At the start of the installation screen press F2 (I think that's correct) and this will give you an option to set the resolution for the screen. This should be done during the initialization of the install process. If you're having problems after you've installed the OS and want to set this permanently I'll have to do a little background on this and get back - I'm in a rush right now and don't have time to look at it.
Yes, at the beginning of the install process, I ended up using F2 to change the value from 1280x1024 to 1024x768. The original value did not play nice wit the SynMaster 171S Now that I've installed, I'd like to change the value again to something my monitor can handle. Are you saying I can do this change at the install screen as well without reinstalling? Thanks for looking and replying. /Hans