Bad Resolution in Windows 7

[crc06]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to Windows 7. I just wiped my hard drive with DBAN so it was totally clear. I installed Windows 7 and its working great except for one thing; my screen resolution is terrible and I can't fix it. It's currently stuck on 800 x 600 and my monitor is an LG206W capable of 1680 x 1050. Whenever I try to change the resolution nothing happens, it just goes back to 800 x 600. It says my display is a "Generic PnP monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" though so I'm thinking its probably a driver problem but I can't find a Vista or Windows 7 driver for the monitor anywhere. I dont have a fancy video card, it's just an old on-board gigabyte one.

Any advice at all?

Thanks

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Have you tried installing a driver for your graphics card rather then the monitor? From what I can tell from your post you've only searched for a driver for your monitor.

 

[thefabe]

Well you'll need to install the grahic card driver as well as a monitor driver. If you'd fillin your systen specs in your user CP top of page then edit system specs we can help you find the drivers. Fabe

 

[Airbot]

Hey everybody,

I'm new to Windows 7. I just wiped my hard drive with DBAN so it was totally clear. I installed Windows 7 and its working great except for one thing; my screen resolution is terrible and I can't fix it. It's currently stuck on 800 x 600 and my monitor is an LG206W capable of 1680 x 1050. Whenever I try to change the resolution nothing happens, it just goes back to 800 x 600. It says my display is a "Generic PnP monitor on Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" though so I'm thinking its probably a driver problem but I can't find a Vista or Windows 7 driver for the monitor anywhere. I dont have a fancy video card, it's just an old on-board gigabyte one.

Any advice at all?

Thanks

Please don't multi post the same post in different forums. Pick the appropriate forum, and just post the problem once. Thanks.