Force DVI/HDMI resolutions and refresh rates

It worked!

Nice job! Good work! I don't know why MS didn't provide a tool for this. It is a big problem.

I looked around for the INF for my NEC Multiync 4FGe but could not find it.
The standard non PNP driver only allows 60hz at 1024x768.

With this technique I am at 75 hz at 1024x768. Much smoother screen; less headache.

BTW, I like this monitor. 15 inches is plenty. I don't think those LCDs really work
that well. They still struggle with colors. She is almost 15 years old and still
working well.

Hello
I read the thread and tried whatever I could manage to but I still can't solve my problem.
I have a samsung 1100mb as my secondary display.
It used to run at 85hz.
But since I was having problems with the hd-5850 card I updated it's drivers.
Since the driver update, the screen is stuck at 60hz, which is really annoying.
When i unplug the first screen, it shows at non plug and play screen and I can't get any information from EDID.
I will rollback to the before driver update as the original problem was flickering screen, it's definitely better than 60hz

I found the .inf file from the driver downloads for the screen but even after I install it as drivers, windows 7 doesn't really give a damn to the modifications I did to it.
Can anyone help?
Thanks

Edit:
Well I'm not sure how it happened but, I think I accidently installed the lcd's drivers to the crt, which worked out just fine..

Killer344 said:

Ok, I give up, I need a hand here , I tried like 10 times with bobdynlan's guide but I still couldn't get my dell 2209wa (I'm on a HD 4770 crossfire) to work at 75hz 1680x1050 (it goes out of sync)

Using this timings on powerstrip with xp sp3, it works..



The problem is that I can't get powerstrip to work on win7..

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Having similar problems with a ATI 5850 and trying to get my Dell 2209wa to work at 75 hertz. I attempted to follow the original guide, and advanced guide and got out of range errors. I previously was able to use 1680x1050 on a nvidia card with a custom resolution, no dice on my current card. Powerstrip does not support the 5xxx series, and may never support it. Anyone else have luck with adding 75 hertz support to the 2209wa?

Mega said:

Okay, so I'm lazy. Anyone already created a file for a Mitsubishi DiamondPro 2070SB? I gotta get my QuakeLive running at 1024x768 @ 120Hz.

You would think with 120 and even 240Hz displays becoming commonplace for TVs that Microsoft would add some support for high refreshes.

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Its not lazy to ask that, especially with it being a pain to do the whole trial and error process. If anyone gets 75 hertz support on the 2209wa added, please post it.

Hello

I'm having also this problem of refresh rate.

I have a ATI 5850 with Viewsonic G90b (G90f+) monitor attached to it on windwos 7 - 32-bit.
The monitor is detected as generic non pnp.
I cannot read the EDID with Phoenix nor soft MCCS, it says EDID not found & DDC/Ci not supported.
I've got an *.inf file from the manufacturer for Windows XP, but windows 7 doesn't want to update to that inf because it's old.
How can i get the EDID for my setup?
Edit: i installed the inf file from manufacturer, but this is a no-go.

Thanks a lot!

Edit2: I changed the inf file, as Baarod says.
I have 85 Hz now.
I noticed , in the ATI catalyst drivers 9.11 (latest) that can can shutoff EDID under monitor tab.
Gonna try now if it got there from the inf file , or if it is standard in the driver.

help

Hello, i've got a LG Studioworks 900B crt monitor. I pretty much need someone to hold my hand trying to get 100hz since i'm reading somehwhere here that this guide does not work for crt but i would not like to remove any pins (unless you swear you'r sure which one it is i should remove, providing a picture ) since the cable is connected to the screen permanently. some info:
First of all i'm 100% this screen can handle 100hz easy (worked on xp/vista)
Secondly, i don't think this screen has any drivers, and it's detected as generic bla bla
Thirdly i'm using ATi drivers, and my w7 version is home premium 64bit.
and lastly after a quick google image session i' 99% i have a VGA connector
I would like that when i run cs (i play @ 640x480) it would go to 100hz, it automaticly goes to fullscreen and 640x480 resolution when you start it. Whenever i'm in desktop i would like to have 1280x1024@85hz (which i'm getting now).
Tell me if you need to know more. I'd like to know where i should start. In case you tell me to use the original guide, i'm assuming his saying you should click on the "new" tab at first, and then read only\ modify (which is the deafult tab after clicking new). But i have no idia what to fill on any of the values. Please don't tell me that i should just read the thread i got lost quite quickly

Can read your EDID? (With program Phoenix)
What drivers do you have of ati? Latest 9.11?
Do you have .inf file of your screen?

I FKN LOVE YOU GUYS FOR THIS FIX!!! >_<, i had to code my own driver, from my outdated one found here: http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44705-modifying-monitor-drivers-help.html#post425451

after that i came here to my plan B which now that i think about it, shoulda been my plan A, cause this is incredible i love you guys!! MUCH LOVE!!

This also fixed my problem with my HDMI tv not being read and now its read!!! i can watch my 1080 p movies now

Luwie, if you mean when i click on "Extract registy EDID", i'm not seeing any items to select, and if i just click "extract EDID" without selecting anything it sais invalid EDID. If that was what you meant. If it wasn't please tell me how to know if i can read my EDID.
I have ATI Radeon HD 4650, and when i go control panel -> show applications and printer (My OS is in Finnish, sorry if i'm not translating these correctly) -> Double click on my computer name -> find ATI Radeon HD 4650, press properties and go to driver it sais at driver version : 8.620.0.0.
I don't think i have an INF file for my screen, if i try search and look for all files with the format INF i'm only finding two items (which i'm 100% aren't for the screen, i downloaded them myself following another guide allowing you to get 500hz for your mouse).

NortproN said:

Luwie, if you mean when i click on "Extract registy EDID", i'm not seeing any items to select, and if i just click "extract EDID" without selecting anything it sais invalid EDID. If that was what you meant. If it wasn't please tell me how to know if i can read my EDID.
I have ATI Radeon HD 4650, and when i go control panel -> show applications and printer (My OS is in Finnish, sorry if i'm not translating these correctly) -> Double click on my computer name -> find ATI Radeon HD 4650, press properties and go to driver it sais at driver version : 8.620.0.0.
I don't think i have an INF file for my screen, if i try search and look for all files with the format INF i'm only finding two items (which i'm 100% aren't for the screen, i downloaded them myself following another guide allowing you to get 500hz for your mouse).

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Here i have the drivers for you nortpron
I already changed the inf file. You have to update the drivers for your monitor to this .inf file. If you press browse, you can see the file windows searches for.
Maybe you have to rename the .inf to that to get it to work.

After you've done this you should be able to read it with phoenix and change it a bit to your likings.

The original .inf file is also in the zip under LG900B.inf.old.bak

Have fun!

First of all thanks lewie, but i think i still need a tiny bit of help. I went to the original guide and followed steps 14-17, i don't really know if theres anything i need to edit in it if as long as i get 100hz in 640x480. After installing it by disc and locating the file 100% manually and clicking "next" it sais that it found the driver but there was a problem installing it.

MS EDID Override.

This file was not found.
Please help i ctrl+f browsed for MS EDID most of this thread but i didn't find anything.
What should i do / am i doing the right thing in the first place ?
(i tried renaming the file so it wouldn't have spaces)

NortproN said:

First of all thanks lewie, but i think i still need a tiny bit of help. I went to the original guide and followed steps 14-17, i don't really know if theres anything i need to edit in it if as long as i get 100hz in 640x480. After installing it by disc and locating the file 100% manually and clicking "next" it sais that it found the driver but there was a problem installing it.

MS EDID Override.

This file was not found.
Please help i ctrl+f browsed for MS EDID most of this thread but i didn't find anything.
What should i do / am i doing the right thing in the first place ?
(i tried renaming the file so it wouldn't have spaces)

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I made you a version 2
I'm sorry if i was not very clear the first time.
After you installed the inf file you should be able to readout your EDID from the registry.

This time when i do the same steps as last time i'm getting a different error, saying something like that it's not a proper driver and i should make sure that it works with x64 windows... btw that docx file, should i just follow those steps and should i do it before / after i manage to get the driver to lead properly or what.. I'm not good at this sorta stuff really

NortproN said:

This time when i do the same steps as last time i'm getting a different error, saying something like that it's not a proper driver and i should make sure that it works with x64 windows... btw that docx file, should i just follow those steps and should i do it before / after i manage to get the driver to lead properly or what.. I'm not good at this sorta stuff really

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Maybe this driver doesn't work for windows x64?
I used the docx file to alter the inf file "how to use inf to override EDID"
You first change the inf file according to the word doc.
Then you try to install, and if that succeeds then you can load it into phoenix.
With this method i managed to get from 60 to 85 refresh rate, but not to 100 just yet.

I don't wanna start trying to edit the .inf until i get it to load.. could there be a bug in the second one you gave me ? because the first one gets "a step further" when installing

NortproN said:

I don't wanna start trying to edit the .inf until i get it to load.. could there be a bug in the second one you gave me ? because the first one gets "a step further" when installing

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I have here a version 3.
If it still doesn't work i would try to take the old driver (G900f.old.bak), rename it to G900f.inf and see if that works.
Click on details to see what the error message is in detail an report back from those 2.

okay, yay, it managed to load for the first time, but i got 75hz instead of 85hz now, in all resolutions.. is this a good thing (i just have to edit the inf file now) or a bad thing (you already did so i would get 100hz, so somethings gone wrong)?

NortproN said:

okay, yay, it managed to load for the first time, but i got 75hz instead of 85hz now, in all resolutions.. is this a good thing (i just have to edit the inf file now) or a bad thing (you already did so i would get 85hz, so somethings gone wrong)?

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1) Load your EDID into phoenix, edit it and save as .dat file (click on readout registry edid button)
2) Follow the guide from here

Thank you so much Lewie, runnin 100hz now, I can't really express how thankful I am. I really apprechiate the help and once more has the evils of Microsoft been overcome!
/huge virtual hug and akward rubbing on the back

?????

Luwie, you seem to know your way around. I've followed all the instructions and found various ways to set a custom resolution. Nothing works. The custom resolutions stick and can be used, 1366x768 on Hisense 32" HD ready LCD tv over VGA-Running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and Nvidia geforce driver 191.07, but according to the tv thats not what it's displaying(also doesn't look right). I'm 100% sure that the set supports 1366x768. On the xbox 360 it displays full 1080p no problem and the same on ps3. Ps Tried in Vista, Xp and Ubunthu, no luck.
Suggestions anyone?
Thankyou in advance.

Help requested with NEC Multisync FP2141 CRT monitor:

Hello all,

I just received a new ATI Radeon 5870 video card, and since installing it I've been unable to run my monitor at any 4:3 resolutions above 1600x1200, or refresh rate above 60 Hz.

Previously, I had been using an NVIDIA 9800 GTX video card, which allowed me to select my typical monitor setup (1600x1200 @ 85 Hz), but only through the NVIDIA control panel.

I never really worried too much about resolutions above 1600x1200 or higher refresh rates, but it might be nice to have access to them. Being limited to run everything at 60 Hz, though, is a deal-breaker.

Some searching on the web indicates that this issue was only addressed recently in the NVIDIA drivers, and may just not have been implemented yet in the ATI drivers. But I imagine that if I could get a properly updated INF file working so that Windows 7 allows the proper resolution/refresh combos by default, I could probably get it working with the ATI drivers too.


My monitor is an NEC Multisync FP2141 SB, from 2002. I've had it since 2003 or thereabouts; it is quite old, but still chugging along happily. Until now.

It supports the following resolutions, according to its manual (which can still be found at http://www.necdisplay.com/cms/documents/UserManuals/FP2141SB_manual_0803.pdf):

800 x 600 @ 50 to 160 Hz
2048 x 1536 @ 50 to 86 Hz
Because of the age of the monitor, there are no updated Windows 7 (or Vista) drivers. I do have a Windows NT/XP INF file, which I've included in the attached zip file.

This monitor is NOT plug-and-play. When I attach the monitor, it shows up as a "Generic non-PnP Device", and I can update the driver via the included INF via the "have disk" method. I do not need to touch any pins for it to show up as a non-PnP device. The monitor itself only supports a VGA cable connector, which I have running (via a DVI adapter) to one of the DVI output ports on my new video card.


I've attempted to fillow the tutorial instructions, but I'm stopped almost immediately because my monitor does not seem to support EDID at all, and no option to read one appears in Phoenix. Nothing shows up in softMCSS, either, as far as I can tell.

I've tried reading through the linked Microsoft "How to Use an INF to Override the Monitor EDID" document, and unless I'm mistaken it, at least in theory, should be possible to just add some EDID override blocks to the INF I already have in order to make the other supported resolutions and refresh rates available.

But since the tutorials all seem to assume an existing, "bad" EDID is available and I do not have access to one, I'm out of luck regarding how exactly to set these parameters in order to get things to work properly.


Any help would be tremendously appreciated.