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    How to force a bigger screen resolution?

    How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry


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    Malke Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?

    JBP0cketChange wrote:

    >
    > How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    > 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    > slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    > geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    > tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    > because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    > problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >
    >
    By Googling around I found this information on the Nvidia forums:

    http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion...hp?t25118.html

    The main point I got from one of the posters about your video card is that:

    "It sounds as though you have things working but I wanted to add a further
    note. The widescreen monitors require DVI-D I believe. I had a similar
    issue when I got my VX2025wm and 7800GTX where I would see the boot screens
    then the thing would not display anything unless I went into standard VGA.

    "Apparently I plugged my monitor into the DVI-I or DVI-A connector which
    does not support the 1680x1050 resolution. After some arguing with
    Viewsonic support and them just as frustrated with me and willing to
    replace my monitor to shut me up I decided to move the connector and
    everything worked."

    So you might want to look into what your Sony monitor requires and how
    you're connecting to it. If you don't get help on this newsgroup, then you
    might try posting on the Nvidia forums.

    Malke
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    Curious Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?

    Try the latest drivers from the Nvidia website that were released in the
    last week. Also read the release notes for them to see what resolution
    modes they will support as standard modes over the VGA interface they may
    now support 1080p so you don't have to try and create a custom resolution.
    I am quite sure they now support 1080p/60 over DVI
    Apparently there is no question as to if your Bravia TV is a 1080p LCD and
    not a 1366x768 LCD and will accept 1080p over VGA since it worked with your
    other computer,

    "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    > 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    > slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    > geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    > tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    > because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    > problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >
    >
    > --
    > JBP0cketChange

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    Tae Song Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?


    "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    news:b4af5f851beefd085dd72851e3e59625@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

    >
    > How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    > 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    > slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    > geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    > tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    > because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    > problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >
    >
    > --
    > JBP0cketChange
    Download the drivers for your monitor.

    You didn't mention which model you had.

    http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel....pl?PRODTYPE=2


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    Richard Urban Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?

    He did. Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia

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    Microsoft MVP
    Windows Desktop Experience


    "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >
    > "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    > news:b4af5f851beefd085dd72851e3e59625@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

    >>
    >> How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    >> 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    >> slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    >> geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    >> tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    >> because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    >> problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> JBP0cketChange
    >
    > Download the drivers for your monitor.
    >
    > You didn't mention which model you had.
    >
    > http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel....pl?PRODTYPE=2

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    Curious Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?

    Monitors don't have drivers since they are always connected to graphic
    cards(or chips in the case of IGP) which do have drivers. For many years the
    OSs and monitors used .inf files to describe their base specs now the use of
    EDID is a much more common method for a display to tell graphic cards what
    they will accept over the interface currently in use to the graphic card.

    "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >
    > "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    > news:b4af5f851beefd085dd72851e3e59625@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

    >>
    >> How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    >> 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    >> slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    >> geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    >> tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    >> because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    >> problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> JBP0cketChange
    >
    > Download the drivers for your monitor.
    >
    > You didn't mention which model you had.
    >
    > http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel....pl?PRODTYPE=2

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    Tae Song Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?


    "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > He did. Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia
    >
    > --
    >
    > Richard Urban
    > Microsoft MVP
    > Windows Desktop Experience
    >
    >
    > "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:4F447B95-754B-4604-BAF6-88A026BE62F3@xxxxxx

    >>
    >> "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    >> news:b4af5f851beefd085dd72851e3e59625@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

    >>>
    >>> How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    >>> 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    >>> slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    >>> geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    >>> tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    >>> because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    >>> problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> --
    >>> JBP0cketChange
    >>
    >> Download the drivers for your monitor.
    >>
    >> You didn't mention which model you had.
    >>
    >> http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel....pl?PRODTYPE=2
    >
    There's about half dozen models under the Bravia brand name.


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    Tae Song Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?


    "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >
    > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:e9GNHDf8JHA.4608@xxxxxx

    >> He did. Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia
    >>
    >> --
    >>
    >> Richard Urban
    >> Microsoft MVP
    >> Windows Desktop Experience
    >>
    >>
    >> "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >> news:4F447B95-754B-4604-BAF6-88A026BE62F3@xxxxxx

    >>>
    >>> "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    >>> news:b4af5f851beefd085dd72851e3e59625@xxxxxx-gateway.com...
    >>>>
    >>>> How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    >>>> 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    >>>> slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    >>>> geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    >>>> tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    >>>> because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    >>>> problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> --
    >>>> JBP0cketChange
    >>>
    >>> Download the drivers for your monitor.
    >>>
    >>> You didn't mention which model you had.
    >>>
    >>> http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel....pl?PRODTYPE=2
    >>
    >
    > There's about half dozen models under the Bravia brand name.
    http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...BR6#div_pos_98

    It's for Bravia KDL32XBR6, but I figure they probably support multiple
    models using the same driver package.

    List of Bravia 32" models:
    KDL-32XBR9
    KDL-32U300A
    KDL-32VL140
    KDL-32S5100
    KDL-32XBR4
    KDL-32V5500U
    KDL-32W4000

    There's actually lot more models using the Bravia name.


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    Curious Guest

    Re: How to force a bigger screen resolution?

    The only download I found at the link you provided is for enhancements and
    bug fixes for the system software within the monitor. There were no
    downloads for updating any PC based software.

    "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >
    > "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:ED8D2AB4-FD4A-4ACC-A734-E58AE1786CB7@xxxxxx

    >>
    >> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >> news:e9GNHDf8JHA.4608@xxxxxx

    >>> He did. Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia
    >>>
    >>> --
    >>>
    >>> Richard Urban
    >>> Microsoft MVP
    >>> Windows Desktop Experience
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> "Tae Song" <tae_song@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >>> news:4F447B95-754B-4604-BAF6-88A026BE62F3@xxxxxx
    >>>>
    >>>> "JBP0cketChange" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    >>>> news:b4af5f851beefd085dd72851e3e59625@xxxxxx-gateway.com...
    >>>>>
    >>>>> How can i force a bigger screen resolution? My current resolution is
    >>>>> 1360x768 and i would like to make it larger heres my system specs, Hp
    >>>>> slimline s3700y, Widows Vista Home premium SP1, Video card: NVIDIA
    >>>>> geforce 6150 se, Monitor: Sony 32" LCD Bravia, usiing RGB input on my
    >>>>> tv. I updated all my drivers and still no luck... I know its possible
    >>>>> because on my other outdated computer i can get 1920x1080 with no
    >>>>> problems and the resolution looks good and not blurry
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>> --
    >>>>> JBP0cketChange
    >>>>
    >>>> Download the drivers for your monitor.
    >>>>
    >>>> You didn't mention which model you had.
    >>>>
    >>>> http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel....pl?PRODTYPE=2
    >>>
    >>
    >> There's about half dozen models under the Bravia brand name.
    >
    > http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...BR6#div_pos_98
    >
    > It's for Bravia KDL32XBR6, but I figure they probably support multiple
    > models using the same driver package.
    >
    > List of Bravia 32" models:
    > KDL-32XBR9
    > KDL-32U300A
    > KDL-32VL140
    > KDL-32S5100
    > KDL-32XBR4
    > KDL-32V5500U
    > KDL-32W4000
    >
    > There's actually lot more models using the Bravia name.

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