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September 19th, 2006 19:00

Monitor Drivers

What do monitor drivers do?
 
I have DELL 2001FP and DELL 2007FP monitors.  What do the drivers for these do?
 
Here is the Read Me file / monitor driver installation instructions for the 2007FP monitor (see Readme.txt & 2007FP.INF below).
 
It seems to work fine without installing the driver, so why would I install this driver and what benefits would it provide?
Sure wish DELL would give some explinations and feature descriptions with their stuff, beyond 'this is a monitor driver'.
 
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Dell® Inspiron® 8600
Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology

Pentium® M Processor,1.4 GHz
15.4 in WUXGA (Wide Aspect UltraSharp® Display)
128 MB nVidia® GeForce® FX Go 5650 4X AGP Graphics
512 MB,DDR,333MHz
40 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (replaced with 60 GB 7200 RPM)
2x CD/DVD Burner (DVD+RW/+R)
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2100 WLAN
Dell® TrueMobile® 300 Bluetooth
 
 
Readme.txt

Introduction

This 2007FP.INF file is a digitally signed driver that supports the
following Dell monitor in Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP and x64 operating systems:

Dell 2007FP

Installation

Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP and x64 Operating System

To manually install or update the driver, perform the following
steps:

1. Click Start-> Control Panel-> and then double-click Display icon.
2. In the Display Properties window, click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced.
3. Click the Monitor tab, and then click Properties -> Driver tab -> Update Driver.
4. When the Hardware Update Wizard dialog box appears, choose install from a list or specific location" and then click NEXT.
5. Check the "Include this location in the search" box.
6. Type the path to the location where the driver
  files were extracted (most likely "C:\Dell\Drivers\R113371") or use the browse button to select the location.
7. Click Next -> Finish to complete the installation.

 

2007FP.INF

;================================
;2007FP.INF 03/24/05 Ver. 1.0 PCC
;Copyright 1996-2005 Dell Inc.
;
;This is a setupfile for 2007FP
;
;================================
;
;------------------------------------------------
[Version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"
Class=Monitor
ClassGuid={4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%Dell%
CatalogFile=2007FP.cat
DriverVer=10/14/2005, 1.0 

;-------------------------------------------------
[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect.nt=Monitor\DELA020
ExcludeFromSelect.nt=Monitor\DELA021

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=11
2007FP_Analog.CopyFiles=23
2007FP_Digital.CopyFiles=23

[SourceDisksNames]
1=%DISK%,,,

[SourceDisksFiles]
2007FP.icm=1


; Manufacturers
;-------------------------------------------------
[Manufacturer]
%DELL%=DELL,NTAMD64

; Manufacturer sections
;-------------------------------------------------
 [DELL]
%2007FP_Analog%=2007FP_Analog.Install, Monitor\DELA020
%2007FP_Digital%=2007FP_Digital.Install, Monitor\DELA021

;-------------------------------------------------
 [DELL.NTAMD64]
%2007FP_Analog%=2007FP_Analog.Install, Monitor\DELA020
%2007FP_Digital%=2007FP_Digital.Install, Monitor\DELA021


; Install Sections
;-------------------------------------------------

[2007FP_Analog.Install]
DelReg=DEL_CURRENT_REG   
AddReg=2007FP_Analog.AddReg, 1600, DPMS
CopyFiles=2007FP_Analog.CopyFiles

[2007FP_Digital.Install]
DelReg=DEL_CURRENT_REG   
AddReg=2007FP_Digital.AddReg, 1600, DPMS
CopyFiles=2007FP_Digital.CopyFiles

         
; AddReg & DelReg sections
;-------------------------------------------------

[DEL_CURRENT_REG]
HKR,MODES
HKR,,MaxResolution
HKR,,DPMS
HKR,,ICMProfile

 

[1600]
HKR,,MaxResolution,,"1600,1200"

[DPMS]
HKR,,DPMS,,1

; AddReg sections
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[2007FP_Analog.AddReg]
HKR,"MODES\1600,1200",Mode1,,"30.0-83.0,56.0-76.0,+,+"
HKR,,ICMProfile,0,"2007FP.icm"

[2007FP_Digital.AddReg]
HKR,"MODES\1600,1200",Mode1,,"30.0-83.0,56.0-76.0,+,+"
HKR,,ICMProfile,0,"2007FP.icm"

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[2007FP_Analog.CopyFiles]
2007FP.icm

[2007FP_Digital.CopyFiles]
2007FP.icm

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Strings]
DISK="Dell Inc. Monitor Installation Disk"
Dell="Dell Inc." 
2007FP_Analog="Dell 2007FP (Analog)"
2007FP_Digital="Dell 2007FP (Digital)"

 

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September 19th, 2006 21:00

Hi,
The inf file adds information about the monitor's capabilities, including its ICC color profile, to the registry. This can be accessed by the graphics driver. However the disply information (Extended Display Identification Data - EDID) can be accessed from the monitor itself via the DDC (Display Data Channel). No harm in installing the inf though.
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