Cannot get high resolutions

[NurseMSIC]

This is some advice, not a request. Until about an hour ago i was looking for a post like this, so maybe it'll help someone some day....

The situation: New machine, ordered the parts individually that i am building for my friend, and have put all together and installed an OS (win 2k).
The system is Athlon XP 2000+, Abit KD7 (Via KT400 chipset), 256 MB PC333, Western Dig 80 Gig SE, ASUS V9180 Graphics (only an Nvidia 440 as he doesnt play games).
Have also installed graphics drivers as prompted.
I can only select 640 x 480, and 840 x 480 (or similar). Seems strange, so i try new Nvidia drivers. No joy. I re-install, no joy, followed by plowing through the BIOS to change all settings, and finally trying to find new BIOS' for both motherboard and graphics card online.
Ultimately, nothing was any good.

The solution? Under advanced driver settings (through windows) /monitor/properties there is a box with 'hide modes this cannot display' ticked. I unticked it and voila, all was suddenly revealed.

It was wrong for this thing to have been how it was, but was so easy to fix when you know how.

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[Flyboy]

I wouldn't be so sure that "It was wrong for this thing to have been how it was..." because that "hide modes this adapter can't display" is there for a good reason. If you have a monitor that only supports 640x480, and yet your run it at 1024x768 you could fry your monitor. Monitors are designed to run at certain resolutions and frequencies. I know a guy from school who blew his monitor up by doing this...

What kind of monitor is it anyway?

 

[NurseMSIC]

Oh i agree, i dont think the box should be destroyed forever. I just meant it shouldnt have hidden modes that actually ARE available - THAT was wrong.

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[Flyboy]

So the monitor does support higher resolutions but these aren't being displayed as available? If this is the case, then your right that's messed up.

See ya'!

 

[Ghostdog]

Just because you can get the card to run at a resoulution doesn´t mean the monitor is supposed to display it. Hence the little box. If the monitor manual says it doesn´t support fx. 1200x1600, then you will void the warranty if you ignore it

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