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Toshiba Video Drivers

Howdy People,

I am looking for the video drivers that support 1024 x 768 resolution in 24 bit colour on a Toshiba 490xcdt laptop. It uses a S3 virge MX 260 2mb video card... The chipset is 86c260... BIOS version is 3.15.20-08
The current video driver is version 4.10.01.2116-3.51.06

The S3 virge display configuration utility is 1.01.19

It has Win98 Version 2 installed.

Also, I am after the Toshiba Hardware setup program

As the story stands, I have had the screen running at 1024 x 768 dpi in 24 bit colour. I recently fdisked & reformatted the computer & since then have not been able to run the screen at that resolution again...
Cheers
LAPPY

mikecr

You can get everything you need by downloading if from Toshiba's website. I checked and everything you need you can find there.

Mike

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frache

You use generic driver ...
You need Toshiba driver :

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Toshiba.woa/wa/ssDownload?series=137

or
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Toshiba.woa/wa/goto?page=ServiceSupportMain

LAPPY

ASKER

Thanks Frache... I have tried to use the drivers from their web site, but they still do not offer the same resolution that I was getting before... I will try re-installing them again & see what happens... If you can propose a blank answer in a couple of days & no-one else has provided me with a solution, I will give you the points.
Thanks Again
LAPPY

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LAPPY

ASKER

Thanks Frache & Mike CR,

I have tried all that, but I just can't seem to getthe silly thing working properly... Here are the poits anyway
Cheers
LAPPY

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frache

Hy Lappy :

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With only 2Mo video memory you can't have :

1024 * 768 and 24 bits color.
You need 2,25 Mo -> 4Mo - You have only 2 Mo !!!

You can have :
1024 * 768 and 16 bits color
800 * 600 and 24 bits color

Memory rule :
n = number of points : yyy x zzz
m = memory = n x number of color bits
to obtain octect :
m /8
to obtain Ko :
m /(8*1024)
to obtain Mo :
m /(8*1024*1024)

Example :
800 * 600 / 24 bits 2^24 colors ....
m = 800 * 600 * 24 = 11520000 bits

en octect ( 8bits ) -> 1440000
en ko -> 1406,25
en Mo -> 1,37 Mo -> 2 Mo

1024 * 768 / 32 bits 2^32 colors
m= 1024 * 768 * 32
en Mo : 3 Mo -> 4 Mo

LAPPY

ASKER

Thanks Frache
I got it working at 1024 * 768 in 24 bit colour... I must have been imagining the 24 bit colour part
: )
CYA
LAPPY