monitor issues

[jgr18and20]

I just installed xp Pro on my computer at home and for some reason I
can not set up my
monitor. It will not allow me to change the size and only has the
option of 4 bits color.
I have a Westinghouse 17" monitor. How can I get drivers for this
monitor?
Or how can I change resolution so I can see what I am doing on the
computer?

 

[Robert Baer]

I just installed xp Pro on my computer at home and for some reason I
can not set up my
monitor. It will not allow me to change the size and only has the
option of 4 bits color.
I have a Westinghouse 17" monitor. How can I get drivers for this
monitor?
Or how can I change resolution so I can see what I am doing on the
computer?

It is not the monitor; you need a driver for the video board.
One should have come with the video board (a CD these daze); failing
that go to the video board maker's website or the chipset website (eg:
SiS) for the driver.
Copy it to a safe place because you may need it in the future.

 

[marks542004]

It is not the monitor; you need a driver for the video board.
One should have come with the video board (a CD these daze); failing
that go to the video board maker's website or the chipset website (eg:
SiS) for the driver.
Copy it to a safe place because you may need it in the future.

Make sure that there isnt a force VGA mode setting in Bios too.

 

[jgr18and20]

Make sure that there isnt a force VGA mode setting in Bios too.

When the computer had windows 2000 the monitor worked just fine. So
there is something in XP that changes that?

 

[Malke]

When the computer had windows 2000 the monitor worked just fine. So
there is something in XP that changes that?

No, no. Once again - as the other poster told you - it isn't the
monitor. You need to download and install drivers for your hardware for
the XP operating system. You don't have a video driver installed right
now and that's why you're having this particular problem.

Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM
computer (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific
model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers
anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor. The older Aida32 is good for this, too.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.aumha.org/free.htm - Aida32 (hosted on Jim Eshelman's site)


Malke