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Windows 8: stuck on 1024 x 768

  • 21-03-2012 08:11PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭


    Hi there, I got the consumer preview of W8 and it has me stuck on a 4:3 image, 1024 x 768. I checked the resolution settings and it says generic non pnp display. It's a Sony VGN NR38 laptop.

    I checked their website, no drivers for Windows 8.

    HELP :)


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 465 ✭✭pacquiao


    I got windows 8 too and have the same problem...
    Maybe no drivers are written yet for us?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    try install windows 7 drivers. worst thing that could happen is that it won't work


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    Tried that, didn't work :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭Klingon Hamlet


    Also, somehow I've installed Windows 8 TWICE!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,139 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Dunno, have a 4 year old graphics card (mid range when I bought it) and it still runs 1080p (1920*1080) after the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8

    All my other drivers and all my programs still worked fine after the upgrade. Except Avast antivirus, but it looks like the consumer preview kills all AV software

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,493 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    out of curiousity have you tried it on an external monitor ?

    in the olden days I might have said look for BIOS settings to give the card a different amount of memory


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