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Posted by John Doue on March 11, 2006, 5:07 am
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friesian@zoocrewphoto.com wrote:
> I'm having trouble with my laptop on startup.
>
> It starts normally and shows my background photo fine at first, but by
> the time it finishes the bootup sequence, it has reduced the resolution
> to the lowest possible - 640 x 480.
>
> When I first got it, it was fine. I started using it with a docking
> station so that I could use my full size monitor and keyboard when
> working at home. It was fine if I booted up with the laptop open, but
> would screw up if I had it hooked to the monitor.
>
> Then later, it started doing it with just the laptop. So, now, no
> matter what, I have to go into the control panel, display, settings,
> and change the resolution back to what I need.
>
> I would like to have it permanently set to bootup at 1024 x 768 so that
> is correct for the laptop monitor.
>
> If possible, I would like it to recognize when it is attached to the
> external monitor and
> remember the setting of 800 x 600. But it's okay if I have to manually
> reset that one.
>
> I am just really tired of having to manually set it every time I boot
> the computer, regardless of which setup I am doing.
>
> According to the display settings, it has the monitors listed as
>
> 1. Digital Flat Panel (1024x768) on Intel(R) Extreme Graphics
> Controller-0
> 2. Default Monitor on INtel(R) Extremes Graphics Controller - 1
>
> The only thing I can find in the manual is that if the setting is too
> high for the monitor, it will downgrade, which is what seems to be
> happening. But the setting is correct. Why does it think the monitor
> can't handle it?
>
> How do I get it to save the correct settings like it used to?
>
Seems clear to me that your problem is related to the fact you alternate
between the laptop's display and an external one. I am not exactly sure
how to do this (if you don't, someone will sure post how to do it), but
I would remove the second default monintor you listed above, make sure
my set-up does not mention that a dual display option is active and see
if this corrects the problem.
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John Doue
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