Have you tried right-clicking on the dekstop and selecting PROPERTIES and then the SETTINGS tab? That's where you would change the resolution and colors. ---Troth ----- Original Message ----- From: jo To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 1:36 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pctechtalk SIS Video accelerator i've been stuck with 16 colours for a while now and none of my photo apps work. my handbook says nothing at all about an accelerator and ive looked inside [being more h/w than s/w] but can't see anything that is not illustrated in the h/b. this wording [or something like it] is the first thing to flashup on the screen on bootup "sis pci true color". then comes the bootup header and bios warning, so it must be just before or just after win loading [to fast for me to be sure] that i can sometimes see, if the page hesitation allows, -auxilliary device port - s/w multiple for dynamic resolution is - 'off' - belarc tells me that i have - - sis graphics and video accelerator - 4mb video memory [shared mem bios ver.1.04 12-08-97] - support vesa bios ext. ver.2.0. i've downloaded several drivers from the sis page that i hoped were a match and put them into win sys to no avail. Can anyone add to the identity of my accelerator and advise how to obtain and install drivers for it; i'm sure 'lost drivers' are my problem. this accelerator doesnot show in device manager and none of my attempts to force it in 'add h/w' have been successful. my os is w98 any help gratefully received - jo To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk