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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:10 am Post subject: Analog resolution limited in Windows 7? |
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I'm running Windows 7 on my HTPC along with Vista right now to compare and likely upgrade if I can get everything to work.
The one major sticking point right now is my resolution over RGBHV to my G70 seems to be limited to 1600x1200 60.
I can go into the Nvidia control panel (Geforce 7950GT) and set the resolution to 1080p 60, but it reverts back to 1600x1200 as soon as I try to make the change.
I can also use Powerstrip to set the resolution but even here the resolution seems to be reset when running certain screens in Media Center?
How do I get around this? I'm thinking it is as simple as changing the monitor drivers for my G70? But what do I change it to? When I try to write custom drivers with Powerstrip it has failed before.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Erik
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ecrabb
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: |
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I don't know if Win7 is the same, but you always used to be able to install the monitor .inf file for the Sony GDM-FW900. That would let you run up to 1920x1200@75hz, I think.
SC
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| ecrabb wrote: | I don't know if Win7 is the same, but you always used to be able to install the monitor .inf file for the Sony GDM-FW900. That would let you run up to 1920x1200@75hz, I think.
SC |
I'll give that a try.
Thanks
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Mark_A_W
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Nothing has really changed in W7 - it can be painful to go beyond 1600x1200 in XP and Vista too.
You'll need to override EDID and set the max higher than the 1600x1200 you get for a "default monitor".
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MikeEby
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Erik,
I made up a Monitor.inf for you that should work you will need to unzip it....Getting it installed is a little funky....Let me know if you have problems, I can make some screen shots on how to do it.
Mike
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Mark_A_W wrote: | Nothing has really changed in W7 - it can be painful to go beyond 1600x1200 in XP and Vista too.
You'll need to override EDID and set the max higher than the 1600x1200 you get for a "default monitor". |
Huh?
I never had any issues on XP or Vista, it just worked.
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:02 am Post subject: |
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| MikeEby wrote: | Erik,
I made up a Monitor.inf for you that should work you will need to unzip it....Getting it installed is a little funky....Let me know if you have problems, I can make some screen shots on how to do it.
Mike |
Thanks Mike,
I'll give it a try, and let you know how it works out.
Thanks
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:55 am Post subject: |
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Mike,
I'm having problems getting it to install. When you have time I'd be happy to see how you got it working.
Thanks,
Erik
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nevermind Mike,
I found a workaround replacing the non-PNP driver with another Windows 7 driver, now if I could just remember what I did... 
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MikeEby
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Good...It's been 4 months since I did it. Are you using RTM or RC?...I'm still running RC...I'm not sure how long RC will last.
Mike
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Zebu Fellenz
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| MikeEby wrote: | Good...It's been 4 months since I did it. Are you using RTM or RC?...I'm still running RC...I'm not sure how long RC will last.
Mike |
I'm using RTM right now.
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