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Morten S
got a sapphire 9600 pro ultimate edition...the refresh rate during bootup is
50 hz...it makes my eyes bleed.
how do I change it ?
50 hz...it makes my eyes bleed.
how do I change it ?
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Ben Pope
Morten said:
You sure it's not 60Hz?
If you're talking about Windows, I don't know... I gave that subject about 5
minutes thought a while ago and couldn't think of a way to change it.
Ben
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Brad
Mine did the same thing turns out the tv out being hooked up caused it. Just
a thought.
a thought.
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Vellu
During bootup? You mean when BIOS screens showup and the Windows logo is
shown? It's standard VGA upto that point (no windows drivers or otherwise
loaded yet). Can't think of a way to change the refresh rate at that point.
shown? It's standard VGA upto that point (no windows drivers or otherwise
loaded yet). Can't think of a way to change the refresh rate at that point.
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Phydeaux
Only by editing and reflashing the card BIOS. Get a freeware program like
"Radedit 1.1d" and set the Refresh rate(s) to 72, 75 or 85.
Also need atiflash utility.
Got these instructions when I found the flash utility:
"-Copy a backup of current BIOS:
atiflash -s 0 backup.bin
-For flashing new you can use:
atiflash -f -p 0 biosname.bin
to force atiflash to write the new bios to your card, or you can use:
atiflash -p 0 biosname.bin
to allow it to try writing the bios without forcing it to do so.
Better to do it with the 2nd if you can, but if not (sometimes it won't
because it doesnt think you have a valid card (9700), something to do with
vendor ID's i think), then you can add the -f switch as in the 1st example
and that will force atiflash to flash the bios.
"biosname.bin" could just as easily be "biosname.rom"
You can also type atiflash without anything after it to get a list of
options."
Can be done from boot floppy or boot to Safe Made command prompt.
Be careful when flashing, power loss or surge will destroy everything. Know
your household, if AC or other appliances dim the lights, turn them off.
Know the weather, power loss or lightning threat, don't flash.
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Manu T
You ppl really want to make things more complicated then they really are.
Brad already gave the solution.
THE TV CABLE IS IN USE.
When the TV cable is plugged in the vga card automatically enable both VGA
and TV output (it cones the VGA to the TV-out at the only refresrate the tv
is capable off)
Regards,
Manu T
Brad already gave the solution.
THE TV CABLE IS IN USE.
When the TV cable is plugged in the vga card automatically enable both VGA
and TV output (it cones the VGA to the TV-out at the only refresrate the tv
is capable off)
Regards,
Manu T
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Phydeaux
Brad gave one possible solution.
I don't, and never did, have a TV cable connected. Always booted at 60Hz. I
could not find a way to change until I flashed with an edited BIOS.
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Sept1967
I know what he means. I have an MSI GF4 4200 128meg 8x in my AthlonXP 2400+,
and on bootup (very first screen, the refresh rate is wrong - screen bowed
out) BIOS is the same, but as soon as it goes into WinXP, everything is
normal. I am on a KVM switch - so I figured it wasnt dectecting my monitor
refresh properly.
and on bootup (very first screen, the refresh rate is wrong - screen bowed
out) BIOS is the same, but as soon as it goes into WinXP, everything is
normal. I am on a KVM switch - so I figured it wasnt dectecting my monitor
refresh properly.
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Ben Pope
Sept1967 said:
When booting the refresh rate is usually 60Hz and the the resolution pretty
low (320*240?). The bowing out of the screen should be adjustable with the
pincushion control - it's quite normal for the settings to be significantly
different resolutions. Only adjust it if you have digital presets...
otherwise adjusting it right for the BIOS would make your windows desktop
bow in
Ben
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Skid
Phydeaux said:
Which is the ONLY way to do it ;>)