Re: 1680x1050 with ATI 200M

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Check for the latest driver for that video card from ATI and
monitor driver for the monitor. (These drivers "talk" to
each other to enable different available resolutions.) If
they are already installed you will NOT be able to use the
desired resolution as the video driver would not support
that resolution. I had that issue when I went from a 1280 X
1024 monitor to a wide-screen monitor on my desktop. The
previous driver didn't go to that particular wide-screen
resolution but when I upgraded the driver the new resolution
was then available.

Not all drivers will run a video card at all resolutions.
To see what modes (resolutions) the video card is capable
of, right click a blank area of the desktop. Click
properties. Click Settings tab. Click Advanced button.
Click Monitor tab. Uncheck the button Hide modes..... then
click Apply. Click Adapter tab. Click List All Modes
button. Scroll the list to see if the resolution you want
shows. If not, the driver won't display the resolution.
(make sure you go back to Monitor tab and recheck the Hide
modes .... then click Apply again because if you don't you
may click a resolution that the monitor can't display and it
could cause your screen to go blank later.


"thewoland" <thewoland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
news:0713A2CC-93F4-4701-ACE8-BE112D5159BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi all,
I own a MSI S420 laptop computer with ATI 200M chipset
(X300 o/b).
Recently I've acquired a 22" monitor designed for
1680x1050 display
resolution.

I have a trouble setting it up working with my laptop as
an external monitor.
For some reason neither in XP nor Vista, the display setup
does not show the
correct resolution among the options available.
The GPU is capable of displaying much larger resolutions.
It allows me to
choose resolutions up to 2048x1536, but not the 1680x1050.



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