[SML] video card question

[Jerry Durand]

Last update was Tuesday, of course.  M$ update day.

A new card is about $30 so I ordered one.  Can't hurt to have a spare,
we use the same card in another machine here anyway.

On 04/05/2017 02:02 PM, tech dept via Stagecraft wrote:
> Jerry
> When did your last update happen?
> Windows just pushed an update on me and I lost the ability to playback
> .mp4 videos (due to a codec removal, I think) Granted that was Windows
> 10 but I think Micro$oft is back to their old tricks, again. I've been
> getting a bunch of client's power point, movie video stuff done on
> Apple Mac machines that don't play nicely with Windows7/10.
>  
> 05.04.2017, 23:34, "Jerry Durand via Stagecraft"
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net>:
>> I'm seeing an oddity with my video, before I buy a new card I want to
>> check if I'm missing something.
>>
>> Windows 7 pro 64 bit
>> Radeon HD 6450 card using VGA output
>> Monitor flat panel 1680x1050
>>
>> Windows has started saying doesn't detect a monitor but the AMD
>> control center identifies it correctly.  If I set the resolution
>> above 1400x1050 I get a distorted screen (scan lines folding back).
>>
>> I tried reseating the card and made sure the latest driver is
>> loaded.  Their gaming software is installed since they whine and cry
>> if you don't, but it doesn't start up (no games on any of these systems).
>>
>> I tried the monitor on a Linux system and a Mac and it works at the
>> 1680x1050 with no problem on both of them.
>>
>> This HAD been working on this Windows system for some time now.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>> -- 
>> Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.
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>>
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