james_winslow1

<p>Hi Guys,<br>

Thanks so much for the quick and helpful responses. I sort of suspected the video card all along since it is 7 years old and the driver seems to be from 2004. The one I have on there now, 6.14.10.194, is old. I found a newer one (.226) but it won't install properly for me.<br>

That being said, I am going to mess with that some more today and if I have no luck, give Power Strip a try or even the INF edit. Worse case, I can just get a new machine because yeah, it IS a seven year old computer.<br>

Thanks again for the tips and I'll let you know what I find out.</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

I've been desperately looking around trying to get my new HP 2310m monitor to display the 1920 x 1080 resolution it recommends but can only get to 1280 x 1024. I saw a similar post here but am wondering if I really need a new video card.<br>

I have a Presario S6300NX that I bought in 2004 and works fine. The video card is integrated and in Display Properties it says VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP. I can't find anything at either VIA or HP about it as far as what it can handle let alone if my machine can take a new video card.<br>

I see what I currently have has 64 MB of memory. I don't do any gaming--just look at photos and do email so any recommendations for a cheap card (if even necessary) are most welcome. I cannot locate any settings on the monitor menu nor on my PC to push the display to 1920 x 1080. It seems like I should be able to if I'm only doing basic computing on the machine.<br>

I'd be most grateful for any help at all. The basic problem is all my photos are compressed--the aspect ratio is messed up and even if I wasn't at 1920 x 1080 just having the proper aspect ratio would be nice.<br>

Thanks so much!<br>

James Winslow</p>