Message Edited by audiopho on 02-17-2006 08:49 AM

I downloaded it and WinXP 64 is not allowing me to install it. Says it needs a driver designed for this OS. I also tried to install it the old fashion way, manually, and there is no Monitor hardware type, so that didn't work either. Hope they fix this sooner then later.

This is a real surprise...Mine had no problem installing. Make sure you have all the latest x64 pacthes

I do have the latest patches. I get 5 monitors installed as I am running two of these side by side. 3 Generic Monitors and 2 Plug and Play. Any hope of having a new driver for win 64 for these guys?

If not, what is the optimal Mhz to run these monitors at. Currently it is at 60Mhz.

Thanks.

60hz is fine @1680x1050. Rest assured you won't miss the driver

You can force the normal drivers to install. There is no *real* driver per se, its just some registry settings and a icm color profile that are used and both are independent of being 32bit ot 64bit.

All you need to do is modify the installation script to think its for a 64bit system. To do this just change the following lines in the file 2005FPW.inf from the first line to the second and you can install it.

Signature = "$Chicago$"
Signature = "$Windows NT$"

[SourceDisksNames]
[SourceDisksNames.amd64]

[SourceDisksFiles]
[SourceDisksFiles.amd64]

%DELL%=DELL
%DELL%=DELL,NTamd64


[2005FPW_Analog.Install]
[2005FPW_Analog.Install.NTamd64]

[2005FPW_Digital.Install]
[2005FPW_Digital.Install.NTamd64]

Enjoy!

The .inf file changes did not work either. Thanks for trying.

Look them over again, they do work. Here is a cut and paste of the inf file that I installed with.


;================================
;2005FPW.INF 09/15/04 Ver. 1.0 FRA
;Copyright 1996-2004 Dell Inc.
;
;This is a setupfile for 2005FPW
;
;================================
;
;------------------------------------------------
[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Class=Monitor
ClassGuid={4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Provider=%Dell%
CatalogFile=2005fpw.cat
DriverVer=09/15/2004, 1.0

[ControlFlags]
ExcludeFromSelect.nt=Monitor\DELE008
ExcludeFromSelect.nt=Monitor\DELE009

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir=11
2005FPW_Analog.CopyFiles=23
2005FPW_Digital.CopyFiles=23

[SourceDisksNames.amd64]
1=%DISK%,,,

[SourceDisksFiles.amd64]
2005FPW.icm=1

[Manufacturer]
%DELL%=DELL,NTamd64


[DELL.NTamd64]
%2005FPW_Analog%=2005FPW_Analog.Install,Monitor\DELE008
%2005FPW_Digital%=2005FPW_Digital.Install,Monitor\DELE009


[2005FPW_Analog.Install.NTamd64]
DelReg=DEL_CURRENT_REG
AddReg=2005FPW_Analog.AddReg, 1680, DPMS
CopyFiles=2005FPW_Analog.CopyFiles

[2005FPW_Digital.Install.NTamd64]
DelReg=DEL_CURRENT_REG
AddReg=2005FPW_Digital.AddReg, 1680, DPMS
CopyFiles=2005FPW_Digital.CopyFiles


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


[1680]
HKR,,MaxResolution,,"1680,1050"

[DPMS]
HKR,,DPMS,,1

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

[2005FPW_Analog.AddReg]
HKR,"MODES\1680,1050",Mode1,,"30.0-83.0,56.0-75.0,+,+"
HKR,,ICMProfile,0,"2005FPW.icm"

[2005FPW_Digital.AddReg]
HKR,"MODES\1680,1050",Mode1,,"30.0-83.0,56.0-75.0,+,+"
HKR,,ICMProfile,0,"2005FPW.icm"

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


[2005FPW_Analog.CopyFiles]
2005FPW.icm

[2005FPW_Digital.CopyFiles]
2005FPW.icm

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Strings]
DISK="Dell Inc. Monitor Installation Disk"
Dell="Dell Inc."
2005FPW_Analog="Dell 2005FPW (Analog)"
2005FPW_Digital="Dell 2005FPW (Digital)"

Message Edited by TomboAhi on 03-02-2006 05:10 PM

After you modify the inf file, go ahead update the driver telling it that you have disk, then browse to C:\Dell\Drivers\R86087 and select 2005FPW.inf

This worked, thanks!