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alt-tabbing problems

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First post, by juve

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if i Alt-Tab from a Dos-game to my Win2k and then back to the game my Monitor shows a "out of sync" error which means the refreshrate is to high. How can i fix this ?

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XP1800 on SIS735 (K7S5A)
Radeon 9700 (tried different drivers)
Win2k (SP3)

Reply 1 of 3, by Nicht Sehr Gut

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Originally posted by juve if i Alt-Tab from a Dos-game to my Win2k and then back to the game my Monitor shows a "out of sync" error

You'll probably need a fellow Radeon 9700 user for a real answer, but just to let you know: avoid Alt-Tabbing out of your DOS programs as much as possible. It wreaks havoc with timing in general.

Reply 2 of 3, by Snover

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In Win2K I found that Alt+Tabbing out of DOS programs that were using VESA completely killed my system, and I had to do a cold reboot. In XP, however, it works fine. *shruggeroo* Just a random thought.

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 3 of 3, by juve

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This happens with all Games/Apps that use VGA or EGA(320x200x256 or something). If i Alt-Tab out of an Vesa-game, my Display gets screwed up, but that's not important to me.