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Not sure if right driver & can't set resolution
Hi all!
So making long story short.
Just did a fresh clean install of Win7 x64 Ultimate on my mother's PC. Used the same disc I've been using with my PC for about 2 years now and didn't have any problems.
Here are the specs of the PC I'm troubleshooting (the specs in my user cp are for my pc):
- OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
- CPU: DualCore Intel Pentium E2140, 1600 MHz (8 x 200)
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-VM900M v1 (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
- Memory: 2496 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
- Graphics Card: VIA Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM (64 MB)
- Monitor display: Led LG E1941S
Like I always do when I format a PC I tried to find chipset drivers from the manufacturer but there was nothing useful in this case.
I downloaded from VIA the latest drivers for the graphic card, since it was using a generic driver.
The led monitor I'm using I bought it about a week ago, pretty much around the same time I did the fresh install of Windows. Before that she was using an old CRT monitor which I just couldn't see anymore.
The max resolution for this monitor is 1366x768.
Getting to the point: that resolution is not available. I tried to find threads about this but I don't think this is the right solution for me: 1366x768 resolution problem..
Windows Update insists that I install another driver from october 2008 by VIA which I did and only got a "!" in the device manager so I went back. The only difference I noticed is that with the driver from Windows Update in the graphic properties I saw the name of the monitor. Now I only see a generic name.
Where can I go from here?
All drivers should be ok. Still can't choose the max resolution for this monitor. I only have the standard ones and of course I can't go any higher than 768 so 1280x1024 doesn't work. I'm using 1280*768 right now but in order to keep the aspect ratio I'm "wasting" parts of the screen ie not using them.
Any suggestion?
Thanks in advance!