BIOSTAR K8M800 - widescreen wont work?

[Hacka]

I bought this mobo and i cannot get the display adapter work with a widescreen monitor.. the other pcs ive had just autodetected it... i cant detect it or even force it to 1440x900

why?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138038

Onboard Video
Onboard Video Yes
Onboard Video Chipset S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP

 

[cubby1223]

http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview....?catid=31&threadid=75214&enterthread=y

 

[cubby1223]

^^ indicates loading the latest bios is the answer, or waiting for Biostar to release a new bios that provides support.

 

[Fraggable]

I just built a system for someone with that VIA IGP graphics solution and it does the same thing. I've tried 3 variations of BIOSes and none of them support 1440 X 900. I was able to force it with one of the BIOSes but it resulted in really weird image distortion that didn't work at all.

If you set your display to 1280 X 768 it doesn't look too terrible. Not ideal, but it will work until you can get VIA to give you a working BIOS.