Unrecognized Native Screen Resolution

Seres

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May 21, 2014
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Hi everyone,

I just finished building my PC last week and everything's been great except for this one problem that I can't seem to get fixed no matter how many customer support people I've talked to (on the ASUS or NVIDIA websites, or even my local computer shop). So I'm putting my last bit of hope on this pretty knowledgeable forum, hopefully one of you can figure out the source of the problem or the solution!

Problem: (Bolded for TL;DR)

I have an Acer AL1916W Monitor that has a native resolution of 1440x900. It connects through a VGA cable, so I use an adapter to connect it to my DVI-A slot on my ASUS Gtx 770. However, for some reason, the monitor starts off with an incorrect resolution of 1280x1024, and when I try to switch it by going into Screen Resolution, the 1440x900 option isn't there. After talking to Nvidia support, they suggested (and I believe this to be true) that my monitor's EDID isn't being transmitted or accepted for some reason.

So now I've altered the screen resolution by going to the NVIDIA Control Panel and adding the custom resolution of 1440x900 myself. I wish that would have solved my problem, but now all fonts on my screen are blurry. Fonts don't have their proper clarity or sharpness. I have tried ClearType text, but that didn't fix it at all.


I have heard that some graphics cards cannot support some older resolutions such as 1440x900, but my brother happens to have the same exact GPU and I tried out the monitor on his PC and it worked perfectly fine. This also tells me that it's not the adapter's fault because I used the same VGA to DVI-A adapter.

Thanks in advance for any help, and I appreciate you reading all of this!
 
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Hi I'm just updating this with my solution or how I got it fixed in case anyone ever runs into a similar situation:

"my brother happens to have the same exact GPU and I tried out the monitor on his PC and it worked perfectly fine. This also tells me that it's not the adapter's fault because I used the same VGA to DVI-A adapter."

Turns out apparently, somehow (I still don't understand how this can be to be honest) the adapter wasn't of good enough quality and for some reason wouldn't work on every single computer.

I simply replaced the adapter with a better quality one, and my screen resolution was restored. Shame that it was such an easy solution because I wasted so much time looking for a more complex answer because I had already...

Seres

Reputable
May 21, 2014
8
0
4,520
Hi I'm just updating this with my solution or how I got it fixed in case anyone ever runs into a similar situation:

"my brother happens to have the same exact GPU and I tried out the monitor on his PC and it worked perfectly fine. This also tells me that it's not the adapter's fault because I used the same VGA to DVI-A adapter."

Turns out apparently, somehow (I still don't understand how this can be to be honest) the adapter wasn't of good enough quality and for some reason wouldn't work on every single computer.

I simply replaced the adapter with a better quality one, and my screen resolution was restored. Shame that it was such an easy solution because I wasted so much time looking for a more complex answer because I had already put it past me that it WASN'T the adapter. So basically the lesson learned here is to not put it past you that it can be the simplest thing and to try different adapters + look for the best quality ones.
 
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