>Bill, >I notice you are using Windows Eudora, if you are in win9.x, then goto My >computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Display Adapters -> Print -> >selected class or device -> OK; do the same with monitor. You will get all >the specs; I printed my whole system. HTH Ok.... tried that... problem is that Windows doesn't even recognize my monitor! so all it prints is: Class: Monitors Device: (Unknown Monitor) No resources used. and thats it... heh... I already tried the setting 'monitor that will do 1024x768 at 70hz' and that didn't work either... I'm beginning to think that something else is up... when I try to choose a monitor setting (I don't know if it did this by typing "Xconfigurator" at the Command Line or not) I catch a brief glimpse of 10 or so lines, and the last one says "Device is busy" or something similar... is there any way to print out the results of that so I can post it here? for the record, here's my Video Card: Class: Display adapters Device: Revolution(tm) 3D (HawkEye, DirectX) Resources: IRQ: 11 I/O: 03B0h-03BBh I/O: 03C0h-03DFh I/O: D000h-D0FFh Then a ton of MEM's which I'm snipping for brevity I'm going to try the other ideas listed here later, but any more feedback would be *greatly* appreciated... I really want to try to become less attached to Windows if at all possible Thanks for all the help, guys Bill -- "Lazy is good when there's nothing to do. But Lazy is even better when something needs to be done." -Llie Rion California, n.: "calor" meaning "heat"; "fornia" for "sexual intercourse" or "fornication." Hence: Tierra de California, "the land of hot sex"