Display resolution rarely saves

bananaman21 · 07-12-2009, 11:29 PM

Hi, I am baffled at this problem I recently encountered.

I am running vista 64bit .sigh. on an acer aspire 8930G. I have a Nvidia GeForce 9600m GT installed. Lately I have come across a persistent problem that has been driving me nuts. I always have my Display Resolution maxed out at * 1680 by 945 pixels *. Now for the past couple weeks my display resolution has been resetting itself to 1280 by 720 pixels. I believe the culprit could be Valve's steam (Counter Strike: source). I am running the resolution maxed out on the games display but it may be at different dimensions. Although, even if I did not run the game, my resolution would still reset.

Before it is said. I know my computer is capable of running this resolution because sometimes it would boot up in the correct resolution then the next time it may not. It's like the lottery.

So i tried updating my drivers and they appear to be up to date.

Can anyone help a poor guy who is sick of setting his resolution almost every time he boots up his laptop :(.

bananaman21 · 07-13-2009, 10:25 AM

bump

Any help please??? It just reset again to 1152 by 864 this time when I started up.

bananaman21 · 07-14-2009, 06:09 PM

bumppp Please :(

**grimx133** · 07-14-2009, 10:02 PM

See if this thread at vistax64 is any help, post #13 sounds promising.
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-hardwa...startup-2.html

bananaman21 · 07-14-2009, 11:31 PM

Thanks for the help but unfortunately under boot my base video is unchecked leaving that solution invalid :(. I currently just booted up my laptop and the resolution saved. Who knows if it will save the next time i boot it up :/.

.sigh.

bump for any other possible solutions

bananaman21 · 07-16-2009, 06:43 PM

Problem Solved.

Thanks for all the tips though.

07-12-2009, 11:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
bananaman21 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: illinois Posts: 23 OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3	Display resolution rarely saves Hi, I am baffled at this problem I recently encountered. I am running vista 64bit .sigh. on an acer aspire 8930G. I have a Nvidia GeForce 9600m GT installed. Lately I have come across a persistent problem that has been driving me nuts. I always have my Display Resolution maxed out at * 1680 by 945 pixels *. Now for the past couple weeks my display resolution has been resetting itself to 1280 by 720 pixels. I believe the culprit could be Valve's steam (Counter Strike: source). I am running the resolution maxed out on the games display but it may be at different dimensions. Although, even if I did not run the game, my resolution would still reset. Before it is said. I know my computer is capable of running this resolution because sometimes it would boot up in the correct resolution then the next time it may not. It's like the lottery. So i tried updating my drivers and they appear to be up to date. Can anyone help a poor guy who is sick of setting his resolution almost every time he boots up his laptop :(. __________________ Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.19Ghz 1.50 GB of Ram 372 GB hardrive hd 3850 ice ati in agp slot, windows xp sp3

07-13-2009, 10:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
bananaman21 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: illinois Posts: 23 OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3	Re: Display resolution rarely saves bump Any help please??? It just reset again to 1152 by 864 this time when I started up. __________________ Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.19Ghz 1.50 GB of Ram 372 GB hardrive hd 3850 ice ati in agp slot, windows xp sp3

07-14-2009, 06:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
bananaman21 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: illinois Posts: 23 OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3	Re: Display resolution rarely saves bumppp Please :( __________________ Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.19Ghz 1.50 GB of Ram 372 GB hardrive hd 3850 ice ati in agp slot, windows xp sp3

07-14-2009, 10:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,144 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Display resolution rarely saves See if this thread at vistax64 is any help, post #13 sounds promising. http://www.vistax64.com/vista-hardwa...startup-2.html __________________

07-14-2009, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
bananaman21 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: illinois Posts: 23 OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3	Re: Display resolution rarely saves Thanks for the help but unfortunately under boot my base video is unchecked leaving that solution invalid :(. I currently just booted up my laptop and the resolution saved. Who knows if it will save the next time i boot it up :/. .sigh. bump for any other possible solutions __________________ Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.19Ghz 1.50 GB of Ram 372 GB hardrive hd 3850 ice ati in agp slot, windows xp sp3

07-16-2009, 06:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
bananaman21 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: illinois Posts: 23 OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3	Re: Display resolution rarely saves Problem Solved. Thanks for all the tips though. __________________ Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.19Ghz 1.50 GB of Ram 372 GB hardrive hd 3850 ice ati in agp slot, windows xp sp3