[roned]

I am trying to install a 17" LCD Monitor with a no name LCD controller that has no plug and play capability. I have tried turning off hidden modes (works in 2000 Pro) and changing the monitor type to standard LCD 1280 by 1024. In the display information window it show 1280 by 1024 but it is displaying 640 by 480.

Anyone have a work around this feature of XP Pro? Oh, yes I have tried this on XP Home and it works up to 1024 by 768. Which is better then I get with XP Pro.


Thanks for any help I can get.

 

[dai]

check the manufacturers site for a driver for it,but if it is working in pro reinstall your video drivers

 

[roned]

check the manufacturers site for a driver for it,but if it is working in pro reinstall your video drivers

Thanks for the input.
Have tried this, however it appears that XP is setting the default monitor and not changing this. I install the driver for my monitor and select the resolution. It shows that it was installed and that the resolution is correct in display properties, however the monitor is still at 640 by 480 and is still locked into plug and play monitor (ie default monitor).

Is there any way to change the default monitor values to accept my settings.

Or anything else that will activate my monitor.

Thanks.

 

[dai]

uninstall the default monitor in the device manager and reboot

 

[Sarge]

Have you tried using a system information tool (I use Everest Pro Edition by Lavalys Inc.) to see what it has to say about your monitor? Doing this may give your the names of the manufacturers and their web sites, even if it's not branded on the monitor itself.
Or, you can lok on the back of the monitor for a FCC ID code (there may or may not be one, but it's worth a second look). The FCC ID code will allow you to look up (on the FCC web site) what company is associated with a given code.

You can try the Home Edition of Everest to see if it helps. Check http://www.lavalys.hu for more information or to download.

The FCC ID page is at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

 

[killakrust]

Um... if it's a resolution problem, it's most likley a video card driver issue. I know the monitor driver will limit the resoluton too, but that can be bypassed by going into 'display properties', 'settings', 'advanced', 'adapter' -> 'list all modes'.

Reinstall the video card drivers and reboot.