Specifications

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Changing Resolution and Number of Colors
When shipped, your computer is set to the default resolution and color. The default
resolution is 1024 x 768 at 64k color. To change the resolution and the number of
colors, perform the following:
1. In the
Display Properties
dialog box, select
Settings
.
2. Select the number of the colors in the
Colors
, and select the resolution in
Screen area
. Refer to the table below.
3. Click
OK
twice.
Resolutions and Colors you can choose
Resolution
Number of Colors
640 x 480
(1)
256
64K
16M
(2)
800 x 600
(1)
256
64K
16M
(2)
1024 x 768 256
64K
16M
(2)
(1)
You cannot use screen expansion if you choose 16M colors
(2)
The number of colors in this mode is made using a Dithering algorithm(on the
internal LCD only).
• You cannot switch to a display resolution and number of colors that are not
available.
• In the Color Palette, High Color (16 bit) means 65,536 (64K) colors, and
True Color (24 bit or 32 bit) means about 16,770,000 (16M) colors.
• Select 32 bit if you display video or animation in the True Color.
Otherwise the speed of displaying may be decreased.
• If you select True Color(24 bit) in the Color Palette,
* The drawing speed of screen is decreased.
* You cannot use multiple monitors.
• Note that the above resolutions are ones that you can choose when you
connect a monitor with appropriate resolution.
Using Multiple Displays
You can use multiple displays when an external display is connected. See Windows
Help for more information.