External Video Refresh Rates for Gateway Solos^TM in Windows^® 3.11

Issue: This IRR lists External Video Refresh Rates for Gateway Solo systems using Windows For Workgroups 3.11.

The parts included are:
CHSCBK010AAWW, CHSCBK010ABUS, CHSCBK010ACUS, CHSCBK012AAWW, CHSCBK012ABWW, CHSCBK012ACWW

FYI: The different refresh rates can be selected inside of Control Panel in the CHIPS CPL icon. The monitor selected should be 004, Hitachi CM2187M with the NI=NON-INTERLACED and I=INTERLACED:

640x480x16	640x480x256	640x480x32K	640x480x64K	640x480x16M
60Hz NI	60Hz NI	60Hz NI	60Hz NI	Not Supported
72Hz NI	72Hz NI	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
75Hz NI	75Hz NI	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
800x600x16	800x600x256
56Hz NI	56Hz NI
60Hz NI	60Hz NI
72Hz NI	72Hz NI
75Hz NI	75Hz NI

In DOS:

When the setting is set to External Only, both the SVGA and VGA units are 640x400 70Hz Non-Interlaced

When using the SVGA unit and the setting is both, the resolution is 800x600 56Hz Non-Interlaced on both the internal screen and the external screen.

When using the VGA unit and the setting is both, the resolution is 640x480 60Hz Non-Interlaced on both the internal screen and the external screen.

Older BIOS versions do not support either 1024x768x16 or 1024x768x256 on external monitors. BIOS version 1.07 (SOLOB107.EXE) is available for downloading from the Gateway 2000 FTP site. This will increase the available resolutions.

Below are the resolutions/colors available at 1024x768:

1024x768x16	1024x768x256
44Hz NI	44Hz NI
60Hz NI	60Hz NI

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