After a fresh install on a Sony Vaio, how do you get the screen resolution and colors back to what they were?

April 6, 2004 4:32 PM

My friend just wiped the drives on her off-the-shelf Vaio (RX450) and installed Windows 2000. Now the monitor (ViewSonic A90) only offers up to 800x600 resolution and 16 colors - how do we fix this?
posted by casarkos to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Have you checked to see if there is a more recent device driver for the video card? It sounds to me like Win2k is just using a default one.
posted by crunchland at 4:37 PM on April 6, 2004

Response by poster: Actually, haven't been able to figure out what kind of graphics card it is, or if there is one outside the onboard controller. It's just identified as Video Controller (VGA Compatible)...
I really should learn this stuff and not in pieces.
posted by casarkos at 5:07 PM on April 6, 2004

You need the video drivers [click link to download].

Sorry I linked directly to the drivers and not a support page explaining them, but Sony's support site is javascript hell.
posted by falconred at 5:17 PM on April 6, 2004

Sony's specs page for the Vaio RX450 says the video (looks like an onboard chipset?) is an SiS 730S. Look for the 730S drivers here if the file to which falconred linked doesn't work.
posted by Danelope at 5:51 PM on April 6, 2004

Response by poster: Thanks!
posted by casarkos at 6:42 PM on April 6, 2004