Hello,
I have recently attained a MAG 570FD monitor to use with my laptop. I can't
seem to use the highest definition for the monitor. For instance, I can get
the 1280x1024 resolution to work on 8 bits-per-pixel (bpp) but it will only do
1024x768 with16bpp and even less with 24bpp. My question is, is this a
vodeochip problem? I only have 4M of video memory. More bpp means more memory
needed right? If you put pencil to paper you get 2,621,440 megabytes for the
1280x1024 resolution in 16bpp definition. Well within the 4M memory capacity.
Here are the stats:
Videochipset is Chips and Technologies 655554.
4M video memory.
Monitior is a MAG 570FD
Man Resolution 1280x1024
Displaycolor unlimited
Pix Rate 103MHz nominal
Input signal Video:analog, 0.7vp-p, 75 ohm
Sync: seperate TTL level
composite TTL level
Scanning Frequency Horizontal: 30-70 KHz
Vertical: 50-130Hz
When I setup X-config it tells me not to probe memory and not to set a
clockchip setting. Most of the data on the video chipset can be found in the
XF86Setup documentation.
Most of my computer experiance was from when EGA was absolutely amazing and
people were deciding whether to get an apple or a commadore, so if this is
totally stupid please tellme so and I will rejoin the beginner's list ;^)
Ivan
