Zippy
Strange Send PM
Posts: 2033
Threads: 147 Mood: Paranoid Money: £3733.51 (D) Inc. Tax: 10% (+ Friend)
|
For those of you who have a GeForce4 video/graphics card hopefully you can help me out. I got the highest nVidea drvier upgrade ok? And I just found the feature where you can make your own custom resolution. For so many years I've wanted the resolution of 1600x1200. I can't pick that resolution unless I uncheck "Hide resolutions my monitor can't display". Now NOTE: I have picked a resolution that my monitor thought I couldn't display and it worked once before. But sometimes if you pick a bad one you will get nothing but a black screen and it will say, "Cannot display this Video Mode." If I happen to get that error? What can I do to prevent it or undo it?
________________
|
24.02.05 04:40 Post #1 | [Hide Sig (11)] [Profile] [Quote] |
ReadMe
Absent Send PM Posts: 2820
Threads: 85 Money: £43.42 (D) (+ Friend)
|
wait 15 seconds and your display gets returned to the previous setting unless you say otherwise, and you cant say otherwise if you cant see the box to tick.
________________
Cant be arsed to remake my sig. |
24.02.05 08:48 Post #2 | [Hide Sig (7)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Zippy
Strange Send PM
Posts: 2033
Threads: 147 Mood: Paranoid Money: £3733.51 (D) Inc. Tax: 10% (+ Friend)
|
No. I know this may seem cracked out. But I picked a res above 1024x768 and it did the 15 second thing. I stupidly hit Enter so it said "OK" and it snapped to that res. But when it was doing the 15 sec thing it said "Cannot Display this Video Mode". But in case that happens, how do I fix it? That's what I'm asking.
EDIT: I've seen 1600x1200 res on a crappy RBG school monitor. And a flat panel LCD monitor can't do that? No.
________________
|
24.02.05 20:56 Post #3 | Last edited: 24.02.05 20:57 (Zippy - 1 times) |
[Hide Sig (11)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Bloopy
Lazy, Busy, Fizzy, Crazy Send PM
Posts: 2996
Threads: 145 WA Clan: WwA Money: £764.65 (D) (+ Friend)
|
I could write a little program really quickly which you can create a shortcut to, and assign a shortcut key, so if you ever get stuck you would have a way back. It would only take 5-10 minutes, since I recently wrote another little program which changes display settings.
Done I'll email it to you
________________
I suppose that's one "good" thing about my degree (aero engineering), there aren't too many terms/words/etc that have "alternative" meanings.
What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels? |
25.02.05 12:27 Post #4 | Last edited: 25.02.05 12:44 (Bloopy - 1 times) |
[Planet Bloopy] [Hide Sig (7)] [Profile] [Quote] |
meiapaul
Statusless Send PM Posts:
Threads: Money: £0.00 (D) (+ Friend)
|
It took 17 minutes
|
25.02.05 13:55 Post #5 | [Hide Sig (0)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Bloopy
Lazy, Busy, Fizzy, Crazy Send PM
Posts: 2996
Threads: 145 WA Clan: WwA Money: £764.65 (D) (+ Friend)
|
But that includes time between posting and deciding to make the program The meaty bit of the program is only 5 lines of code or something.
________________
I suppose that's one "good" thing about my degree (aero engineering), there aren't too many terms/words/etc that have "alternative" meanings.
What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels? |
25.02.05 14:54 Post #6 | [Planet Bloopy] [Hide Sig (7)] [Profile] [Quote] |
tundraH
Statusless Send PM Posts: 566
Threads: 20 Money: £1.26 (D) (+ Friend)
|
Boot Windows into safe mode to change the resolution. It loads a generic, stable VGA driver that (iirc) runs at 640*480, 256 colours.
|
25.02.05 18:38 Post #7 | [tundraH.com] [Hide Sig (0)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Bloopy
Lazy, Busy, Fizzy, Crazy Send PM
Posts: 2996
Threads: 145 WA Clan: WwA Money: £764.65 (D) (+ Friend)
|
Yeah I had thought about safe mode, but I wasn't completely sure. Of course if you're in the middle of doing something else, you might not want to reset your computer.
________________
I suppose that's one "good" thing about my degree (aero engineering), there aren't too many terms/words/etc that have "alternative" meanings.
What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels? |
26.02.05 12:13 Post #8 | [Planet Bloopy] [Hide Sig (7)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Zippy
Strange Send PM
Posts: 2033
Threads: 147 Mood: Paranoid Money: £3733.51 (D) Inc. Tax: 10% (+ Friend)
|
Nice application Bloopy, VB? C++?
________________
|
02.03.05 03:53 Post #9 | [Hide Sig (11)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Bloopy
Lazy, Busy, Fizzy, Crazy Send PM
Posts: 2996
Threads: 145 WA Clan: WwA Money: £764.65 (D) (+ Friend)
|
C++, I wouldn't call it nice... it's just simple
________________
I suppose that's one "good" thing about my degree (aero engineering), there aren't too many terms/words/etc that have "alternative" meanings.
What, like cockpits, turboshafts, thrust, nozzles, corkscrews, ram drag, payload, flaps, and wind tunnels? |
02.03.05 10:13 Post #10 | [Planet Bloopy] [Hide Sig (7)] [Profile] [Quote] |
jay
Statusless Send PM Posts:
Threads: Money: £0.00 (D) (+ Friend)
|
If your in the middle of something else. You shouldnt be fucking with the resolution!
Is this feature in the latest drivers? ill have to get myself up to date. Think i stopped at 66. something.
edited : Looks like its the 66.93 drivers. Im running the beta version of these. Time to upgrade when i can be bothered. *le sigh*
|
02.03.05 11:28 Post #11 | Last edited: 02.03.05 11:29 (Jay - 1 times) |
[Hide Sig (0)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Zogger!
Looking For Status Send PM Posts: 3954
Threads: 62 Money: £93.82 (D) (+ Friend)
|
EDIT: I've seen 1600x1200 res on a crappy RBG school monitor. And a flat panel LCD monitor can't do that? No.
They can, you just have to spend alot.
edit: here's the lowest price example I've found so far:
http://www.rlsupplies.co.uk/products/product.asp?id=2360
________________
You know I'm a dancing machine |
02.03.05 17:10 Post #12 | Last edited: 02.03.05 17:15 (ZoGgEr! - 1 times) |
[Hide Sig (8)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Zippy
Strange Send PM
Posts: 2033
Threads: 147 Mood: Paranoid Money: £3733.51 (D) Inc. Tax: 10% (+ Friend)
|
I said nice because it can really save your ass.
________________
|
03.03.05 02:17 Post #13 | [Hide Sig (11)] [Profile] [Quote] |
meiapaul
Statusless Send PM Posts:
Threads: Money: £0.00 (D) (+ Friend)
|
Well, it only saves your ass if you ae stupid enough to press enter when your res dies
|
03.03.05 17:05 Post #14 | [Hide Sig (0)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Zippy
Strange Send PM
Posts: 2033
Threads: 147 Mood: Paranoid Money: £3733.51 (D) Inc. Tax: 10% (+ Friend)
|
Ummmmm... It's been known to hit enter and have the res snap on even tho ur monitor is not supposed to handle it. Other than that, ur right. But you gotta have those programs to save the stupid people from getting pissed.
________________
|
04.03.05 05:19 Post #15 | [Hide Sig (11)] [Profile] [Quote] |
Your Comments: