Ibm Thinkpad T22 LCD Resolution

[blacklabelrum]

Hi there, I have an IBM Thinkpad T22 series laptop. Its has a 14.1" LCD screen that seems to have a native resolution of 1400 x 1050. Now as you can imagine, this can make things very difficult to read as icons, text etc are very small. I've tried to change the resolution to 1024 x 768 and after doing so, the screen appears at that resolution but it doest fill the whole screen. Only a small portion in the center of the LCD is used to display at this resolution. BTW, the laptop has a S3 Graphics Inc. SavageIX GPU with 8MB memory. Can some one please help me get the screen to display at a resolution of 1024 X 768 full screen. Much thanks

 

[robisbell]

how you're pushing that high of a resolution with only 8MB, anyways.
whats the color level?
whats it list as a monitor?

 

[blacklabelrum]

well the thing is, that the color is only 16 bit, I when I change it to 32 bit the screen blanks to 1024 x 768, but at this resolution, only a fraction of the screeb is used?

 

[robisbell]

what does it list for a monitor?

 

[blacklabelrum]

ok, I think you lost me there??

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Go to the device manager and see what it shows as the monitor

 

[blacklabelrum]

its shows "IBM ThinkPad 1400x1050 LCD panel

 

[robisbell]

that's the problem, it should represent the screen size or at least be a generic plug and play monitor.

 

[blacklabelrum]

ok, is there any way ti fix this??

 

[robisbell]

yes, change the listing when you bring up the monitor in the graphics option.

 

[mrblotto]

You say its a T22. Look on the bottom of the machine and provide the model and type (ie 2647-XXX or 2648-XXX). Or you can go to your thinkpad configuration app and select:

System Information-BIOS information. It will list the model and type there as well.


Different models have different display capabilities.

 

[blacklabelrum]

Originally posted by: mrblotto
You say its a T22. Look on the bottom of the machine and provide the model and type (ie 2647-XXX or 2648-XXX). Or you can go to your thinkpad configuration app and select:

System Information-BIOS information. It will list the model and type there as well.


Different models have different display capabilities.

IBM ThinkPad Type 2647-9EU

 

[robisbell]

change the monitor to plug and play.

 

[blacklabelrum]

ok, how to I do that?

 

[robisbell]

Windows XP
a. Click Properties.
b. Click the Settings tab.
c. Click Advanced, and then click the Monitor tab.
d. Click Properties, and then click the Driver tab.
e. Click Update Driver.
f. Click Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and then click Next.
g. Click Don't search. I will choose the driver to install.
h. Click to clear the Show compatible hardware check box.
i. In the Manufacturers box, click (Standard monitor types).
j. In the Model box, click Plug and Play Monitor.
k. Click Next, and then follow the instructions on the screen to complete the driver installation. If you are prompted to verify that you want to change the monitor, click Yes.

 

[blacklabelrum]

ok man, i did just that, but still the same result. I also did some research on the net and concluded that these particular model LCD can only operate at that resolution 1400 x 1050. but I also fixed the problem by just increasing the dpi in windows. Now everything looks much better. Thanks for all your help though!