Re: Plug and Play detection of Monitor

Ken wrote:
On May 4, 10:25 am, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On May 4, 9:01 am, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Nvidia and ATI have the capability to set a custom
resolution. Powerstrip from Entechtaiwan ($) can do
that. Nvidia, in the classic control panel, has a
custom resolution dialog. With ATI, there can be a
list of resolutions you can get to show up in a
menu. So there are ways to try to deal with it.
Powerstrip is for cases where all else fails.
So try the monitor driver first, and select "install"
when right-clicked on the INF on the driver CD.
Paul
The monitor is a G900W with 1440 x 900 resolution. The BENQ site has
drivers which seem to be the same as those on the CD that came with
the monitor.
Right clicking the .inf file that is included with the driver and
selecting install does nothing apparent - perhaps it is installing the
driver but because plug and play is not detecting the monitor I cannot
see the driver.
I have downloaded the Monitor Asset Manager and will see what it
shows.
But the installation of your video card or display adaptor is essential
if you want to get it working. I'd really concentrate on that first.
If your video card cannot be set to 1440 x 900
there is nothing monitor related you can do to make it so
All I know is that the motherboard has a built in adapter using the
UniChrome graphics engine according to the Gigabyte website. There is
no adapter showing up in the hardware list.
If you know the exact model of your motherboard
you should ber able to go to the website and download the correct driver
for your on-board graphics...
once that;s installed, hopefully things will get better.

Just out of curiosity.
what does it show if you right click on the desktop
and look at properties ===> settings ?

Settings shows the display as Default Monitor and if I click on
Advanced then there is no Adapter tab and the Monitor tab gives a
Monitor type of Default Monitor and the Properties button is shown as
disabled (grayed out)

The chipset is KM400, and that is what drives the VGA connector
in the I/O area on the back of the motherboard. So far, I'm not
seeing encouraging things about KM400. But I also cannot find
a list of resolutions to go by. It could be that 1280x768 or some
other weird resolution, is as close as you're going to get.

There is an "openchrome" driver for Linux, and it claims to have
fixed dotclock values for the KM400 series. It is unclear if that
is an indication of fixed resolution choices or not.

It could take adding an AGP or PCI video card, to get better output
options. But first, you'll have to play with the driver you
got, and see what it offers.

If you run out of drivers to play with, try viaarena.com and
its download section.

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1160&SubCatID=102

(Click the icon to start the download, or use this URL)
http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/video/KN_KM400/KM400_16942416_XP_wIShld_logod.zip

Powerstrip won't work with the KM400.

Paul
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