Samsung SyncMaster 2243NW resolution problem

[jfar]

Type in System Information into the search and open it, post a pic of the first page, Thanks.

 

[isacdan]

Hey, I installed Powerstrip and it allowed me to set a custom resolution. Problem solved...
Thanks for your help anyway, jfar...

 

[antonio1]

Hi,

I have the same problem. Normally the problem starts from monitor driver. I installed the monitor driver, same used for XP and Vista. Installing was done with success. Then I tried to change the resolution from nvidia software. Even there was not present my standard resolution 1680x1050 I tried to add there a custom resolution, the same thing I've done in Vista. Here was the problem, after trying to add my custom resolution 1680x1050 there was just one posibility to test before to add. Pressing the test button, the stupid message told me that my monitor doesn't support that resolution and my custom config can't be added.

In this was there was not a posibillity to set my new config. I'll try the powerstrip, even if it's for the first time I hear about this software, if it doesn't work I'll be back soon.

thanks for all,
best regards,

 

[antonio1]

isacdan can you tell us how you did it with powerstrip, because with all my tries it was not possible to configure the samsung 2243nw at native resolution 1680x1050 under OS windows 7!

thank you,

 

[isacdan]

Hi, antonio1...
Just right-click on the Powerstrip icon in your Notification Area, go to Display Properties, then select Configure.
In the new windows that will appear click the Advanced timing options button. A new window will appear. Click Custom resolutions and select the one you want...

 

[antonio1]

I did exactly what are you saying, but with no resolution results. All drivers are well installed, no exclamation mark in drivers manager. But still my monitor don't want to accept the native resolution. I tried also another procedure to go in powerstrip and to configure a resolution of 1680x1050 and to save that .inf file, then to use the file in drive manager for my monitor at update driver. I saw this procedure on the internet. But still with no result, my maximum resolution possible just at 1280x1024.

Without a standard resolution at 1680x1050 I can't stay anymore in this OS and I have to go back to XP. Even I felt a little bit higher speed with Windows7, I have to give up and to wait other more months for new release.
I'm so sorry because there is no solution, I hardly use graphics and I can't use my PC without native resolution!

 

[Jocke]

I had the same problem, but then I downloaded new 64-bit drivers to my graphics card from Nvidia.com and used the Nvidia Control Panel to set the resolution to 1680x1050. Works perfekt! So, Antonio1, I thinkt you should try downloading 64-bit drivers before switching back to XP!

 

[antonio1]

Jocke, currently I have 2 OS each one on one HDD installed, independently. I love the speed of Windows7 but I hate the native resolution not working, so I'm using now, I hope temporally WinXP.

About your advice, I tried with custom resolution from nvidia settings but, after I set 1680x1050 I have no button, no choose just "test". That test is not passed meaning I can't save and use my custom resolution. This was 2 weeks ago, I'll try again later at nvidia for the newest driver, maybe some improves. All the time I downloaded from nvidia Windows7 x64 driver.

By the way, I think the problem is monitor driver not nvidia, because also in WinXP I can't set native resolution until I install the monitor driver. After that in WinXP my native resolution appear in the list.

 

[Zer0r]

Use this driver - it works

Hey guys!

I made this driver to solve all the problem with our Samsung 2243nw monitors. Tasted it both on Vista, Vista SP2 and just released Windows 7 (release, not beta). It allows to set native resolutions for all ATI and NVidia cards. It replaces EDID info with the registry record to solve problem with wrong EDID info, so everything works just the way it should.

Just install it the way you install original driver and reboot.

 

[antonio1]

Right now I want to try your driver with my monitor for Win7, but the problem is I can't install as my normal driver, because your driver is an inf file and my old driver is exe file. How can I install inf file for my monitor?

 

[antonio1]

I still can't install the driver for the samsung 2243nw monitor to work at native resolution 1680x1050 in windows 7. Does anyone have any solution?

 

[isacdan]

Hey guys!

I made this driver to solve all the problem with our Samsung 2243nw monitors. Tasted it both on Vista, Vista SP2 and just released Windows 7 (release, not beta). It allows to set native resolutions for all ATI and NVidia cards. It replaces EDID info with the registry record to solve problem with wrong EDID info, so everything works just the way it should.

Just install it the way you install original driver and reboot.

Hi, Zer0r. Sorry for the long absence...
Thanks for the driver, I appreciate the effort, but could you please tell us how to install it?
I extracted the .inf file from the .zip archive, but I don't know what to do with it now... In the right-click menu there's an Install option, but when I click it I get an Install Error: The INF file you selected does not support this method of istallation.

 

[thefabe]

@isacdan: Download and unzip the file to your desktop. Go to device manager>right click display>update driver software>browse my computer>let me pick>have disk> browse>navigate to the driver you have unzipped C:\Desktop "file name".inf>click (or double click ) on the .inf file>click ok>then next> and it should install. Fabe

 

[Zer0r]

Yes, this driver should be installed through Update Driver procedure. Go to Personalize (right-click on your Desktop), then go to Resolution Change (sorry - don't remember exact button names in english version). There shoud be button - Additional or Advanced, press it. In opened window select Monitor tab, press Properties button. Then press Update Driver button and go through selecting .inf-file procedure. (Select exact file from disk, do not search).

This is how it works.

PS: Thanx, Fabe. You wrote first. Your way is another, maybe easiest way.

 

[isacdan]

Thanks, Fabe and Zer0r!
The resolution is working great...
Also, I noticed that updating to the latest ATI driver (9.12 from 9.11) fixes the issue. Now I can also set other widescreen resolutions that were not available before.

Thanks again, everyone... And THANK YOU, Zer0r for taking the time to write a proper driver.

 

[antonio1]

Hi to everybody,

I found the real and simple driver to solve the solution of native resolution. You can get it and install it from here:
Pagina de Afaceri

 

[Erickpet]

Hi. I have windows XP, geforce4 mx440 and samsung syncmaster 2243nw. Have similar problem with resolution. Driver from CD is already installed. How can fix that problem?

 

[isacdan]

Hi, Erickpet, sorry for the late reply...

Try removing your monitor and graphics adapter drivers completely, and then reinstalling them, fisrt the NVidia drivers (links provided below), then the 2243NW one.

If this doesn't work, then give Powerstrip a try. You should use it to set a custom resolution, but be cautious.

Hope this helps...
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NVidia drivers for Windows XP:
-32-bit: ForceWare Windows XP/2000 32-bit
-64-bit: ForceWare Release 90

Powerstrip: http://entechtaiwan.com/files/pstrip.exe

 

[Awel]

Hello all,

I also have similar problems as ones described on this post. But my monitor is SyncMaster 2243NWX and Zer0r's driver did close to nothing for me on Windows 7 x64. The monitor has VGA connector and is connected to video DVI using an adaptor. For all specs check my profile.

I coudn't select the native resolution for desktop after installing the latest drivers and Catalyst for my ATI 4870 and latest monitor driver. Unchecking the "hide modes that this monitor cannnot display" option, I was able to select 1680x1050 (monitor's native resolution) in CCC and solve the problem as far as desktop resolution.

Games were however a diffrent thing, as no game would show the native resolution in their options menus, but maximum 1360x1024. On my alternate OS (Win XP Home x86) no problem what so ever.

I remember resolving this issue some months ago, on Windows 7 x86, after a frenzy of installs and uninstalls of driver versions and restarts, but somehow I cannot remember the precise combination that unlocked 1680x1050 for all installed games. EDID editing was a bit frustrating for me, as the software indicated by other forums was not particularely easy to use and I probably got lost somewhere on the way.

Is there a solution to use 1680x1050 in games on Win 7?

Thanks in advance.

 

[isacdan]

Hi!
Have you tried setting a custom resolution using PowerStrip? It worked for me.