TV-out problems

**Davefocus** · 09-25-2005, 03:54 AM

I have recently upgraded from a 4Gb hard drive to a 40Gb hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP SP2. I use the TV-out to a Portable DVD player for the display, not ideal but I have no spare cash for a touchscreen VGA.
The problems is that the screen will not resize to display the whole desktop. The orginal 4Gb hard drive install displayed a task bar prompt saying "Windows has detected a screen resolution issue and will automatically adjust settings". I have had no such prompt this time around.
I suspect it must be a Windows issue because the POST and startup screens display in full.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?

**shizzle** · 09-25-2005, 03:59 AM

Did you install the latest graphics drivers? Is there a setting in the bios pertaining to resolution? And have you tried all possible working resolutions? good luck!

**Davefocus** · 09-25-2005, 03:47 PM

Did you install the latest graphics drivers?

Unable to find a XP driver so I have to make do with XP installation.

And have you tried all possible working resolutions?

When I change from 32bit colour to 16bit colour the screen is displayed in whole twice, one above the other and too squashed to read at all.

Is there a setting in the bios pertaining to resolution?

I'll check and report back

Thanks for your help.

**edrex** · 09-25-2005, 04:01 PM

Set it at 32bits. Thats for the color quality. You need to change the resolution (ie 800x600, 1024x900...) until it fits full screen.
Click on the control panel (switch to "classic view" if not already on it), click on display, click Settings tab at top, and then slide the Screen Resolution bar and click apply to see how it looks. Keep changing til its right.

**Davefocus** · 10-03-2005, 09:13 PM

I must have missed your reply edrex. I'll give that a go tomorrow and post results.
Cheers mate

**Davefocus** · 10-04-2005, 06:01 AM

edrex,
No luck with changing the settings. May have to put old hard drive in and check the settings and drivers on that. Cheers for your help.

**Enforcer** · 10-04-2005, 06:08 AM

Did the old harddrive have XP or another flava of OS?

If it had XP then try copying the c:\windows\inf folder onto the new drive.

**Davefocus** · 10-04-2005, 09:05 AM

Cheers Enforcer.
I'll give that a try tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I have to go to work in an hour

, but it pays the bills and the Car PC parts

.

And the old drive did have XP.

**Davefocus** · 10-05-2005, 09:25 AM

Right,
I checked the orginal 4Gb hard disk and found that not all the screen is displayed on the portable dvd at the smallest size (800x600). I installed 98SE and the full screen is displayed in full at 600x480.
I know XPs lowest resolution is 800x600 and 98SEs is 600x480. Does anyone know of a remedy to run XP until i can afford a VGA screen.
Cheers