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Screen resolution problems
Freddy,
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried running the program, but it still wouldn't let me go any higher than 1024*768. Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message news Andi, You've likely heard of the utility called Power Strip. It can establish custom resolutions, providing a display supports any resolution selected. That's my understanding, though I've not ever had a need to use it. Take a look at this utility to see whether it can be beneficial to you. You can use google to find it. Just a suggestion. -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Hi Freddy, Thanks for the suggestions. There is a control panel that comes with the drivers, but that doesn't let me go higher than 1024*768 either. I have tried reinstalling the drivers, with no success. The monitor didn't come with any driver disc when I bought it. I have checked the Xerox website, but I can't find any drivers there for Vista. Please keep the suggestions coming, I'm prepared to try almost anything! Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message news Andi, Yup, a 19" monitor typically has a native resolution of 1280 X 1024, and you should be able to set it to that. Does the gForce software include some sort of Control Panel where you could find additional options for managing resolutions? I'm an ATI user, so I'm not familiar with gForce products. Try googling the problem to see what comes up. Would reinstalling the drivers help? Just some thoughts. -- freddy "Andi" wrote: The monitor is a 19" Xerox TFT. It ran without issue for over a year under XP in a native res of 1280*1024. "babaloo" wrote in message et... Have you loaded the drivers for your monitor? Are your trying to get a screen resolution that is greater than the native resolution of your monitor? If you have an LCD you should run it only at its native resolution, not less, and it cannot be run at a higher resolution. |
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Screen resolution problems
Andi,
I'm now wondering whether there's a communication problem between the monitor and the rest of your system. In theory, the monitor communicates the resolution it supports to the computer. I don't recall what this process is called, but that's not the issue. In theory, you're getting the 1024 x 768 resolution because that's what the monitor is indicating. So now what? I suppose you could verify that your monitor really is communicating 1280 x 1024 and that your system is not acknowledging this. How to do this? Double check the documentation that came with the monitor or check the manufacturer's website. I know that a 19" monitor typically supports a 1280 x 1024 resolution, but I suppose there are exceptions. I don't know what else to say, and I don't know how that would explain that you ran it at 1280 x 1024 in WinXP. Just another crazy thought. -- freddy -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Freddy, Thanks for the suggestion. I tried running the program, but it still wouldn't let me go any higher than 1024*768. Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message news Andi, You've likely heard of the utility called Power Strip. It can establish custom resolutions, providing a display supports any resolution selected. That's my understanding, though I've not ever had a need to use it. Take a look at this utility to see whether it can be beneficial to you. You can use google to find it. Just a suggestion. -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Hi Freddy, Thanks for the suggestions. There is a control panel that comes with the drivers, but that doesn't let me go higher than 1024*768 either. I have tried reinstalling the drivers, with no success. The monitor didn't come with any driver disc when I bought it. I have checked the Xerox website, but I can't find any drivers there for Vista. Please keep the suggestions coming, I'm prepared to try almost anything! Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message news Andi, Yup, a 19" monitor typically has a native resolution of 1280 X 1024, and you should be able to set it to that. Does the gForce software include some sort of Control Panel where you could find additional options for managing resolutions? I'm an ATI user, so I'm not familiar with gForce products. Try googling the problem to see what comes up. Would reinstalling the drivers help? Just some thoughts. -- freddy "Andi" wrote: The monitor is a 19" Xerox TFT. It ran without issue for over a year under XP in a native res of 1280*1024. "babaloo" wrote in message et... Have you loaded the drivers for your monitor? Are your trying to get a screen resolution that is greater than the native resolution of your monitor? If you have an LCD you should run it only at its native resolution, not less, and it cannot be run at a higher resolution. |
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Screen resolution problems
I have the same problem as Andi and tried all the suggestions posted here,
with no satisfying result. My monitor correctly reports its native maximum resolutiuon of 1280x1024. The communication protocol Freddy refered to is called EDID. It is suggested on other forums that Vista is stricter in dealing with this protocol than XP, and that this causes the problem. However, I refuse to edit the EDID info for my monitor. Not only is this very hard to do (I don't even know how at the moment), it could also utterly destroy a correctly working monitor. Anyone with other suggestions? |
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Screen resolution problems
All,
I saw on another forum where someone else with this problem resolved it by editing his .inf file. He edited the nv_disp.inf file by adding the resolution he wanted under MODEMOD entry, or where ever you find the resolutions listed. He then had to reinstall the drivers for this new information to be picked up. Worked for him. In any case, at least look at this file to see whether your resolution is included. If it's not, that could be the reason you're not getting it. Just some more crazy thoughts. -- freddy "Cowlumbus" wrote: I have the same problem as Andi and tried all the suggestions posted here, with no satisfying result. My monitor correctly reports its native maximum resolutiuon of 1280x1024. The communication protocol Freddy refered to is called EDID. It is suggested on other forums that Vista is stricter in dealing with this protocol than XP, and that this causes the problem. However, I refuse to edit the EDID info for my monitor. Not only is this very hard to do (I don't even know how at the moment), it could also utterly destroy a correctly working monitor. Anyone with other suggestions? |
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Screen resolution problems
Her's another comment made on a post, just above on this forum:
PowerStrip does not work since the NVIDIA drivers themselves do not yet support custom timings. Well, it could all come down to the NVIDIA Visa drivers after all. -- freddy "freddy" wrote: All, I saw on another forum where someone else with this problem resolved it by editing his .inf file. He edited the nv_disp.inf file by adding the resolution he wanted under MODEMOD entry, or where ever you find the resolutions listed. He then had to reinstall the drivers for this new information to be picked up. Worked for him. In any case, at least look at this file to see whether your resolution is included. If it's not, that could be the reason you're not getting it. Just some more crazy thoughts. -- freddy "Cowlumbus" wrote: I have the same problem as Andi and tried all the suggestions posted here, with no satisfying result. My monitor correctly reports its native maximum resolutiuon of 1280x1024. The communication protocol Freddy refered to is called EDID. It is suggested on other forums that Vista is stricter in dealing with this protocol than XP, and that this causes the problem. However, I refuse to edit the EDID info for my monitor. Not only is this very hard to do (I don't even know how at the moment), it could also utterly destroy a correctly working monitor. Anyone with other suggestions? |
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