Getting Windows 7 boot screen at 640x480@60hz

[Andyapc]

Getting Windows 7 boot screen at 640x480@60hz

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I am using Windows 7 on an Arcade monitor with a maximum resolution of 640x480@60hz. Sending a higher resolution to the monitor will damage it. Using the command "bcdedit /set bootux basic" Windows still outputs 1024x768@60hz for about half a second before showing the low resolution boot screen at 640x480@60hz. During that brief half second a get a rapid clicking sound from my Arcade Monitor as it can’t sync and this has previously damaged my old monitor.

I ran msconfig and on the Boot tab, I checked No GUI Boot and Base video. This should run windows startup in 640x480@60hz, but you won't see the Windows load screen. Unfortunately that's actually worse than using the command "bcdedit /set bootux basic" as Windows 7 outputs a blank screen at 1024x768@60hz for about 15 second before windows appears at 640x480@60hz.


Why does Windows 7 have a low resolution boot mode that still outputs a high resolution and is there anyway to keep the system at 640x480@60hz during the Window 7 64bit bootup?

My system is: Asus P5Q-VM Motherboard, E8600 Processor, 4Gb Ram and an ATI Radeon HD4670 with Windows 7 64bit Home Premium.

[ToastyX]

Have you tried the "OS boot information" option in msconfig? That should make it skip the graphical boot screen and display boot information in text mode instead.

[Andyapc]

(01-22-2014 11:14 PM)ToastyX Wrote:  Have you tried the "OS boot information" option in msconfig? That should make it skip the graphical boot screen and display boot information in text mode instead.

Yes, I ran msconfig and on the Boot tab, I checked No GUI Boot and Base video. Unfortunately it's actually worse than using the command "bcdedit /set bootux basic" as Windows 7 outputs a blank screen at 1024x768@60hz for about 15 second before windows appears at 640x480@60hz.

[ToastyX]

Yes, but did you try the "OS boot information" option?

[Andyapc]

(01-23-2014 01:19 AM)ToastyX Wrote:  Yes, but did you try the "OS boot information" option?

Yes, I just tried it. The bios post screen is at 640x480@60hz. Then some of the boot information as it list the files is at 1024x768@60hz. Then it goes back to 640x480@60hz for the rest of the boot process

I also tried "OS boot information" and the "Base Video" option together and it does the same thing.

I can believe Microsoft have put in options like "bcdedit /set bootux basic" and "Base Video" and still allow them to output 1024x768@60hz for part of the boot process.

I know lots of people using Arcade Monitors are sticking with XP because of this issue, but quite a few emulators are starting to require newer versions of DirectX and .Net Framework.