re: Screen Resolution
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:45 am
Windows 7 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by steve
(15 messages posted)
Hi
Thanks for your reply, Windows 7 is running the default VGA driver, I think that
might be the problem, is there any way of finding the motherboard graphics driver
?.
I have uninstalled it but it returns to the the default VGA driver.
Regards
Steve
On Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 10:16 pm, Steve B wrote:
>You might be better off with the default VGA driver. I installed Win7 on an older
>Intel D865GBF motherboard with built-in graphics. Win7 didn't have a driver so
it
>used the default VGA driver provided by Microsoft.
>
>I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to set the native resolution for my monitor
>(1280x1024). In fact, I think the correct resolution was set automatically during
>the installation. The display looked okay. It displayed jpeg files and movies
well.
>
>It wouldn't run Aero, and it struggled with games that use fancy graphics, but otherwise
>it did just fine.
>
>In your case, I don't know how you would change drivers. Maybe you could uninstall
>the current driver in Device Manager, and reboot.
>
>Actually I would try booting in Safe Mode first to see what happens. I believe
safe
>mode uses the standard VGA driver.
>
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