Help pikey with a problem

This could have been put in the "components"
section, but will try it here first. You
guys know a thing or two about computers,
also, right?
This is what is happening. It`s a P55T2P4,
P-133 with Win98SE and a Ati match 64 pci
4 meg vid card. I used the thing at home
with an old 14" vga-svga monitor with 256
colors. Then I moved it to my brothers in
another city, and set it up with a
different 14" monitor. All else is the
same, nothing excentric.
The problem is this:
The monitor only accepts 16 colors. When
I try 256 colors, the window becomes
doubled(actually quadrupled, I beleive)
and when I use the "horizontal" ajustment
to bring the pictures in synch, then the
screen turns to "snow"(static like).
This is what I have tried:
Verified "devives" in Windows = ok. Put
the 3D acceleration bar to lowest setting.
Tried all combinations of cheking boxes
for monitor settings. Removed both vid
card and monitor in devices and had Win98
autodetect. Have put in manually different
monitor types (vga, svga, 75 refresh, etc).
Reinstalled vid drivers. Tried Windows
drivers. Tried vid card in different pci
slot. Have also tried a different 14"
monitor = same result. Have tried
with a 486 & 1meg vesa vid card and voilà:
256 colors. So the monitor can display the
256 colors!
Next thing I want to try is switching out
the vid card for a
different one.
Now , you tell me what ELSE it might be!
Thanks
Little Pikey

By Kyoto! Hello high waters! <font color=blue>[katie]</font color=blue> is now back! Good lord she is beautifull! <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by pikE on 04/02/02 10:37 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Ummmmmmmmm! Ok!

By Kyoto! Hello high waters! <font color=blue>[katie]</font color=blue> is now back! Good lord she is beautifull!

Sorry, have'nt come in lately. Yes, Asus 430 HX. Really surprised this happened with 2 different monitors.
Does'nt seem to be to many options for changing refresh rates with this Ati Mach 64 card. Will look more closely. Perhaps some "tweaks" in the registry for refresh rates?

pike

By Kyoto! Hello high waters! <font color=blue>[katie]</font color=blue> is now back! Good lord she is beautifull!

when i first saw this thread i thought u had katie troubles and needed some 'relief'
lol

Repeat after me! Asynchronous FSB & RAM = Worthless!

hahha
not too long to go for me...
then i will have synchronous 166fsb goodness.

i stick of XMS2700 Cas2 512mb corsair is only $511 AU.


I had a very profound signature, but it was over 100 characters

no... there cannot be any pikeypoo
there is only one poo

advice... hmmm... some of those old ati cards were just wierd... better dumping it.... im sure that p-133 will like a nice PCI geforce4 4600

I had a very profound signature, but it was over 100 characters

I'm already happy if I can OC it to 150 MHz synchronous. I have the KG7-RAID with PC2400 RAM.

<b>THGC:</b> before: , after: .

heh
i fried not one but two motherboards at 150fsb
damn lack of that pesky 1/5 divider

You're an embarrisment to nature you know that?

Which chipsets?

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