That model comes with the basic Intel HD 3000 integrated video and that limits resolution. 1024x 768 is the best you can do on this 8 yr old windows 7 - Vista model. There are no windows 10 drivers so you're stuck with MS generic drivers. This model is not on the approved list for windows 10. Your old n7010 might have had upgraded video. https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-17-n7010/drivers
@Mary G where do you come up with these nonsense answers you keep providing to people who are looking for help rather than misdirection? The Inspiron N7110 has a widescreen display, and 1024x768 isn't a widescreen resolution, so it would make absolutely zero sense for that to be the maximum supported resolution. 1024x768 also isn't an HD resolution, so it wouldn't make sense for that to be the maximum resolution of an Intel HD 3000 GPU either. The HD 3000 GPU supports up to 2560x1600 resolution, in fact even the 16-year-old Dell Latitude D600 I had back in the Windows XP days supported up to 1920x1200! Also, the OP said he had an Inspiron N7110, not an N7010 as you mentioned in your answer -- although your answer still would have been wrong for that system.
@GrandpaDanthe issue is likely that the hard drive you transplanted doesn't have the correct drivers for the graphics card on the new motherboard, possibly because one motherboard had the optional NVIDIA GPU and the other didn't. If you haven't already, run Windows Update to see if it downloads any new drivers. While it's true that Dell doesn't supply Windows 10 drivers for that system on their own site, that does not necessarily mean that you're stuck with generic Microsoft drivers because the original component vendor (in this case Intel or NVIDIA) can and often does provide drivers for old hardware to Microsoft for distribution through Windows Update. I've successfully used Windows 10 on several newer systems without having to resort to generic display drivers this way because Windows Update provided drivers for the old Intel GPUs in that system. Sorry the first reply you received contained such horribly incorrect information. If your system has the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M GPU (which you should be able to check by going into the BIOS Setup and looking at the "System information" section, then you should be able to get true Windows 10 drivers directly from NVIDIA's website. If you have the Intel GPU and Windows Update doesn't come through for you, as a last resort you can try installing the Windows 8 graphics driver on your system, which sometimes works and is available from Dell here.
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That model comes with the basic Intel HD 3000 integrated video and that limits resolution. 1024x 768 is the best you can do on this 8 yr old windows 7 - Vista model. There are no windows 10 drivers so you're stuck with MS generic drivers. This model is not on the approved list for windows 10. Your old n7010 might have had upgraded video. https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-17-n7010/drivers
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October 25th, 2019 07:00
If I had an upgraded video on my old n7010, would swapping out motherboards give me the video resolution I want?
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@Mary G where do you come up with these nonsense answers you keep providing to people who are looking for help rather than misdirection? The Inspiron N7110 has a widescreen display, and 1024x768 isn't a widescreen resolution, so it would make absolutely zero sense for that to be the maximum supported resolution. 1024x768 also isn't an HD resolution, so it wouldn't make sense for that to be the maximum resolution of an Intel HD 3000 GPU either. The HD 3000 GPU supports up to 2560x1600 resolution, in fact even the 16-year-old Dell Latitude D600 I had back in the Windows XP days supported up to 1920x1200! Also, the OP said he had an Inspiron N7110, not an N7010 as you mentioned in your answer -- although your answer still would have been wrong for that system.
@GrandpaDanthe issue is likely that the hard drive you transplanted doesn't have the correct drivers for the graphics card on the new motherboard, possibly because one motherboard had the optional NVIDIA GPU and the other didn't. If you haven't already, run Windows Update to see if it downloads any new drivers. While it's true that Dell doesn't supply Windows 10 drivers for that system on their own site, that does not necessarily mean that you're stuck with generic Microsoft drivers because the original component vendor (in this case Intel or NVIDIA) can and often does provide drivers for old hardware to Microsoft for distribution through Windows Update. I've successfully used Windows 10 on several newer systems without having to resort to generic display drivers this way because Windows Update provided drivers for the old Intel GPUs in that system. Sorry the first reply you received contained such horribly incorrect information. If your system has the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M GPU (which you should be able to check by going into the BIOS Setup and looking at the "System information" section, then you should be able to get true Windows 10 drivers directly from NVIDIA's website. If you have the Intel GPU and Windows Update doesn't come through for you, as a last resort you can try installing the Windows 8 graphics driver on your system, which sometimes works and is available from Dell here.