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I have just come into possession of a 390X. I have reformatted the unit and installed OS win 98 2nd Ed. All has gone OK apart from the screen resolution which in display I can only get to go to 16 colours, 640x480 pixels.

I have set the ;-

adapter = Standard PCI Graphics Adapter
monitor = IBM Thinkpad 800x600 LCD panel

I have been through almost all combinations available in the list and have downloaded drivers from the ibm thinkpad site but still no luck .

Anyone know what the settings should be to save me a whole heap of time !!!

I would be most appreciative.

Many Thanks

Nigel

nigelr89 wrote: adapter = Standard PCI Graphics Adapter

this should be: neomagic blabla 256bla

apparently wrong or missing driver...

get and install the video driver from here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... SHY-45ZHHL

and you'll get your full resolution with 24bit colors...

Thanks gbm31 for the reply.

I have the driver above and have now loaded the adapter

:- NeoMagic MagicGraph 128 PCI

- There are no options for a 256.

BUT I now have the options under colour for 256 and High Colour (16 Bit) that I didnt have before but still the resolution will not focus and all the pictures are very blurred -- any further thoughts??

Thanks

Nigel

hi nigel,

there's still something wrong. i've had a 390x myself and i'm sure it has the big brother of the neomagics.

[edit:]

look here: http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:390X

so, until you're not shown the magicmedia 256av, your graphicsboard isn't recognized right.

or did someone play around with your tp? it sure is a 390x?

which processor do you have? (the mmc has the whole thing on it)

Hi

It looks like the unit in your article and is badged 390X

The processor is Pentium II

Thanks gbm31

You were right. From your link I was able to find out that I had the 14" screen and thus the monitor I had installed was too small. But also I think I hadnt installed the driver correctly as when redone and saved to a seperate location I was able to get the 256 option. All now working a OK

Many Thanks

Nigel

sorry for my late answer, but i also have some other things to handle in rl (like family, job... )

i'm glad you managed to solve it yourself, congrats!

could only be the drivers...

have fun with your thinkpad.

btw: one thing i didn't like about my 390x:

try playing some videos. preferably mpegs. the p2-400 is fast enough, but...

i had xp on my 390x, and the integrated video driver (there are no separate drivers for 2k/xp actually..) doesn't accelerate mpegs.

so, i wasn't able to play videos at decent quality and speed.

might be 98se drivers have this feature enabled, cause the neomagic has a good aceleration for videos.