Why does my monitor keep rebooting at 800x600?

[Michael]

Hi. I just got a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 2 with the Dell 2001FP monitor. I
have a dual-monitor setup, with the Dell flat panel hooked up via the
digital connection and a Samsung SyncMaster 191T hooked up via the analog
connection. The video card is a 256MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 XT with (I think)
the latest drivers on the Dell site; the monitor drivers are recent, too.

I've set up the bigger Dell flat panel to be my primary monitor, running at
1600x1200; the Samsung is the secondary and runs at 1280x1024.
Unfortunately, every time I reboot, the Dell monitor gets reset to 800x600
or lower, and the Windows taskbar moves over to the secondary monitor (whose
resolution stays at 1200x1024). If I disconnect the secondary monitor and
use just the Dell, then there is no problem; it's only when I use the
dual-monitor setup that the resolution changes on reboot. Hibernating the
system doesn't affect the resolution -- just the reboot.

Anyone know why this might be happening, and what I can do about it?

Thanks for any help,
Mike

[Microsoft Video Driver OCA Triage]

Michael,
What ATI drivers are you using? Try the drivers from the following location
and see if that fixes your problem.
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=21&submit.y=7
Thanks,
Aaron C. Smith
Microsoft Video Driver OCA Triage

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"Michael" > wrote in message
...
> Hi. I just got a Dell Dimension XPS Gen 2 with the Dell 2001FP monitor. I
> have a dual-monitor setup, with the Dell flat panel hooked up via the
> digital connection and a Samsung SyncMaster 191T hooked up via the analog
> connection. The video card is a 256MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 XT with (I
think)
> the latest drivers on the Dell site; the monitor drivers are recent, too.
>
> I've set up the bigger Dell flat panel to be my primary monitor, running
at
> 1600x1200; the Samsung is the secondary and runs at 1280x1024.
> Unfortunately, every time I reboot, the Dell monitor gets reset to 800x600
> or lower, and the Windows taskbar moves over to the secondary monitor
(whose
> resolution stays at 1200x1024). If I disconnect the secondary monitor and
> use just the Dell, then there is no problem; it's only when I use the
> dual-monitor setup that the resolution changes on reboot. Hibernating the
> system doesn't affect the resolution -- just the reboot.
>
> Anyone know why this might be happening, and what I can do about it?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Mike
>
>