windows forgets video settings

[Kyle]

Hello,

Several months ago I reinstalled XP SP2 on system. Ever since then Windows
frequently forgets my video settings and goes back to 640x480x4. If I try
to reset the screen resolution to its normal mode (800x512x32), the screen
blanks, and stays at 640x480x4. To get windows back to 800x512x32 the
following sometimes works:
Select 1600x1024x4
reboot
Windows boots and is at 640x480x8. If get this far then I can switch to
800x512x32 without a problem and the setting stays until I reboot. However
about 60% of the time I get 640x480x4 and switching to 800x512 won't
succeed. I have tried renaming the monitor7.inf, renaming display.inf,
deleting t2r4disp.dll, and deleting t2r4mini.sys. Then I uninstalled the
Number Nine Revolution IV video card from device manager and rebooted. The
problem is when the system boots I am stuck at 1024x768 and a very small
font, in short not usable. The monitor is a SGI 1600SW. The problem is NOT
hardware. I dual boot with Linux and Linux works 100% of the time. What
can I do to fix the problem?

Thanks,

 

[John Wunderlich]

Hello,

Several months ago I reinstalled XP SP2 on system. Ever since
then Windows frequently forgets my video settings and goes back to
640x480x4. If I try to reset the screen resolution to its normal
mode (800x512x32), the screen blanks, and stays at 640x480x4. To
get windows back to 800x512x32 the following sometimes works:
Select 1600x1024x4
reboot
Windows boots and is at 640x480x8. If get this far then I can
switch to 800x512x32 without a problem and the setting stays until
I reboot. However about 60% of the time I get 640x480x4 and
switching to 800x512 won't succeed. I have tried renaming the
monitor7.inf, renaming display.inf, deleting t2r4disp.dll, and
deleting t2r4mini.sys. Then I uninstalled the Number Nine
Revolution IV video card from device manager and rebooted. The
problem is when the system boots I am stuck at 1024x768 and a very
small font, in short not usable. The monitor is a SGI 1600SW.
The problem is NOT hardware. I dual boot with Linux and Linux
works 100% of the time. What can I do to fix the problem?

Thanks,

This is a driver problem. Number Nine went bankrupt in 2000 and a
driver for Windows XP was never written. The newest driver I could
find online was for Windows 2000.

It's time to get a purchase a video board that is supported by Windows
XP.

HTH,
John

 

[MAP]

Unfortunatlly I'm at work now and cannot access msconfig on this system
so I'm going from memory and this will be vauge.
Open run and type in msconfig now under the boot.ini tab their is and
option if checked to start windows in a very basic video resolution mode make
sure this is not checked. sorry I can't be clearer right now but if you go to
the boot.ini tab it should explain itself.
Good luck.

 

[Kyle]

Unfortunatlly I'm at work now and cannot access msconfig on this
system
so I'm going from memory and this will be vauge.
Open run and type in msconfig now under the boot.ini tab their is and
option if checked to start windows in a very basic video resolution mode
make
sure this is not checked. sorry I can't be clearer right now but if you go
to
the boot.ini tab it should explain itself.
Good luck.
Mike Pawlak

I checked my boot.ini and there are no switches that shouldn't be there. I
ran msconfig and it is the same as before.

Thanks,

 

[Kyle]

This is a driver problem. Number Nine went bankrupt in 2000 and a

driver for Windows XP was never written. The newest driver I could
find online was for Windows 2000.

It's time to get a purchase a video board that is supported by Windows
XP.

HTH,
John

I am aware that Number Nine's assests were purchased by S3 and that no
driver exists for XP. The issue is that the Microsoft driver that has
worked all of these years is suddenly not working properly anymore. The
problem is that the SGI 1600SW monitor has a LVDS connector which is not
supported by any modern video card manufactors.

Thanks,