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Extended'''E'''xtended Display IDentification'''D'''isplay ('''EDIDID''')entification is data about the monitor, which the monitor provides to the video card. EDID is ''the'' programmatical way to check if a video mode is supported. However, this procedure is rather complex. (See [[Getting VBE Mode Info|VBE]]).
== Introduction ==
Extended Display IDentification ('''EDID''') is data about the monitor, which the monitor provides to the video card. EDID is ''the'' programmatical way to check if a video mode is supported. However, this procedure is rather complex. (See [[Getting VBE Mode Info|VBE]]).
 
== UsingReading EDID ==
=== Reading EDID ===
The first step, is, naturally, to actually get the data. This is done through the BIOS - int 0x10, ax=4F15h, bl=01h.
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Note that this code will only run in [[Real Mode]] or vm8086.
 
=== EDID Data ===
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