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Screen resolution problems
Hi,
I have recently installed Vista Home Premium (64 bit) on a new machine, and am having a problem with the display settings. I have a GeForce 8800 GTX and 4GB of system RAM, but the display won't go above 1024*768. I know the monitor I have will go higher as I ran WinXP (32 bit) in 1280*1024 without any issues. I have installed the latest drivers for the motherboard, and the latest drivers for the graphics card from the nVidia website, but still nothing. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions I could try? Any help would be most gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance of any assistance Andi |
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Screen resolution problems
Andi,
When you set the resolution, did you right click the desktop Personalize Display Settings Advanced and then select List all Modes and select the resolution you want from the list? -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Hi, I have recently installed Vista Home Premium (64 bit) on a new machine, and am having a problem with the display settings. I have a GeForce 8800 GTX and 4GB of system RAM, but the display won't go above 1024*768. I know the monitor I have will go higher as I ran WinXP (32 bit) in 1280*1024 without any issues. I have installed the latest drivers for the motherboard, and the latest drivers for the graphics card from the nVidia website, but still nothing. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions I could try? Any help would be most gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance of any assistance Andi |
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Hi Freddy,
Thanks for this - the highest res in the box is the one I have already selected. If theres anything else you can suggest I try, that would be great. Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message ... Andi, When you set the resolution, did you right click the desktop Personalize Display Settings Advanced and then select List all Modes and select the resolution you want from the list? -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Hi, I have recently installed Vista Home Premium (64 bit) on a new machine, and am having a problem with the display settings. I have a GeForce 8800 GTX and 4GB of system RAM, but the display won't go above 1024*768. I know the monitor I have will go higher as I ran WinXP (32 bit) in 1280*1024 without any issues. I have installed the latest drivers for the motherboard, and the latest drivers for the graphics card from the nVidia website, but still nothing. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions I could try? Any help would be most gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance of any assistance Andi |
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What is the actual release number of the drivers you are using? AFAIK the
latest Bea drivers are the 158.43 drivers there are also some 160.03 drivers available at other Websites? "Andi" wrote in message ... Hi Freddy, Thanks for this - the highest res in the box is the one I have already selected. If theres anything else you can suggest I try, that would be great. Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message ... Andi, When you set the resolution, did you right click the desktop Personalize Display Settings Advanced and then select List all Modes and select the resolution you want from the list? -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Hi, I have recently installed Vista Home Premium (64 bit) on a new machine, and am having a problem with the display settings. I have a GeForce 8800 GTX and 4GB of system RAM, but the display won't go above 1024*768. I know the monitor I have will go higher as I ran WinXP (32 bit) in 1280*1024 without any issues. I have installed the latest drivers for the motherboard, and the latest drivers for the graphics card from the nVidia website, but still nothing. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions I could try? Any help would be most gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance of any assistance Andi |
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Hi JW,
The version number of the drivers I'm using is 7.15.11.5824. As far as I'm aware this is the latest version of the drivers. Regards, Andi "JW" wrote in message ... What is the actual release number of the drivers you are using? AFAIK the latest Bea drivers are the 158.43 drivers there are also some 160.03 drivers available at other Websites? "Andi" wrote in message ... Hi Freddy, Thanks for this - the highest res in the box is the one I have already selected. If theres anything else you can suggest I try, that would be great. Cheers, Andi "freddy" wrote in message ... Andi, When you set the resolution, did you right click the desktop Personalize Display Settings Advanced and then select List all Modes and select the resolution you want from the list? -- freddy "Andi" wrote: Hi, I have recently installed Vista Home Premium (64 bit) on a new machine, and am having a problem with the display settings. I have a GeForce 8800 GTX and 4GB of system RAM, but the display won't go above 1024*768. I know the monitor I have will go higher as I ran WinXP (32 bit) in 1280*1024 without any issues. I have installed the latest drivers for the motherboard, and the latest drivers for the graphics card from the nVidia website, but still nothing. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions I could try? Any help would be most gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance of any assistance Andi |
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Screen resolution problems
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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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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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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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,
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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