Monitor suddenly "unable" to do 800x600 resolution

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From: rberkley
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00

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Hi All:

Just yesterday, my desktop completely flaked out on its 800x600 resolution and 
began exhibiting the zigzag lines, etc., of a sync/refresh rate problem. I thought it
was the drivers, b/c every couple of boots it would display properly. So, I reinstalled
the drivers and while installing them (and using the install utility provided by ATI)
I noticed that 800x600 resolution was missing from the list of supported resolutions.
I ran all video card diags and got the same result. So, I booted to DOS and still could
not get the diags to display 800x600 resolution. Now, I am still able to do 640x480
and 1024x768, so I can still use my pc. However, is this one of those clear signs I need
a new monitor? (currently using Gateway 1024ni Crystalscan, 4.5yrs old)
If I need a new monitor, any suggestions under $400?

Thanks in advance.


Rich Berkley
Univ. of Wisconsin Law School
rberkley@students.wisc.edu

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