David : Even though I personally wouldn't select WinXp as a platform for Fractint, I see no reason why the right mix of Vesa compatible video card and Fractint shouldn't work. I'm getting a feeling that Bill's WinXp <> Fractint setup might eventually be "tweaked" into working correctly. His video card and Fractint work in when he boots from a DOS boot floppy. If he can tweak and fiddle the WinXp video configs, he might get it all to work. I might go into the Windows Control Panel > Device Manager and take quick look-see to check if the video drivers have been properly installed and that there are no interrupt and other device and port conflicts. I just had a blinding flash of a possible cause for his problem. Maybe the video card calls for resered space in high RAM. If that is the issue, that might require going into his CMOS and making the proper adjustments. I'd suggest that he carefully read the video card specs and check any online tech manuals if there are any. I'd also suggest removing and re-installing the video drivers with any corrected, newer, or updated video drivers. All the best Bill! TG ----- Original Message ----- From: <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Re: Fractint and Windows XP
It's not the default setting as per Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q286906
It can be manually set by digging into the Advanced settings and choosing from "all modes," but is not officially supported.
He might have messed up video drivers, or old ones. Since they say not supported, this could be a clue. Maybe changing to a supported display resolution might help ...
David gnome@hawaii.rr.com
That is the default setting that Bill claims is on his WinXp system. Does sound strange. Maybe his video drivers are not properly installed.
TG ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Jones" <gnome@hawaii.rr.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:28 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Re: Fractint and Windows XP
Hmm, XP won't install or run at 640x480, IIRC.
David gnome@hawaii.rr.com
On 20 Oct 02, at 13:02, Tony Parker wrote:
What are your default desktop video settings when in Windows XP? You can determine that by right-clicking your mouse on a blank part of your standard desktop and then clicking your "settings" tab. Is there a possibility in XP that you can't exceed the default video settings of your desktop? i.e. if your default video settings are at 640x480 you can't access 800x600, also check the settings of your Fractint.exe "Dos box".
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