Resolution Problems[MOVED]

Wickitoria · 06-30-2009, 04:45 PM

Recently my Phillips 190C7 monitor went on the fritz, so I hooked up an old monitor then my flat panel, wide screen TV to use while it was getting fixed,
I had some trouble getting the display to stay at the resolution I wanted, but all in all it worked ok except it kept reverting to 1280x1024.
Somehow in switching from the old monitor to the TV the resolution problem started.

It turned out my monitor could not be fixed so they replaced it with a Phillips 190CW. I installed the new drivers but the display still kept reverting to 1280 x 1024. I cannot change anything in display manager it just stays at that setting I can only change it in Catalyst Control Center, but it doesn't stick.

So I have uninstalled the display drivers and did a registry cleanup. Then tried to change the resolution using the default AGP drivers and I still cannot change the resolution.

I reinstalled the latest drivers and the problem still exists.

I cannot change the settings at all in windows display manager, only in catalyst control center and every time a play a game, use anything with 3D or I restart it reverts back to the lowest resolution.

I have tried everything I can think of....HELP!

**lorjack** · 06-30-2009, 06:14 PM

What video card do you have? It may not support that resolution.

Wickitoria · 07-01-2009, 03:10 PM

Yes it does support that resolution, thats not the problem, any resolution I choose it reverts back to the lowest. I have a Radeon 9600 series with 512 mb memory, with the latest drivers.
Am going to disable it and try the onboard video which has been disabled in the Bios to see if the problem persists, then will know if its the card or not.

**lorjack** · 07-01-2009, 03:54 PM

sounds like a good idea

06-30-2009, 04:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Wickitoria Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2 OS: XP home	Resolution Problems[MOVED] Recently my Phillips 190C7 monitor went on the fritz, so I hooked up an old monitor then my flat panel, wide screen TV to use while it was getting fixed, I had some trouble getting the display to stay at the resolution I wanted, but all in all it worked ok except it kept reverting to 1280x1024. Somehow in switching from the old monitor to the TV the resolution problem started. It turned out my monitor could not be fixed so they replaced it with a Phillips 190CW. I installed the new drivers but the display still kept reverting to 1280 x 1024. I cannot change anything in display manager it just stays at that setting I can only change it in Catalyst Control Center, but it doesn't stick. So I have uninstalled the display drivers and did a registry cleanup. Then tried to change the resolution using the default AGP drivers and I still cannot change the resolution. I reinstalled the latest drivers and the problem still exists. I cannot change the settings at all in windows display manager, only in catalyst control center and every time a play a game, use anything with 3D or I restart it reverts back to the lowest resolution. I have tried everything I can think of....HELP!

06-30-2009, 06:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Resolution Problems What video card do you have? It may not support that resolution. __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...

07-01-2009, 03:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wickitoria Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2 OS: XP home	Re: Resolution Problems Yes it does support that resolution, thats not the problem, any resolution I choose it reverts back to the lowest. I have a Radeon 9600 series with 512 mb memory, with the latest drivers. Am going to disable it and try the onboard video which has been disabled in the Bios to see if the problem persists, then will know if its the card or not.

07-01-2009, 03:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,205 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Resolution Problems sounds like a good idea __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...