Should've said, machine came standard with Win Xp... I'm trialing Linux and it works just fine picking up the screen resolution perfectly. WinXP will have to stay, so would like to sort this... Regards
Well I hadn't installed the monitor driver you mentioned. I attempted to install from the CD supplied with the monitor, but it came up with a message saying it couldn't find a better driver and remained as 'default monitor'.
I tried installing both the drivers in your link, with no result (yes I did reboot, several times). I then tried deleting the three 'default monitors' and the two video adaptors from device manager. It then found new hardware and came up with a message saying the driver was not digitally signed. I accepted it regardless, and after quite a bit of faffing, I now have a system which less choice of resolutions, (a good thing) but still no 1680 * 1050 choice. Maximum I can get is 1400 * 1050.
There are two Q965 adaptors listed in device manager and three monitors, all seem to be OK. Not sure if I should be using the Analog or digital driver for the monitor - I assumed digital. I also have an HDMI to VGA adaptor cable with the monitor connected to VGA plug (no HDMI cable was supplied with the monitor or the computer).
Regards
Message Edited by AnimalMagic on 11-24-2007 04:05 AM
OK, got it working, though not by editing any files... I unpacked the Intel setup files, then did a manual install of the drivers in Device Manager and manually selected the driver from the unpacked directory path.
Pretty annoying though, and a waste of time. Most people are not going to go through the trouble or be able to figure that out. Dell really ought to support the updated drivers, or at least allow customers to install a display driver even if it's not yet officially supported.
run setup
restart computer
change resolution to 1680 * 1050
I wholeheartedly agree that Dell should provide a proper setup etc and I am very disappointed at the response from this forum - I got this advice from elsewhere.
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You state, Linux detects the correct resolution perfectly!, so what operating system does not?
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AnimalMagic,
So for XP, you loaded both of these, correct?
Intel Q963\Q965\G965
2007WFP
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November 24th, 2007 08:00
Well I hadn't installed the monitor driver you mentioned. I attempted to install from the CD supplied with the monitor, but it came up with a message saying it couldn't find a better driver and remained as 'default monitor'.
I tried installing both the drivers in your link, with no result (yes I did reboot, several times). I then tried deleting the three 'default monitors' and the two video adaptors from device manager. It then found new hardware and came up with a message saying the driver was not digitally signed. I accepted it regardless, and after quite a bit of faffing, I now have a system which less choice of resolutions, (a good thing) but still no 1680 * 1050 choice. Maximum I can get is 1400 * 1050.
There are two Q965 adaptors listed in device manager and three monitors, all seem to be OK. Not sure if I should be using the Analog or digital driver for the monitor - I assumed digital. I also have an HDMI to VGA adaptor cable with the monitor connected to VGA plug (no HDMI cable was supplied with the monitor or the computer).
Regards
Message Edited by AnimalMagic on 11-24-2007 04:05 AM
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January 2nd, 2008 17:00
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January 2nd, 2008 18:00
Regards
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January 2nd, 2008 19:00
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January 3rd, 2008 04:00
Edit igxp32.inf
change
HKR,, TotalDTDCount, %REG_DWORD%, 0
to
HKR,, TotalDTDCount, %REG_DWORD%, 5
and
HKR,, DTD_5,%REG_BINARY%, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
to
HKR,, DTD_5,%REG_BINARY%, 79, 39, 90, 40, 62, 1A, 25, 40, 68, B8, 3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 1C, 37, 01
run setup
restart computer
change resolution to 1680 * 1050
I wholeheartedly agree that Dell should provide a proper setup etc and I am very disappointed at the response from this forum - I got this advice from elsewhere.