Bottom Part of Desktop Missing on NEC Prospeed 386

ID: Q66422

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

You have a NEC Prospeed 486 laptop, and when you use the Microsoft Windows VGA driver, the bottom part of Windows is cut off.

CAUSE

The NEC Prospeed 386 (laptop) display is 640 x 400 resolution. This behavior occurs because the VGA driver supports 640 x 480 resolution (that is, 80 rows longer than the display).

WORKAROUND

NEC recommends that the EGA driver be used with this computer to work around the problem.

MORE INFORMATION

The NEC products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a 3.10 3.11

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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