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    inspiron video

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by arizray, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. arizray

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    I had to reinstall Win XP and the utilities disk on my Inspiron 1100. Problem is that the monitor is not recognized so the default display is vga. How/where do I reconfigure the monitor? Right now only about 60% of the screen is being used. Very anoying to say the least.
     
    arizray, Jul 22, 2009
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    You need display drivers. What graphics card do you have?
     
    Mastershroom, Jul 22, 2009
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    Well I managed to change the settings to get a full screen but the image quality is poor. 720x1080 still has a mottled. poor quality display. No listing for a video card in device manager nor a driver on the utilities disk. It was fine before the re-installation of Win XP.
     
    arizray, Jul 23, 2009
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    found the correct driver, all is well
     
    arizray, Jul 25, 2009
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