*SOLVED* Win7 boot screen resolution? *sorrry to be this dumb*

[emuola]

Upgrading from GA (Linux) to Win7/64 and latest CRT emudriver/GM. Resolutions are ok, no prob, but the Win7 itself...

Win XP has the boot screen resolution at 640 x 480@60. That's comething my M3129 can handle. Unfortunately Win7 has the boot screen resolution at 1024 x 768, which my m3129 cannot handle.

How do I change the boot screen to a suitable one? Googled for hours, no definitive answer. There has to be a way.

All help highly appreciated

[emuola]

Could someone please confirm if it's actually possible to get Win7 to boot at 640x480? It seems that the basic options available in the config options just don't actually work reliably?

So you guys turn on the arcade monitor after the boot or what?

Sorry, this just seems to be some needles in a haystack.

[JDFan]

Could someone please confirm if it's actually possible to get Win7 to boot at 640x480? It seems that the basic options available in the config options just don't actually work reliably?

So you guys turn on the arcade monitor after the boot or what?

Sorry, this just seems to be some needles in a haystack.

Find the Advanced Boot options and enable VGA mode

The Advanced Boot Options screen lets you start Windows in advanced troubleshooting modes. You can access the menu by turning on your computer and pressing the F8 key before Windows starts.

EDIT : Looks like that only accesses it for that boot so would have to be done each boot --- Rather than use that method go into MSCONFIG (type MSCONFIG in the search box at bottom left of screen.) press enter to go into msconfig - then go to the boot tab

Place a check next to base video and then in the make all boot settings permanent and then apply. (note : it might give you a warning that you will be unable to change it back but do not worry about that since running msconfig again and unchecking and applying again will reverse it if needed !! )

[emuola]

Unfortunately the "Base video" or "OS information" does not change the resolution of the boot screen. It's always 1024 x 768@60. It seems Win7 has that resolution "hard coded" somehow (in WinXP the boot is at 640 x 480@60).

I'll do some more investigation, but this problem seems to be pretty difficult to tackle...

[Foxhole]

I'm pretty sure you just need ATOM15. http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=64

[Jonny G]

I don't think you can, as you said, Win 7 seems to be hardcoded at that res. I was looking into this last year to change my boot logo, gave up in the end as no bootskin type progs I could find supported the higher res.

[emuola]

So the only way is to turn the monitor on after a certain time? Is this really the way all the people here running Win7 and Mame do it? There has to be a way.

[DudeRegular]

Foxhole gave you the likely answer man. ATOM 15 works for certain ATI/AMD cards and prevents resolutions from being output by the video card. You choose what res your monitor supports then it modifies your bios and you flash it to the card. I have the same monitor you do, running just fine in win 7 without any monitor resolution freakouts.

[emuola]

Foxhole gave you the likely answer man. ATOM 15 works for certain ATI/AMD cards and prevents resolutions from being output by the video card. You choose what res your monitor supports then it modifies your bios and you flash it to the card. I have the same monitor you do, running just fine in win 7 without any monitor resolution freakouts.

Ok Thanks for the info. Just to be exact: You have the m3129, Win7 *and* Atom15 in use? Otherwise I cannot understand how your monitor could handle the default Win7 boot resolution. If yes, I'll definitely try it

[DudeRegular]

Yes to all. Video card is a Radeon 4350 running the ATOM 15 modified bios. It boots up just fine. I see bios/post screens from my mobo and the windows boot animation just fine. 

[emuola]

atom15 seems to do its magic  Thank you alla for the help 

[krick]

So, what did people do before ATOM 15 existed?