Problem with compaq laptop.....please help

[UDT89]

I have an old compaq armada 7792 which i just installed windows 95 on. Now when it starts up the display only shows a box that is half the size of the monitor. I tried changing the pixel size in the display settings, but it wont let me. The bar is dark and i cant move it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.



Matt

 

[bsobel]

Sounds like Windows installed the default VGA driver as it didn't have a driver for your machines particular video card, or Windows misdetected your video card and installed the wrong driver. Both would leave you with 640x480 and the slider control greyed out. You might want to check the Compaq site and see if you can download video drivers for that model.

Best,
Bill

 

[UDT89]

checked the site and theres nothing worth trying, any other solutions?? I jsut got it to go 800x600............i changed it to svga from vga/........any idea how to get to the 1024 mark??

 

[bsobel]

Compaq drivers

Try the S3 drivers from here,
Bill

 

[UDT89]

i did that as you wrote it down, and it worked great.......now all i gotta do is sell the lappy and i'm set.




Matt


thanks