Dell x51v 625Mhz resolution question? (640x480?)

geo_h · 11-23-05, 08:51 AM

Hi there. Just bought a 625Mhz x51v (hong kong).
It said it supports 640x480, is there anywhere to set the resolution. As I was browsing through the IE, it doesn't look like a 640x480 to me though.

Can anyone give me hints about the resolution?

thx,
newbie george

gazza2004 · 11-23-05, 01:52 PM

Check out this link for information on VGA...

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=98163

JeffFlowerday · 11-23-05, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by geo_h

Hi there. Just bought a 625Mhz x51v (hong kong).
It said it supports 640x480, is there anywhere to set the resolution. As I was browsing through the IE, it doesn't look like a 640x480 to me though.

Can anyone give me hints about the resolution?

thx,
newbie george

Hey, how did you get your axim overclocked? :)

Storino03 · 11-23-05, 06:14 PM

LOL 1MHz over...

geo_h · 11-23-05, 07:58 PM

oh...so u still have to modify the reg. inorder to get 640x480 for WM2005?
That's weird, I thought the 624Mhz is default with 640x480 with 3.7' screen.

thx for the information

Howard2k · 11-23-05, 08:06 PM

It IS 640x480. You might have read it wrong.

geo_h · 11-23-05, 08:30 PM

but the webpages doesn't look like to be displayed in 640x480 though...

geo_h · 11-23-05, 09:10 PM

Should I still use OzVGA, SE_VGA to enable 640x480, when the spec already stated it is 640x480?

I thought OzVGA is for those with 240x320 to get up to 640x480

11-23-05, 09:14 PM

WM is special in a sense that it uses the extra pixels to "smooth" the screen, and not increase the working area. So it is essentially 320x240 with a screen capable of 640x480.

SEVGA / OzVGA change the resolution so the screen will display the real 640x480.

I personally recommend Oz over SE_VGA -- SE_VGA's functionality really sucks compared to Oz.

geo_h · 11-23-05, 09:16 PM

OH...my...I was wrong in the first place, thx a lot.

geo_h · 11-23-05, 09:28 PM

In the WM5.0 fact sheet, it said it will give me true VGA without HACKING though:
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...62%20:approve:

Doesn't that mean it will RUN at 640x480 though?

Howard2k · 11-23-05, 09:30 PM

The X50v and X51v have always run at 640x480.

11-23-05, 09:44 PM

Unfortunately it is 320x240'd 640x480... which I hate.

geo_h · 11-23-05, 09:47 PM

ok....hum...so it is running at 640x480, with a screen size of 240x320....which leads to weird website looking?

u still need ozVGA to read webpage or other doc. to look like the way it would be on a PC with 640x480?
am I right? or am I confused?

soulmirror · 11-23-05, 09:52 PM

Well, sort of. What it does is not exactly 320x240 or normal 640x480. If you look at text on the website, and set it to smallest size, clearly the text is not in 320x240. But the graphics size becomes sort of bloated. What it actually does is pixel double the graphics, so that each pixel takes up 2x2 pixels, in some applications. This is where things get screwy. And more so because PIE dynamically resizes pictures when you're in the single column view. :(

Pocket IE and Acrobat Reader are a couple of key examples where this leads to a not-great experience. If you do the hack, then the pixel doubling goes away.

For Acrobat, you can do a fix that just fixes Acrobat, but it doesn't apply to PIE.... :(