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Err Msg: Driver or Resolution Is Not Valid

Article ID: 102601

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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This article was previously published under Q102601

SYMPTOMS

If you try to set the video mode to 256-color 800 x 600 for your Super VGA card, you may receive the following message:
driver or resolution is not valid

CAUSE

This error message occurs if you have only 512 kilobytes (K) of video memory. The 256-color 800 x 600 video driver requires 1 megabyte (MB) of video memory.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, add memory to your video card.

Additional query words: prodnt svga AST Bravo II

Keywords: kbhardware KB102601


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