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re: PICTURE OFF CENTER IN SVGA MODE

#19161
From: Stephen Gibson
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:00
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In article <106067@netnews.upenn.edu> balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Eric J Balog) writes:
>I'm having some problems in SVGA mode under Windows 3.1. I have a Tatung SVGA
>monitor and an OAK video card with 1 MB DRAM.  Normally, I run windows in VGA
>mode, but recently I switched to SVGA mode, using the SVGA driver that comes
>with Windows.
>
>The problems are:
>
>1) when in Windows, the screen is off-center (it is shifted right of center);
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>2) after switching to a DOS prompt under Windows and exiting, the screen was
>total garbage.                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Can anyone help with these problems? Is it most likely a problem with the
>monitor, the video card, or the Windows SVGA driver? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

First, find Win3.1 drivers that are compatible with your OAK video card.  
There may be some avaiable via anonymous ftp at ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  New 
drivers should help with your "garbage" problem.

As far as the screen being "off center", this may be a problem with your 
monitor.  Some monitors do not sync well at high resolutions and need the 
help of a utility generally provided by the maker of your video card.


Stephen Gibson
System Support Specialist
Sonoma State Universtiy
eMAIL:  gibsonst@sonoma.edu
        Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
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From: gibsonst@sonoma.edu (Stephen Gibson)
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Subject: re: PICTURE OFF CENTER IN SVGA MODE
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