to work.

by bspencer Apr 1, 2002

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by reeree May 11, 2001

The problem, is more than likely that your monitor can not handle the resolution that your are setting the card at. Therefore it will not alllow you to change the area. If you are right clicking on any blank area on the desktop, then going to properties, then going to settings tab, and trying to slide the screen area to a higher number, and it will not allow you to do it, then your monitor can not handle it. Hope this helps.

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by estebandelatorre May 11, 2001

VIDEO CHIPSET GFORCE2 AND VIA NORTH CHIPSET VIATECH 693X FORGET IT IT WON'T WORK.
IF THIS CONFIG. IS NOT YOUR CASE, ALSO TRY TO SET THIS IN BIOS SETUP:
ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA=YES
PRIMARY VIDEO=AGP (NOT PCI)
DISABLE ALL VIDEO SHADOW MEMORY FEATURESPNP OS=YES

VERIFY UNDER SYSTEM/DEVICE MANAGER, THAT THE IRQ FOR VIDEO IS UNIQUE.
BE SURE TO HAVE THE "PCI TO AGP BRIDGE" OR "AGP BRIGE" DRIVER INSTALLED.

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by kahunanui May 11, 2001

Aloha!

Many times this can be remedied through BIOS of the motherboard. Some of the earlier motherboards required you to change settings in BIOS before Windows would "know" that it could alter video settings. Also, a BIOS flash *sometimes* will help. Lots of variables here so this is just a general idea. Biggest variable is age and brand of MB, video card and their chipsets.

Also, don't fall into the "latest drivers hype". Many times you have to play with various drivers in orderto get satisfaction. Especially the newer cards. Just check the ATI site for all the driver variations and choices! Many times we have to go to an earlier version to get everything sync'd and working.

Good Luck!

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by bspencer May 14, 2001

I'd like to thank everyone who replied for there help. I also want to let everyone know the solution to the problem was Net Meeting Remote desktop. When you have remote desktop active it locks the display so you can't alter any settings.As soon as you disable remote desktop your back in business.
Thanks Again...