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   Message 629 of 3,371   
   David T. Johnson to All   
   Re: SNAP refresh rate   
   11 Jul 11 09:45:39   
   
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   From: "David T. Johnson"    
      
   tholen@antispam.ham wrote:   
   > Does anybody know in which file and in which bytes SNAP stores   
   > the startup refresh rate?  I needed to replace a failed monitor,   
   > and the new monitor complains that it doesn't support 1600x1200   
   > at 65 Hz, but I can't change the refresh rate to 60 Hz because   
   > the monitor won't display an image after booting to the desktop.   
   > Instead, I need to hook up an older monitor that doesn't object   
   > to 65 Hz so that I can see what I'm doing.  Yet changing the   
   > refresh rate from the Screen notebook tab of the System object   
   > doesn't stick, nor does using the Global Refresh setting in the   
   > Advanced button.  I'm fighting the need to hook up an old monitor   
   > after every reboot because my change from 65 to 60 Hz doesn't   
   > persist.  If I can find out where SNAP stores the startup refresh   
   > rate, I can edit the file and fix it once and for all.  I'm not   
   > afraid of editing a binary file, if that's how SNAP stores it.   
   >    
      
   SNAP stores the refresh rate in    
   x:\os2\drivers\snap\config\graphics\crtc00.dat   
      
   for the base monitor.  It's a binary file so you can only edit it with    
   binary editor.   
      
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