Vista - Why is vista recognizing my hdtv as a generic pnp monitor

05-22-2008

I am using an Olevia 232V and a newly purchased computer which is running
vista a m9077c and the graphics card is a nvidia 8500GT. I initially(after I
found out that just the tv wouldn't work at all on its own) connected a
monitor (vga via dvi converter) and the hdtv (via HDMI) at the same time to
find a resolution that the tv would display. The resolutions that are
reccomended for the tv would not and will not work such as: 800 x 600, 1024 x
768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, and 1360 x 768(the ideal choice.) The resolution
that I am currently using is 1216 x 1084 and as a result the picture is
smaller than the screen. I can successfully resize it but everytime I reboot
or my computer goes to sleep it shrinks again. And when I try to play video
games like Diablo II the monitor says invalid format and displays a black
screen until I exit the game. I just found out that it is identifying my hdtv
as a generic pnp monitor and think this may be the problem. please, all
suggestions and solutions are welcome.

05-23-2008

Are you running the TV as a secondary monitor in clone or extended desktop
mode?
Are you running the Nvidia 175.16 drivers?
"Glover179" <Glover179@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I am using an Olevia 232V and a newly purchased computer which is running
> vista a m9077c and the graphics card is a nvidia 8500GT. I
> initially(after I
> found out that just the tv wouldn't work at all on its own) connected a
> monitor (vga via dvi converter) and the hdtv (via HDMI) at the same time
> to
> find a resolution that the tv would display. The resolutions that are
> reccomended for the tv would not and will not work such as: 800 x 600,
> 1024 x
> 768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, and 1360 x 768(the ideal choice.) The
> resolution
> that I am currently using is 1216 x 1084 and as a result the picture is
> smaller than the screen. I can successfully resize it but everytime I
> reboot
> or my computer goes to sleep it shrinks again. And when I try to play
> video
> games like Diablo II the monitor says invalid format and displays a black
> screen until I exit the game. I just found out that it is identifying my
> hdtv
> as a generic pnp monitor and think this may be the problem. please, all
> suggestions and solutions are welcome.

05-22-2008	#1 (permalink)
Glover179 n/a posts	Why is vista recognizing my hdtv as a generic pnp monitor I am using an Olevia 232V and a newly purchased computer which is running vista a m9077c and the graphics card is a nvidia 8500GT. I initially(after I found out that just the tv wouldn't work at all on its own) connected a monitor (vga via dvi converter) and the hdtv (via HDMI) at the same time to find a resolution that the tv would display. The resolutions that are reccomended for the tv would not and will not work such as: 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, and 1360 x 768(the ideal choice.) The resolution that I am currently using is 1216 x 1084 and as a result the picture is smaller than the screen. I can successfully resize it but everytime I reboot or my computer goes to sleep it shrinks again. And when I try to play video games like Diablo II the monitor says invalid format and displays a black screen until I exit the game. I just found out that it is identifying my hdtv as a generic pnp monitor and think this may be the problem. please, all suggestions and solutions are welcome.
My System Specs

05-23-2008	#2 (permalink)
Curious n/a posts	Re: Why is vista recognizing my hdtv as a generic pnp monitor Are you running the TV as a secondary monitor in clone or extended desktop mode? Are you running the Nvidia 175.16 drivers? "Glover179" <Glover179@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:1FC41F9C-33CF-4E65-BA27-E5D8073E4E08@xxxxxx Quote: >I am using an Olevia 232V and a newly purchased computer which is running > vista a m9077c and the graphics card is a nvidia 8500GT. I > initially(after I > found out that just the tv wouldn't work at all on its own) connected a > monitor (vga via dvi converter) and the hdtv (via HDMI) at the same time > to > find a resolution that the tv would display. The resolutions that are > reccomended for the tv would not and will not work such as: 800 x 600, > 1024 x > 768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 768, and 1360 x 768(the ideal choice.) The > resolution > that I am currently using is 1216 x 1084 and as a result the picture is > smaller than the screen. I can successfully resize it but everytime I > reboot > or my computer goes to sleep it shrinks again. And when I try to play > video > games like Diablo II the monitor says invalid format and displays a black > screen until I exit the game. I just found out that it is identifying my > hdtv > as a generic pnp monitor and think this may be the problem. please, all > suggestions and solutions are welcome.
My System Specs

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