X800 Can't Display Boot Screen Correctly

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Just upgraded to an ATI Radeon x800 from an ATI 9800XT. When
I boot the splash page is out of alignment. The first char on
each line is clipped from the display. IE, the splash page has
shifted over 1 char to the left.

This only occurs on the initial boot screen; subsequent screens
display with proper alignment, and XP displays everything with
proper alignment.

The x800 is connected to a P4C800-E running a P4 3.40 Northwood.
I'm running the latest Bios from Asus.

Is there a tweak to get the boot display to line-up correctly,
and/or is this a red flag that something is wrong with the x800 ?

Thanks,

Z.--

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati (More info?)

Like Frank said. The boot screen is likely using a different
resolution/refresh rate than the subsequent screens, so the monitor needs to
be adjusted for this individual mode.

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<zchwax@cs.nyu.edu> wrote in message
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> Just upgraded to an ATI Radeon x800 from an ATI 9800XT. When
> I boot the splash page is out of alignment. The first char on
> each line is clipped from the display. IE, the splash page has
> shifted over 1 char to the left.
>
> This only occurs on the initial boot screen; subsequent screens
> display with proper alignment, and XP displays everything with
> proper alignment.
>
> The x800 is connected to a P4C800-E running a P4 3.40 Northwood.
> I'm running the latest Bios from Asus.
>
> Is there a tweak to get the boot display to line-up correctly,
> and/or is this a red flag that something is wrong with the x800 ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Z.--
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati (More info?)

Neither one is broken, really. The monitor stores a different set of
geometry settings for each resolution and refresh rate. Now, if CRT monitors
came with digital DVI inputs, we wouldn't need to worry about this.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"Noozer" <dontspam@me.here> wrote in message
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> I just love the way people make Windows sound so great. Windows is what's
> broken here, not your boot screen.
>
> Your boot screen is fine... It's Windows that's out of alignment.