wide screen laptop

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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:48:43 +0200, Roie wrote:
>
> hello
>
> I just bought an AOpen 1551-AW1 laptop with a wide screen resolution of
> 1280X800 - this ratio is 3:2 and not the standard 4:3.
> problem is winodws doesn't recognize this ratio and offers only standard
> 800X600 / 1024X768 which are fine for text and most programs but all images
> are displayed too wide.
>
> all drivers are installed correctly but AOpen doesn't have display card and
> or screen driver and uses windows drivers.
>
> Is there any way to add another resolution option to the display properties
> menu ?

You need to get the drivers specific to the video card in your laptop. I
have a toshiba 17" wide screen that does 1440x900 and it requires the
vendor specific drivers to do those res. You need to call AOpen and hound
them until they get you the right drivers.

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"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> Most laptops now use specific video cards. The two most widely used makers
> are nVidia and Ati. Find out which video card manufacturer's card is in
> your laptop and then look on their web site.
>
>
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
> newsan.2005.02.27.14.20.14.136172@nowhere.lan...
> > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:48:43 +0200, Roie wrote:
> >>
> >> hello
> >>
> >> I just bought an AOpen 1551-AW1 laptop with a wide screen resolution of
> >> 1280X800 - this ratio is 3:2 and not the standard 4:3.
> >> problem is winodws doesn't recognize this ratio and offers only standard
> >> 800X600 / 1024X768 which are fine for text and most programs but all
> >> images
> >> are displayed too wide.
> >>
> >> all drivers are installed correctly but AOpen doesn't have display card
> >> and
> >> or screen driver and uses windows drivers.
> >>
> >> Is there any way to add another resolution option to the display
> >> properties
> >> menu ?
> >
> > You need to get the drivers specific to the video card in your laptop. I
> > have a toshiba 17" wide screen that does 1440x900 and it requires the
> > vendor specific drivers to do those res. You need to call AOpen and hound
> > them until they get you the right drivers.
> >
> > --
> > spam999free@rrohio.com
> > remove 999 in order to email me
> >
>
>
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