display

[streetsy454]

my monitar looks like its in safe mode all the time ive
tried changing coulor from 16 bit to the higher one but
every time i apply it it tells me to restart the computer
which i do but it dosent wok

[Joe727]

If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers.

To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and
model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers.

There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have.

1. Check the manual that came with your PC.

2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name
and numbers printed on it.

3. You can download and run this program from MajorGeeks.com. It might be
able to determine what kind of video card you have:

AIDA32 - Enterprise System Information 3.93

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=183

To find the Aida32 info you need to post, run the Aida32 program, and click
the + sign next to Computer
on the left side of your screen then click Summary.

Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and
select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it
directly to this newsgroup.

Aida32 will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to
telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back
the information Aida32 reports for your:

Motherboard

CPU

Chipset

Display PCI/AGP Video

Display GPU

This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and
directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download
and install them.

*** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your
computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that
came with your computer.

Joe

"streetsy454" > wrote in message
...
> my monitar looks like its in safe mode all the time ive
> tried changing coulor from 16 bit to the higher one but
> every time i apply it it tells me to restart the computer
> which i do but it dosent wok

F.Y.I. I had the same problem. I read through several of
these monitor related questions, but I am not very computer
literate and the options seemed overwhelming. I did figure
out a solution however. Right click on "MY Computer" and
go to properties. Click on the Device Manager tab. First
click on Monitors, and make sure that you don't have
multiple monitors listed (assuming you are working with
only one monitor). Delete the extras. I had about 8
listed, a few were duplicates. Then click on Display
Adapters. Mine had yellow exclamation marks on them.
Delete those. When you restart your computer it will think
your monitor is new hardware and install the drivers to
correct your problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>my monitar looks like its in safe mode all the time ive
>tried changing coulor from 16 bit to the higher one but
>every time i apply it it tells me to restart the computer
>which i do but it dosent wok
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