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Prototype · 01-31-2008, 12:18 AM

So, I dispise 800x600 resolution, yet my laptop gives me no other option. I believe I've updated all the drivers for it. Is there any easy way to trick the thing into letting me go to 1024x768?

It's the ThinkPad A21m that was posted here a while back for free. And no, I'm not going to get rid of it, just cause of the resolution size.

SarichFan · 01-31-2008, 12:20 AM

How old is this thing? 800x600?

Rathji · 01-31-2008, 06:37 AM

I don't think you can change the resolution since it is a hardware limitation of the laptop monitor. To check this you could try hooking up to an alternate secondary monitor and see if you can change it.

If you do figure out a way, it will probably just make your computer run like crap with anything even remotely graphically intense, but that is just a guess

Fobby · 01-31-2008, 07:43 AM

go to display properties -> settings, and click on advanced.

Click on the monitor tab, and under monitor settings, uncheck "hide modes that this monitor cannot display".

Click on the adapter tab, and choose list all modes...

photon · 01-31-2008, 07:48 AM

Yeah under the monitor settings you should see all the available resolutions, but you can't really set the resolution higher than the native resolution of the screen. Well technically you might be able to, but it won't actually display any higher resolution, you'll just smaller icons and text but it'll be all garbled because information will be missing.

An external monitor is the best bet.

Rathji · 01-31-2008, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Fobby

go to display properties -> settings, and click on advanced.

Click on the monitor tab, and under monitor settings, uncheck "hide modes that this monitor cannot display".

Click on the adapter tab, and choose list all modes...

If the monitor physically can't handle a higher res you wont get a quality image by using that method. Depending on the laptop, it might not even allow you to do it. I know my Dell wont let me alter the resolution in that manner, but my HP will.

Hack&Lube · 01-31-2008, 10:33 AM

Umm, what size is your screen? If it's the 12.1" TFT LCD, the LCD is physically only 800x600 pixels.

You Need a Thneed · 01-31-2008, 01:51 PM

800 x 600 is proboly the native resolution of the screen, trying to get it to show more pixels is pointless, because all the computer could do would be to convert the more pixels back to 800x600, which would result only in more blurry text.

Some laptops might let you set a higher resolution, of which you can only see as many pixels as is the native resolution, and you can scroll the viewable area around. For me, that would be just as annoying.

Basically, you have to get an external monitor, or a new laptop.

Teh_Bandwagoner · 01-31-2008, 04:46 PM

Have you tried hookers and blow?

Hack&Lube · 01-31-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner

Have you tried hookers and blow?

Hookers and blow is much better at native resolution with a high refresh rate.

ricosuave · 01-31-2008, 09:00 PM

yeah, im pretty sure youre stuck with it

llama64 · 02-01-2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Hookers and blow is much better at native resolution with a high refresh rate.

I don't know what this means, but it's still funny!

Prototype · 02-02-2008, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

800 x 600 is proboly the native resolution of the screen, trying to get it to show more pixels is pointless, because all the computer could do would be to convert the more pixels back to 800x600, which would result only in more blurry text.

Close, but not quite...

I tried all the suggestions, other than the Hookers & Blow due to monitary restrictions. 1024x768 was accessable, but would only show 800x600 at one time. So if I wanted to see the bottom right corner, I basically had to scroll down to the bottom right corner. That sucked.

The reason why I wanted to play around with this is that websites like CP, TSN, etc that I view on a regular basis are too wide for this screen. I'd like to have it set up that I can view a full page on one screen, without having to scroll. That's my main concern. I'm OK with smaller text.

Any other ideas while keeping things 800x600?

Madman · 02-02-2008, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Hookers and blow is much better at native resolution with a high refresh rate.

Can you get that at Grey Eagle Casino?

sclitheroe · 02-02-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Prottotype

Close, but not quite...

I tried all the suggestions, other than the Hookers & Blow due to monitary restrictions. 1024x768 was accessable, but would only show 800x600 at one time. So if I wanted to see the bottom right corner, I basically had to scroll down to the bottom right corner. That sucked.

The reason why I wanted to play around with this is that websites like CP, TSN, etc that I view on a regular basis are too wide for this screen. I'd like to have it set up that I can view a full page on one screen, without having to scroll. That's my main concern. I'm OK with smaller text.

Any other ideas while keeping things 800x600?

Two things you can do that might help. First, you can set up IE to use a smaller font, which will help display more of a web page on the screen. Second, IE has a full screen mode (can't remember the keyboard shortcut, but it's accessible via the menus too), that will give you slightly more viewable area.

-Scott

Crispy's Critter · 02-02-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Hookers and blow is much better at native resolution with a high refresh rate.

that's only on Hookers and Blow V2.0. If you only have V1.6, or the 1.97 Beta, they don't handle high refresh rates as well.

Prototype · 02-02-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Crispy's Critter

that's only on Hookers and Blow V2.0. If you only have V1.6, or the 1.97 Beta, they don't handle high refresh rates as well.

I've also heard that if you have the early versions, that the brand new expansion pack works well with the Blow, but makes hard drives feel inferior when it interacts with the Hookers.

Great sidebar...

Crispy's Critter · 02-02-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Prottotype

I've also heard that if you have the early versions, that the brand new expansion pack works well with the Blow, but makes hard drives feel inferior when it interacts with the Hookers.

Great sidebar...

yea, I've heard that the older versions of Hookers makes the hard drive act more like a floppy

Robbob · 02-04-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Crispy's Critter

yea, I've heard that the older versions of Hookers makes the hard drive act more like a floppy

I also heard the older versions are more prone to viruses.

Hack&Lube · 02-04-2008, 10:48 AM

If you try hookers and blow without v-sync enabled, you might get tearing.