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by chathere

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I finally was able to install the CD Rom and decided to upgrade to win 98. After the installation, the monitor went crazy and jumps and is very small with all kinds of lines through it. I cannot get into win even in safe mode to do something about it. Is there any way to get into the settings for the video in Bios?
Or what can I do to change the settings for the monitor?

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by parvus1202

I can't imagine what you mean by jumps. Anyway go to control panel/display/settings , there you can chose which settings suits your monitor, depends on the size of your screen. You might also want to adjust your monitor menu. Good luck.

by chathere

If I could see the control panel and display, I would not be asking this question. The resolution is so bad that nothing can be seen except blinking lines which are very thin in about a two inch visible flashing. Something like this happened to me before and I forgot what had to be done. I believe it was something about the video card. Thanks anyway!

by syscokid

I think your video card has gone bad. Borrow one from a friend, if you can, and swap it into your system and see if the display improves. If so, go buy a new one.

by ricardomenendez

The malfunction is probably because Windows installed a wrong video card driver and your card just doesn't output the information it recieves. It could also be a faulty video card so try swap as our other peer suggested. It's just a thought but maybe the monitor is the problem and that has the output going haywire. Try with another monitor with aprox. the same resolution. Hope that works

by zlitocook

The wrong monitor drivers are loaded, when the computer boots up befor the spash screen hlod down the ctrl key to boot to safe mode. Then if you do not get a box that tells you the wrong moniter is loaded default settings will be used then right click the desktop and properties, settings and pick ether default or 800x600 and click apply and ok. Reboot and check your monitor for type and if you can not find it in settings you may need to go to the monitors makers web site to find the correct settings. But Win98 should have it listed.

by zlitocook

You may be able to down load drivers for it. This happens when a higher resoloution monitor is conected to a computer that had a lower res. monitor first setup on it. Booting into safe mode will let you look at settings and let you change them.

by iparra

What I would do is rule out the obvious first, since you cannot even boot into safemode, I think it may be the Monitor or the video card has gone bad. Try using a different monitor first if the problem is gone then you know the monitor is bad, if the problem still present, it has to be the video card.

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