I've been trying to determine if this is the same as Vanta/Vanta LT. When I went to the Nvidia website and let their automated checker analyze this computer, it reported I had a Vanta/Vanta LT. The card itself says Nvidia Vanta-16. The reason I was trying to determine that is, I have another computer (Dell PENTIUM 4, old, yes I know) ) with another Dell monitor (E198FP) which has a card in it that uses a driver I got from somewhere which reads (in device manager-display-driver details) Radeon 7500. That monitor can get 1280 x 1024 resolution fine. The subject computer with the Dell 1905FP in use (an IBM PENTIUM 4, old, yes I know) reads Standard VGA Graphics Adapter in that same path.
But I don't think it's the driver. Why? Because when I push the menu button on the console of the 1905FP the bottom reads
1: Analog Input
Resolution 1024 x 768 60Hz
Optimum 1280 x 1024 60Hz
The other one (E198FP) hooked up to the Dell reads
Resolution 1280 x 1024 60Hz
So it seems to me that the monitor somehow needs to be reset to native, or optimum resolution. However I have no idea how to do that. Moreover, that may not even be correct.
All this may be probative information, and it may be just too much information. I'm thinking it might help you help me.
Monitor Reset * Disconnect every cable from the monitor (including the power cord) * Press and hold in the monitor power button for 15 seconds * Reconnect the power cord to the wall outlet, then to the bottom of the monitor * Reconnect it to the computer * Power on the monitor and retest
DELL-Chris M
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July 9th, 2014 09:00
What operating system and video card are installed in the computer?
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July 9th, 2014 17:00
Windows 7 and Nvidia Vanta-16.
I've been trying to determine if this is the same as Vanta/Vanta LT. When I went to the Nvidia website and let their automated checker analyze this computer, it reported I had a Vanta/Vanta LT. The card itself says Nvidia Vanta-16. The reason I was trying to determine that is, I have another computer (Dell PENTIUM 4, old, yes I know) ) with another Dell monitor (E198FP) which has a card in it that uses a driver I got from somewhere which reads (in device manager-display-driver details) Radeon 7500. That monitor can get 1280 x 1024 resolution fine. The subject computer with the Dell 1905FP in use (an IBM PENTIUM 4, old, yes I know) reads Standard VGA Graphics Adapter in that same path.
But I don't think it's the driver. Why? Because when I push the menu button on the console of the 1905FP the bottom reads
1: Analog Input
Resolution 1024 x 768 60Hz
Optimum 1280 x 1024 60Hz
The other one (E198FP) hooked up to the Dell reads
Resolution 1280 x 1024 60Hz
So it seems to me that the monitor somehow needs to be reset to native, or optimum resolution. However I have no idea how to do that. Moreover, that may not even be correct.
All this may be probative information, and it may be just too much information. I'm thinking it might help you help me.
Thanks for responding. Ethan.
DELL-Chris M
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July 10th, 2014 10:00
Monitor Reset
* Disconnect every cable from the monitor (including the power cord)
* Press and hold in the monitor power button for 15 seconds
* Reconnect the power cord to the wall outlet, then to the bottom of the monitor
* Reconnect it to the computer
* Power on the monitor and retest
If still no go. It may just be faulty.