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Changing Resolution and Number of Colors
When shipped, your computer is set to the default resolution and color. The default
resolution is 800 x 600 at 64k color. To change the resolution and the number of
colors, perform the following:
1.
In the
Display Properties
dialog box, select
Settings
.
2.
Select the number of the colors in the
Colors
, and select the resolution in
Screen area
. Refer to the table below.
3.
Click
OK
twice.
Resolutions and Colors you can choose
Number of Colors
Resolution
LCD
CRT
Simultaneous
Display(LCD + CRT)
640 x 480
256
64K
16M
*
256
64K
16M
256
64K
16M
*
800 x 600
256
64K
16M
*
256
64K
16M
256
64K
16M
*
1024 x 768
Not available
256
64K
Not available
1280 x 1024
Not available
256
Not available
1600 x 1200
Not available
256
Not available
*
The number of colors in this mode is made using a Dithering algorithm(on the
internal LCD only).
•
You cannot switch to a display resolution and number of colors that are not
available.
•
In the Color Palette, High Color (16 bit) means 65,536 (64K) colors, and
True Color (24 bit) means about 16,770,000 (16M) colors.
•
If you select True Color (24 bit) in the Color Palette,
* The drawing speed of screen is decreased.
* The speed of displaying video or animation is decreased.
* You cannot use multiple monitors.
•
Note that the above resolutions are ones that you can choose when you
connect a monitor with appropriate resolution.
