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Title: ETKA
Post by: benji mk2 on 07 February 2005, 10:42

Hi,

 Ive just got hold of a copy of ETKA on CD but it wont run on my laptop. It says that i need a screen res of 1280 x 1024, but my laptop wont go that high and i don't have use of another PC or screen. Anyone got any ideas?

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: twiggy on 07 February 2005, 10:44

 :undecided: not really sure mate the only thing i can think of is if you use some one else's computer.

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: mrwotto on 07 February 2005, 11:06

a screen wont solve the problem matey, the res problem will be the video card in your laptop, can only suggest using another pc / laptop i am afraid, where abouts are ya based ?

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: benji mk2 on 07 February 2005, 11:29

I'm in wrexham, north wales. What a pain, took me ages to get hold of it and now i cant use it. Typical   :cry:

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: mrwotto on 07 February 2005, 13:09

I am in runcorn mate not that far away will see if my laptop will support the res needed if not  my pc will, and i could help ya out sometime if you fancy it?

Paul

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: benji mk2 on 07 February 2005, 14:09

cheers dude, gonna put it on a work pc for now and see how i get on.  Think it should make my re build a bit easier though :grin:

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: DubFan on 07 February 2005, 14:23

If you've got a normal computer screen you should be able to plug it into the laptop and use that instead, and provided the computer monitor is good enough and big enough, it should cope with 1280x1024. (A 17inch monitor should be enough, but even some 15inch CRTs can do that resolution)
Most laptops will do that resolution if using an external monitor.

Get a monitor,
plug it into the laptop
boot up the laptop from scratch
it should now be using the external monitor instead of the laptop's screen.
Go into display settings and adjust the resolution to 1280x1024
Install Ekta

If you reboot the laptop without the external monitor connected, it should revert to using the laptop's screen.

hth

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: hairyarse on 07 February 2005, 17:52

I've got ETKA running in my laptop and resolution is 1024x768. It runs ok but I dont get all of the view on the screen which is the only problem.

Main thing it causes is not seeing the exit programme button on screen so I CTRL+ALT+DEL and use task manager to close it.

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: Dannyd on 07 February 2005, 18:35

i'm in wrexham if this help?

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: DubFan on 07 February 2005, 18:36

If you can't see the X (window close) button, you can just double click on the Icon in the opposite top corner (left hand side).

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: hairyarse on 09 February 2005, 12:41

Quote from: NottAnother16vFan on 07 February 2005, 18:36

If you can't see the X (window close) button, you can just double click on the Icon in the opposite top corner (left hand side).

Ah!!

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: adyh on 10 February 2005, 15:35

Depends on how old the laptop is , but i agree with the monitor suggestion .

Title: Re: ETKA
Post by: benji mk2 on 14 February 2005, 09:06

Tried it with the monitor and it works ok now. Cant see everything but it is good enough to use. Cheers troops