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W7 Misidentify Native Resolution
(If this has already been solved, please send me a link. Thanks!)
Okay, I've seen this problem discussed all over the Web in various forms.
My problem is that W7 is incorrectly identifying the native resolution of my 22" wide screen, 16:10 monitor.
I have a NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and a Sceptre X22WG-1080p 16:10 LCD with a high resolution of 1680 x 1050. It was running perfectly on Vista 64-bit. I upgraded to 64-bit W7, and W7 insists my native resolution is 1920 x 1080. I am using a DVI to DVI cable, the same I used with Vista. When I set the resolution to 1680 x 1050, which I can do through W7 settings, the screen shrinks and is bordered by black bars on either side.
I have the most up-to-date drivers from NVIDIA ( 191.07_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_english_whql ), however this does not correct the problem. I've also used the NVIDIA control panel to change the resolution to 1680 x 1050, but I get the small screen with black bars on the sides.
I've manually installed the older Vista NVIDIA drivers, but this does not fix it either. I also tried uninstalling the monitor to see if W7 would find it and properly identify it.
Over on the the NVIDIA forums (which are down at the moment) they may have found a patch. You have to modify the .inf file in the driver setup files.
In order to do so, you have to write in the four hex numbers of your monitor EDID. I have my EDID information, but I'm not sure how to fid the hex numbers. Here's the info. Any help would be appreciated.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!Color bit depth.......... Undefined
Display type............. RGB color
Screen size.............. 470 x 300 mm (22.0 in)
Power management......... Active off/sleep
Extension blocs.......... None
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DDC/CI................... Not supported
Color characteristics
Default color space...... Non-sRGB
Display gamma............ 2.20
Red chromaticity......... Rx 0.639 - Ry 0.326
Green chromaticity....... Gx 0.289 - Gy 0.598
Blue chromaticity........ Bx 0.147 - By 0.060
White point (default).... Wx 0.279 - Wy 0.289
Additional descriptors... None
Timing characteristics
Horizontal scan range.... 15-94kHz
Vertical scan range...... 24-77Hz
Video bandwidth.......... 170MHz
CVT standard............. Not supported
GTF standard............. Supported
Additional descriptors... None
Preferred timing......... Yes
Native/preferred timing.. 1920x1080p at 61Hz (16:10)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148.500 1920 2008 2096 2180 1080 1083 1089 1115 -hsync +vsync
Standard timings supported
720 x 400p at 70Hz - IBM VGA
640 x 480p at 60Hz - IBM VGA
640 x 480p at 67Hz - Apple Mac II
640 x 480p at 72Hz - VESA
640 x 480p at 75Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 56Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 60Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 72Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 75Hz - VESA
832 x 624p at 75Hz - Apple Mac II
1024 x 768p at 60Hz - VESA
1024 x 768p at 70Hz - VESA
1024 x 768p at 75Hz - VESA
1280 x 1024p at 75Hz - VESA
1152 x 870p at 75Hz - Apple Mac II
1152 x 864p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 720p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 800p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 960p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 1024p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1360 x 765p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1440 x 900p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1680 x 1050p at 60Hz - VESA STD
Report information
Date generated........... 10/30/2009
Software revision........ 2.41.0.818
Operating system......... 6.1.7600.2
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EDIT: Oh, but I should also say that I'm concerned that Monitor Asset manager says my native res is 1920x1080 as well. My 22" Sceptre definitely has a native of 1680x1050. What's going on here?