Mobility Radeon 9200 and overlay

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How do I get theater mode working with a Mobility Radeon 9200?
I don't have the Theater mode option in the overlay section of my display
settings (I've got a clone mode options button instead). I do have the
option on another laptop with a Mobility Radeon 9700.

I simply want to have the overlay displayed in fullscreen on the second
monitor and have my video played in fullscreen when I launch media player.

What am I supposed to do?

NB: please don't tell me theater mode is not supported on the 9200 :-(

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"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@snet.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> John wrote:
>
>> How do I get theater mode working with a Mobility Radeon 9200?
>> I don't have the Theater mode option in the overlay section of my display
>> settings (I've got a clone mode options button instead). I do have the
>> option on another laptop with a Mobility Radeon 9700.
>>
>> I simply want to have the overlay displayed in fullscreen on the second
>> monitor and have my video played in fullscreen when I launch media
>> player.
>>
>> What am I supposed to do?
>>
>> NB: please don't tell me theater mode is not supported on the 9200 :-(
>
> Try removing all the video drivers and installing the Omega drivers
> <http://www.omegadrivers.net>. Many laptops come with the video drivers
> deliberately crippled for some reason. Alternatively do a fresh OS
> install
> (not from a recovery disk but from a Microsoft distribution disk) and then
> install the Omega drivers.

Thanks John for the quick answer.
I was actually tempted to do that but fear that Omega drivers will be unable
to deal with my 1680x1050 screen resolution, which seems very specific to my
laptop LCD.