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How to make an Intel video chipset work with a widescreen monitor

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 26, 2007

[ Thanks to Frank Cox for this link.
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“Out-of-the-box, the Intel video bios doesn’t support a
monitor at1680x1050 resolution, which is what my Acer widescreen
monitor runs at. There is a very clever program called
915resolution that modifies the video bios to support otherwise
unavailable video modes. Here is a complete set of instructions to
make an Acer AL2223W 22″ monitor work with Fedora Linux and an
Intel 915G video chipset. I originally set this up on Fedora Core 6
but have subsequently updated this computer to Fedora 7 using
exactly the same method, so it has been tested with both of these
operating systems and works well with my setup.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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