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by romalley Jun 19, 2002 last reply Jun 23, 2002

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I Have acquired a "Deltacom" monitor model "M435A"
and I am finding it hard to find a device driver to make the monitor display 256 colour as opposed to 16 colour I am using "Win98se" on an APTIVA-2140 Can anyone help with a device driver or a method of displaying 256 colour ?

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by alpha-male Jun 19, 2002

Actually the driver for your videocard determines the number of colors you can use (unless your monitor cannot display that number of colors). If that is the case though, usually the picture will be totally corrupted...not just downgraded to a lowercolor depth.

What video card are you using in your system? If you install the latest video drivers for it, it should resolve your problem.

by romalley Jun 20, 2002

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by thechas Jun 20, 2002

Have you tried a few different settings / choices from the "standard" monitor types in display properties / monitors?

You can usually get at least 256 colors this way.

Otherwise, have you looked for Deltacom at www.driverguide.com

Chas

by romalley Jun 20, 2002

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by mtrahern Jun 21, 2002

Alpha-Male is right. You dont need drivers for you monitor. You need drivers for your video card. The monitor is only able to show what its receiving.