I just got a Del W/S 19" monitor with a native resolution of 1440x900. I am running an ATI Radeon X300 graphics card on XP Home.
I go into the XP display settings in the control panel and there is an option for that resolution. But when I select it the screen goes all blocky and strange, then after a few seconds it reverts to the previous resolution.
I've been on the ATI site where in the list of resolutions it supports there is no 1440x900. I've also been to the Dell website where I've found this information:
There is a 'Click here to enter the Drivers and Downloads page' link a little further down the screen, but there aren't actually any search results.The video cards listed below do not support a resolution of 1440 by 900 pixels on Dell™ desktop computers with factory-installed drivers. These systems were shipped prior to the availability of monitors supporting 1440 x 900 resolution.
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
ATI Radeon 1950XTX
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2
So I was wondering am I am on the right track, assuming that one of the graphics card drivers needs to be updated (if it CAN be updated), or is this a different problem?
Any help appreciated.
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Did you try the latest Radeon Graphics drivers? They should work. That would be pretty strange if they didn't.
Download Driver Magician Lite to backup your drivers before you try the new video drivers
http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm
Here's the latest Radeon
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Yeah, I just reinstalled XP, so the display driver is bang up-to-date.
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No I mean I actually downloaded the drivers from the ATI site.
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There's got to be a solution for that. It just seems so...silly that the resolution isn't supported. Then again, nothing is surprising when it comes to video drivers.
These Omega drivers are reported to support 1440x900
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also try powerstrip to force that resolution.. works most of the time.. google it
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DNA drivers supporting X300 , http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1119
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I run a ATI 300 pci-express video card on a VIEWSONIC 19in widescreen with the latest drivers from ATI. It works fine with the 1440x900 resolution. So which ATI 300 video card do you have? Is it a AGP, PCI or PCI-EXPRESS? Or do you have another model video card in your pc?
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Thanks for all the help guys, but this was the problem:
Originally Posted by jagabo
Cheers jagabo!Show me a bored kid, I'll show you a lazy kid
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