Vista - Latest Released Nvidia Driver Issue

create a custom resolution and use that

open nv controol panel

click on change resolution

click on add resolution

click create custom resolution

the rest will beobvious , make sure you select a res and frequency your monitor supports then simply clcik test , dont freak out if your monitor displays out of range it will revert back after 15 seconds

if the test passes simply save your custom res return to "change resolution" and select your newly created custom res

its simple enough i have to do it all the time to get 75hz from my Dell 2209wa using DVI

Its 1920 by 1200 he's probably trying to acheive and the latest driver is 190.38 (with beta drivers for 190.40 and 190.56).

Also, the only reason your monitor should EVER need a driver of its own, is when it has a software feature for windows that controls something like Acer's ACM or Ecolor.

My Acer P243W 24" has a driver for itself just because it's got extra features with it, so no need to worry about a generic pnp monitor driver.

No the driver also includes the colour profile which in many cases is needed to properly calibrate the monitor

Yes. my bad. i have a Lenovo L171 color profile something like that

im not saying the manufacturers colour profiles are always right

Thanks, that has worked, i now have the NEC driver working, but i now have 2 further problems. I dont seem able to change the resolution in the Display settings from the max allowed for the laptop, and I have a constant flicker - as the external monitor is a LCD the refresh rate cannot be changed from 60hertz and i dont know how else to rectify this? Any ideas?

ok this is getting confusing you have 2 seperate posts!! you xcan set the frequency sperately in your gpu properties under set up multiple displays

sorry this is very new to me....i have multiple displays set up, with the external NEC screen set up as the main screen, extended to the other - and both are the same, is in both restrict the resolution to 1366 x 798, neither will let me change from 60 herts in the refresh rate and neither will let me tick the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" as it is greyed out. I have also gone into the Graphics properties for the Intel and tried it on Dual Display Clone, single display and extended desktop and it makes no difference.