E228WFP 1680X1050 RES PROBLEMS

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Hi,   I purchased this widescreen monitor a few days ago only to find out my nvidia graphics card will not support 1680x1050. I have purchased a replacement card (geforce 7600gt) which according to nvidias site supports XHD monitors (extreme high def as they call it). I have installed the latest drivers for the card but this res is not available in the settings.   I have tried to update the monitor in device manager but it does not see that i have a specific monitor attached only a standard device with a driver from 2001 which will not update, there appears to be no drivers available on dells website except a downloadable zip which has no drivers in it.   help   Marceles

Pogs · Answer

That is interesting, Maybe a Dell support tech can help you, but for now, you could try this: Right click desktop, click properties(you should be in Settings), click Advanced/ click on the tab Geforce etc... or Mine says (Geforce 5500fx. Has the nvidia logo next to it) This is the installed nvidia software. You should see a section called (screen resolutions and refresh rates, or something similar) Go there. There is tab that says (hide modes that the monitor does not support) click the box provided it is currently checked. Be careful not to go above the 1680x1050 if you are unsure if the monitor can handle a higher res. I think 24 inch can handle 1900 or some such. But I messed up once and tried the 1920 x 1200 on a 22 inch that was (claimed) to support 1080i. Bad idea, screen went completely messed up and I had to re-hook up the crt to get a picture back, to set the resolution back:D. Anyway good luck.

marceles · Answer

Thanks for your help but ive tried this and there is no option for 1680 anywhere, nvidia support are currently in touch and i have reinstalled there drivers a few times. there are 2 newer versions of bios available i was wondering if this should be considered??   Help

Pogs · Answer

Yeah, my experience with Dell monitors is 0, I have never had one, so I really don't know anything about the monitor software or how the monitor 'should' be on first boot up 'default resolution'. Still thinking of getting the 2007wfp I just noticed this recent info by Chris though: 2007FP, 2007WFP VGA 480p, 576p, 720p DVI 480p, 576p, 720p CPS 480i NTSC, 576i PAL S-Vid 480i NTSC, 576i PAL This brings me to think that it is up to you to manualy create a custom resolution in which case if you create a 1680x1050, then things should theoretically work because 20 inch pva and ips panels are capable of just that. But no more than that. Also 'make sure' to try this first with the vga cable, not the dvi, since the monitor may not support 1680x1050 on this monitor. It may be worth a shot, if you have troubles and the screen goes into a messy state that is unreadable, and you are unable to switch back to the previous resolution, then just plug in a crt and then refix the previous settings. Oh and to do this, go to the nvidia section in advanced settings like I showed you before in the 'screen resolution' section. Choose to (ADD) a custom resolution. This option at the bottom of that window (at least for my window). Make SURE to choose 60 Hertz for refresh rate and no more. That is the max it can do at those settings (1680x1050). Good luck on that. Few extra remarks: You may want to try this with DVI after trying VGA. May work with one and not the other, ( I would have thought the DVI setting [720p)would still allow the monitor to do a 1680x1050 provided you have a graphics card that can handle it. Not sure on that though since I hear the max for 720p is like 1280x1024. The 720p 1080p thing confuses me. Because I tried an HP 22 inch once, they said it would do 1080p. However my computer would not run 1080p, so the mode was in 720 with the DVI in use. I had a resolution with that DVI maxed at 1600x1000 or something like that. From what I understood, the thing holding me back from the native 1680x1050 was my graphics card, not my monitor or the software. So simply this means that I was running 1600x1000 on a 720p DVI connection. So.. would be nice if someone who truly understood how it works would explain it. But I really don't think many really understand it, they just think they do hehe. Anyway good luck:)

marceles · Answer

:smileyindifferent:Thanks for your help pogs, ive sorted it out yesterday and i beleive i have made a schoolboy error but am suprised the 'fix' is not  documented in the installation procedure.   My original set up was a geforce 6200 turbo cache & 2 17' vga flatscreens connected by running one from the vga out and the other ftom the DVI out through a DVI/VGA adaptor. After buying the monitor and finding out the 6200 did not support the res i upgraded to the 7600GT which has 2 DVI outs, as it is a big job to replace the 10m of monitor cable i decided to run the vga cable until i had time to route in a DVI. Connected the cable to the card via the adaptor and connected to the monitor via the vga port. 1680x1050 is not supported via vga as i found out when i decided to just 'rule out the cable' by connecting the supplied DVI cable. A little note somewhere to mention what resolutions are available on different connection means might be nice.:smileyindifferent:

gpro · Answer

marceles,
The FX5200 supports 1680x1050 over VGA and DVI (I have used two of them at this res), so I don't see why later cards would not. I suggest you do a clean driver uninstall, and install the latest nVidia drivers.

Driver Ceaner Pro v1.5 (free version)

Then uninstall all monitor entries in Device Manager and install the Dell monitor driver. Follow these instructions.

You should not have to use a custom resolution but if all else fails that may work. Good luck.

pogs,
ChrisM's post referred to supported TV resolutions only.
BTW I have a 2007WFP S-IPS - it is a brilliant monitor.

Message Edited by gpro on 05-13-2007 02:23 PM

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