Screen resolution problems

[Andi]

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

 

[Guest]

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?

 

[Andi]

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

 

[JW]

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]

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

 

[babaloo]

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.

 

[Andi]

The monitor is a 19" Xerox TFT.

It ran without issue for over a year under XP in a native res of 1280*1024.

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Andi]

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

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Andi]

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

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

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?

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

omg same! i have a 8800GTS wid 2GB ram on a AMD +6000(3.1GHz) and i had my
LCD screen doing 1600x1200 perfectly, but for some reason one day my nvidia
program was not working and when i uninstalled, installed and everything it
did the same , it wouldnt go above 1024x768...
my email and msn is (e-mail address removed), add me and we can talk,

aprreciated,
jon