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[Gene Collins]

Hi Igore.  What you say is true, but you don't want to take chances. 
You really don't want to have to buy a new monitor, right?  So unless
you know, turn it off and be safe.

Gene

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>Hi. Actually Gene, I think I have a minor correction to what you said earlier 
about monitors.
>On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:35:03AM -0600, Gene Collins wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all.  Actually, you may want to check out a package called
>> SuperVgaTextMode.  It interactively sets the screen resolution on video
>> cards, if the machine is not using a frame buffer device.  If your video
>> chip supports it, you can get some really large screen sizes like
>> 202x81.  Your mileage will very according to your video chip and what
>> clock rates it supports.  Warning: Be *** V E R Y * CAREFUL!  *** 
>> Setting a resolution with a clock rate not supported by your monitor can
>> damage the monitor.  You have been warned!
>
>I think newer monitors, such as one that I have will drop the video signal ent
irely once it figures out it can't properly display it. A message that says som
ething like "no signal" is 
>displayed. And then once I set the resolution to something the monitor could d
isplay, the image came back on. As to whether or not the monitor is still diges
ting the video signal in some way I 
>am not sure, which is why I said "possible minor correction."
>
>> 
>> Nevertheless, if you are like me and run with the monitor turned off,
>> you can set the video card for whatever clock rate and resolution it
>> will support.  Just don't expect to turn on the monitor, and if you do,
>> reset to a supported clock and resolution first!
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
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