Windows 7: Intel® HD Graphics vs Samsung Syncmaster 2243nw: The Nightmare

The scenery:

Display Adapter: Intel® HD Graphics 15.17.12.2226
(8.15.10.2226) driver installed. (latest, dated October 2010)

Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2243nw



Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate

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This last week has been a nightmare... All because
I installed Windows 7 Ultimate and can't get the combination
of the aforementioned resources to work.
Everytime I combine the latest (or even the one before that one)
Intel® HD Graphics driver and the Samsung 2243nw, the screen goes
blank and I have to enter in safe mode to uninstall the graphics
adapter reboot again to find a Standard VGA Graphics Adapter and a
Generic PnP Monitor and a subsequent very poor resolution.
I've tried all the recipes you folks published in some of your threads (Pagina de Afaceri included and even a driver made by Zer0r) to no avail.

Any ideas?

Thanks a bunch.
Alexis

Sounds like the monitor might be connected to the computer with an adapter that's interfering with EDID data transmission or the monitor EDID information is either wrong in the monitor or being interpreted incorrectly by the Intel driver. Install this and see what capabilities the monitor is reporting EnTech Taiwan | Utilities | Monitor Asset Manager

Thank you very much for your reply.
This is the result:

Monitor
Model name............... SyncMaster
Windows description...... SyncMaster 2243NW/2243NWX
Manufacturer............. Samsung
Plug and Play ID......... SAM03C2
Serial number............ HMEQ100431
Manufacture date......... 2008, ISO week 3
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EDID revision............ 1.3
Input signal type........ Analog 0.700,0.300 (1.0V p-p)
Sync input support....... Separate, Composite, Sync-on-green
Display type............. RGB color
Screen size.............. 440 x 300 mm (21.0 in)
Power management......... Active off/sleep
Extension blocs.......... None
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DDC/CI................... n/a

Color characteristics
Default color space...... Non-sRGB
Display gamma............ 2.20
Red chromaticity......... Rx 0.646 - Ry 0.339
Green chromaticity....... Gx 0.290 - Gy 0.603
Blue chromaticity........ Bx 0.145 - By 0.070
White point (default).... Wx 0.313 - Wy 0.329
Additional descriptors... None

Timing characteristics
Horizontal scan range.... 30-81kHz
Vertical scan range...... 56-75Hz
Video bandwidth.......... 140MHz
CVT standard............. Not supported
GTF standard............. Not supported
Additional descriptors... None
Preferred timing......... Yes
Native/preferred timing.. 1680x1050p at 60Hz
Modeline............... "1680x1050" 119.000 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +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
1680 x 1050p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 1024p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 960p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1152 x 864p at 75Hz - VESA STD

Report information
Date generated........... 11/27/2010
Software revision........ 2.53.0.861
Data source.............. Registry-Active
Operating system......... 6.1.7600.2

Raw data
00,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,00,4C,2D,C2,03,32,32,59,4D,03,12,01,03,0E,2C,1E,78,2A,B5,01,A5,56,4A,9A,25,
12,50,54,BF,EF,80,B3,00,81,80,81,40,71,4F,01,01,01,01,01,01,01,01,7C,2E,90,A0,60,1A,1E,40,30,20,
36,00,CB,28,11,00,00,1A,00,00,00,FD,00,38,4B,1E,51,0E,00,0A,20,20,20,20,20,20,00,00,00,FC,00,53,
79,6E,63,4D,61,73,74,65,72,0A,20,20,00,00,00,FF,00,48,4D,45,51,31,30,30,34,33,31,0A,20,20,00,C7

Can you make anything out of this?

Thanks!
Alexis

Your report shows

Data source.............. Registry-Active

Were there any "Real-time" items in the Display IDs box in the upper left region of the Monitor Asset Management window or were the Registry values all you could get?

You can edit what you have using MonInfo, uncheck the preferred timings and Create INF. That will make a custom monitor driver file that will use only VESA standard resolutions that the Intel chip should handle. Just use device manager to install the driver. You'll have to manually select it because it's unsigned. If you need step by steps I can provide...