Vista - Need 1680 x 1050 Resolution on GeForce 7150M

Did you install the correct monitor.inf file? This will allow your video card to set 16x10.

armanjava,

There is a new BOS available for your system:


Be careful with the BIOS update, follow instructions closely.

When you tried the lower resolution, what did your screen look like? Was it legible or all broken up? If the monitor is showing up correctly (the correct monitor.inf loaded, as John remarked) then the driver should not be giving you options for resolution that are incompatible with your monitor.

SCSIraidGURU,

How do i get the correct monitor.inf file? I haven't heard of a file with that name before.

Hogtowner,

Thanks for the research. I'll check the hp website...i'm pretty sure i'm up-to-date though. I have the resolution set at 1600 x 1024 which is okay, but still a little 'off' which is causing some eye strain... if i don't find a solution by the end of this week, i'll prob return this

When your monitor shows up as in 2) above, The default inf for that monitor is being used by the video drivers. Did your monitor come with a CD? Probably not.
Here is the install guide that probably came in the box with the monitor, look carefully, it looks like it is referenced to XP.

One other thought. When you connect to the LG monitor, have you disabled the screen on the laptop? Your video card may not support two separate monitors, but rather one monitor and it's "echo". If that is the case the echo is the same resolution as the "original". Your video control panel should allow you to disable the laptop screen after connecting the LG monitor, and then configure the LG correctly.

Hogtowner,

It did come with a CD and i used that inf file. My video card does allow multiple monitors and they are setup to be configured independently allowing me to have different resolutions for each.

I fixed it!!

I realized that the display adapter that came with my laptop does not support 1680 x 1050 so I went to Nvidia's nv_disp.inf file which i belive was downloaded and extracted when i tried troubleshooting earlier by trying to install (unsuccessfully) the geforce 7150 driver. (i have a geforece 7150m). It wouldn't let me and I was forced to use the one found on HP's website that was specific to mine (which was a crappy file).

So, i found the nv_disp.inf(extracted to c:\NVIDIA\WinVista64\175.19\English) file which belonged to the geforece 7150 and tried re-installing the display adapter's driver using that file. It gave me a 'are you sure you want to do this since we think it's uncompatible' warning, but sure enough, after I installed it, I had the option to pic 1680 x 1050 and my monitor is looking great!

Thanks everyone for all the help and the attempts!

Regards,
Arman

Alright, way to go Arman. Thanks for posting your work-around, you could save someone else the headache you had! I take it you got these files from NVidia?

I'd have to say, with that warning you got, that there may be settings available to you now that could harm your adapter. (Why else would they make two drivers for such similar cards?) But the fact that your monitor works now most likely means that the 1680 x 1050 setting is not one of them.

Cheers, and way to hang in there!

Pretty sure that if you want to get your LG to show the right resolution you're going to have to set your drivers to output to that monitor only... and of course, change it back to the laptops panel when traveling.

I forget exactly the steps you need to take, but in the driver control panel, under 'set up multiple displays' select 1 monitor, then select the LG, then select it again for the one you want Windows to use.

Last time I did this was on XP, so if I'm a little fuzzy on the details please forgive me, but that should be about right.

***edit***

I see you fixed it, never mind.