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    X61s Monitor Resolution

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jacobsfr, Mar 13, 2008.

  1. jacobsfr

    jacobsfr Newbie

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    Hi,

    I'm very happy with my X61s, XP downgrade.
    Only thing that bothers me is the screen resolution. It is native set on 1024x768, don't like it. Too large.
    I can set the resolution to 1280x1024 when I uncheck the option "hide modes that this monitor cannot display", but in that case I have to scroll my monitor to see the entire contents.

    Is there a way, driver, fix, patch, tweak I can set so my monitor displays 1280x1024 ? That would be great..


    Cheerz;
    Frank Jacobs
    Belgium
     
    jacobsfr, Mar 13, 2008
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  2. Aleman

    Aleman Notebook Evangelist

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    No, since it is an LCD monitor, it has a fixed native resolution of 1024x768. You can't go above that without scrolling.
     
    Aleman, Mar 13, 2008
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    jacobsfr Newbie

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    That is bad luck....
    everybody's sure ?
     
    jacobsfr, Mar 13, 2008
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    symple Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea no way around that really....change your dpi settings in ur graphics driver...normal is 96dpi...but u should be able to customize that to something smaller...this in turn reduces the font sizes ur system uses...

    u can further tweak ur system and reduce menu, title, scroll bar (and others) sizes to ur liking, saves u a little space...mind you these are winxp settings...im sure you can find similar for vista
     
    symple, Mar 13, 2008
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  5. jacobsfr

    jacobsfr Newbie

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    Good point!
    Only, makes the font get smaller, but the screen resolutions stays the same. Meaning the place for "putting" the text stays the same.

    I am using XP btw.
     
    jacobsfr, Mar 14, 2008
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