screen resolution

I'm wondering if anyone could help:

My screen resolution is locked on the lowest setting 800x600 pixels.
Every time I try and move the setting to the highest, the screen goes weird
and there is a partial view of a box in the far top left corner of the
screen. After a few seconds, the screen goes black and then goes back to the
"normal" low res screen.
Also, I have noticed that on the display properties and settings screen, in
the scroll down menu, it has the option of;
1. Plug and Play Monitor on ATI Radeon X300/X550/1050 Series
2. (Default Monitor) on ATI Radeon X300/X550/1050 Series Secondary

I wouldn't have thought this was abnormal but have noticed that my computer
has a ATI Radeon X600SE. This may just be me looking for a solution but I
downloaded and installed the driver for the Radeon X600 series and it is
still the same.

I would appreciate any tips or advice.
Thanks in advance.

Ron
Tue Apr 15 16:25:40 PDT 2008

flankernumber7 <flankernumber7@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm wondering if anyone could help:
>
>My screen resolution is locked on the lowest setting 800x600 pixels.
>Every time I try and move the setting to the highest, the screen goes weird
>and there is a partial view of a box in the far top left corner of the
>screen. After a few seconds, the screen goes black and then goes back to the
>"normal" low res screen.
>Also, I have noticed that on the display properties and settings screen, in
>the scroll down menu, it has the option of;
>1. Plug and Play Monitor on ATI Radeon X300/X550/1050 Series
>2. (Default Monitor) on ATI Radeon X300/X550/1050 Series Secondary
>
>I wouldn't have thought this was abnormal but have noticed that my computer
>has a ATI Radeon X600SE. This may just be me looking for a solution but I
>downloaded and installed the driver for the Radeon X600 series and it is
>still the same.
>
>I would appreciate any tips or advice.
>Thanks in advance.

Did you uninstall the previous (X300 etc) driver? I would.

Also check with the monitor manufacturer's web site for a .INF file
for your specific monitor model and install that.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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