16:9 and Sony GDM-FW900

[Tony]

I have an ATI 9600 running under XP Pro. Using the 6.14.10 drivers. We just
dispositioned a lot of gear at work, and I got my hands on a mint Sony
widescreen FW900. I set it up okay at 1600x1200, but I'm wondering why I
can't set it up at 1600x1024 (which the Sony supports). Can the 9600 support
this resolution, but for some reason it's not available in XP? I suspected
that maybe the 9600 just didn't support 1600x1024, so I tried 1920x1080
(true 16x9), and I got a display that I could not map entirely into the
viewable area. That is, it looked like it just took the center 40% of my
desktop and mapped it to the viewable display area, kind of like what
happens when you have a desktop across multiple displays. The problem was I
couldn't get either side back onto the FW900.

So my basic question is how do I get a 16:9 (or 1600x1024 if that's
possible) configuration to work with this setup?

I installed the FW900 XP inf drivers, BTW.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

This is a question you need to explore on the ATI site.

 

[Chris Catt]

Hi, to get the correct resolution you will require the video card drivers
from Sony and/or the monitor inf. ATI do not provide drivers directly for
mobile graphics...
ChrisC

This is a question you need to explore on the ATI site.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I have an ATI 9600 running under XP Pro. Using the 6.14.10 drivers. We
just dispositioned a lot of gear at work, and I got my hands on a mint
Sony widescreen FW900. I set it up okay at 1600x1200, but I'm wondering
why I can't set it up at 1600x1024 (which the Sony supports). Can the 9600
support this resolution, but for some reason it's not available in XP? I
suspected that maybe the 9600 just didn't support 1600x1024, so I tried
1920x1080 (true 16x9), and I got a display that I could not map entirely
into the viewable area. That is, it looked like it just took the center
40% of my desktop and mapped it to the viewable display area, kind of like
what happens when you have a desktop across multiple displays. The problem
was I couldn't get either side back onto the FW900.

So my basic question is how do I get a 16:9 (or 1600x1024 if that's
possible) configuration to work with this setup?

I installed the FW900 XP inf drivers, BTW.

 

[J. Clarke]

I have an ATI 9600 running under XP Pro. Using the 6.14.10 drivers. We
just dispositioned a lot of gear at work, and I got my hands on a mint
Sony widescreen FW900. I set it up okay at 1600x1200, but I'm wondering
why I can't set it up at 1600x1024 (which the Sony supports). Can the 9600
support this resolution, but for some reason it's not available in XP? I
suspected that maybe the 9600 just didn't support 1600x1024, so I tried
1920x1080 (true 16x9), and I got a display that I could not map entirely
into the viewable area. That is, it looked like it just took the center
40% of my desktop and mapped it to the viewable display area, kind of like
what happens when you have a desktop across multiple displays. The problem
was I couldn't get either side back onto the FW900.

So my basic question is how do I get a 16:9 (or 1600x1024 if that's
possible) configuration to work with this setup?

I installed the FW900 XP inf drivers, BTW.

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[Tony]

Thanks John. I installed it. It will certainly give me 1600x1024 (very
nice), but when I select that resolution it does the same thing as when I
select 1920x1080 - it fill a 4:3 sized center portion of the display with
about 40% of my desktop. Any further help you can give would be most
appreciated.

Let me add that after I "activated" the 1600x1024 capability I made the
resolution change using Display Properties. Is that not the right way to do
it with PowerStrip installed?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Hi, to get the correct resolution you will require the video card
drivers from Sony and/or the monitor inf. ATI do not provide drivers
directly for mobile graphics...
ChrisC

Oh look - another top posting idiot! You didn't read the OP's question at
all, did you?! WTF did he say he was using a laptop?! The FW900 is a
*MONITOR*! Why on earth Sony would offer drivers for a ATI graphics card
I've absolutely no idea. You do not require the monitor file.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Also, I have never seen a 9600 card that small.

 

[J. Clarke]

Also, I have never seen a 9600 card that small.

Huh? Not a "card" but many laptops have Radeon 9600s.