[Thinkpad] OT: NetVista Rescue and Recovery Problem

[Jonathan Kelly]

On 8/28/07, Bob Stockler <bobstockler at netzero.net> wrote:
>
> I know this is a ThinkPad Mailing List, but I'm desperate for help . . .
>
> I have a Rescue and Recovery Problem (it's the same on 3.x and 4.x):
>
> IBM NetVista M42 8303-SB2 - Windows XP SP2 and All MS & IBM Updates.
> Planar PL170M 17" TFT LCD Color Monitor.
>
> I use the screen resolution of 1024x768 for better visibility in
> my regular work, but the monitor is capable of up to 1280x1024.
>
> The problem is that after booting, on pressing [Enter] to go into the
> Rescue and Recovery Environment, when the screen is displayed it is
> larger than the monitor screen - parts of it to the right and bottom
> are hidden from view.  If I elect one of the choices on it, the window
> for that choice can be dragged leftwards so the the entire window can
> be viewed, but I can do nothing about the main screen.
>
> It has been this way since I bought it refurbished from IBM in 2006
> (I was using a 17" CRT monitor at the time), but I wasn't concerned
> about it because I was using it with a KVM switch, and had read that
> R&R would have problems when used with a KVM switch.
>

This is an issue w/ the inability of that monitor (and likely your old CRT)
to properly display the resolution that R&R uses in it's shell.  I think it
runs at 800x600.  A multisynch monitor would solve this.  LCD's can only
support certain resolutions, others are scaled to the closest match, often
cutting off edges as you describe.

-jk