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Windows 95 display drivers
When Windows 95 is installed on a newly formatted hard drive it detects the
display as a Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. Use the following instructions to
install the Windows 95 display driver that optimizes your Solo display. If the Solo
System CD shipped with your system, you may use it to install the driver instead of
installing from diskette.
Installing the Solo 5100 Chips and Technologies video driver
1. If the floppy drive module is not already installed, shut down the system and
install. Restart Windows.
2. Click
Start
,
Settings
click the
Settings
tab in the
3. Click
Advanced Properties
4. On the
tab, click
Adapter
5. Insert the display driver disk in drive A:\ and then click
6. Click
OK
in the
Install From Disk
7.
Chips and Tech. 65555 PCI
dialog box. Click
OK
8. The files copy to the hard drive. Click
9. If Windows asks if you want to restart your computer now, select
10. Click
Monitor
tab, then click
11. Select
(Standard monitor types)
Display Panel (1024 x 768)
12. In the
Monitor
tab dialog box click
Settings
tab.
13. Change the Color palette by clicking the
Click
High Color (16 bit)
14. Change the Desktop area (display resolution) by sliding the
slider to the right to adjust pixel resolution to
display area.
, then
Control Panel
. Double-click the
Display Properties
.
.
Change
dialog box.
appears in the
Models
.
.
Apply
Change
.
under the
Manufacturers
. Click
.
OK
Apply
, then click
Color palette
or the color depth of your choice.
Display
icon and
window.
Have Disk...
.
list of the
Select Device
No
.
list, click
Laptop
OK
to return back the
drop-down list box.
Desktop area
to get full use of the
1024 x 768
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