Vista - SamSung monitor drivers

After upgrade it showed my SyncMaster 191T as a generic monitor. I went to
samsung.com and downloaded the driver for xp/2000 and reinstalled that driver
and works fine. Monitor driver does'nt seem important til you want the higher
refresh rate. I am running at 85Mhz when without driver max was 75Mhz... Just
thought I would share.

"WildFire" <WildFire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C51B15AA-7767-4FDD-BFE1-A56946139755@microsoft.com...
> After upgrade it showed my SyncMaster 191T as a generic monitor. I went to
> samsung.com and downloaded the driver for xp/2000 and reinstalled that driver
> and works fine. Monitor driver does'nt seem important til you want the higher
> refresh rate. I am running at 85Mhz when without driver max was 75Mhz... Just
> thought I would share.


If that helped you, great. However, generally speaking, you don't
need "drivers" for your monitor.

Monitor "drivers" are just text files.

What is a ''driver'' for monitors?

The word “driver” for a monitor is slightly misleading. It is better to think of a monitor
"driver" as an “information file. This file is usually specific to one monitor and can be used
with different operating systems. It identifies your monitor (supplier, type). It also contains
information about your monitor’s maximum resolution.

Your LCD / Monitor will also work off default drivers provided by the operating system. In
Windows this driver is called "Plug and Play Monitor" or "Default Monitor". It is acceptable to
use these default files as well.


-Michael

The reality is... there is no such thing as a "refresh" rate for LCDs since
it does not use scanlines like crt gun. Pixels are just on or off. Your
confusing refresh rate with response time. Totally different animals.

Refresh rate is the rate at which the electronics in the monitor addresses
(updates) the brightness of the pixels on the screen (typically 60 to 75Hz).
For each pixel, an LCD monitor maintains a constant light output from one
addressing cycle to the next (sometimes referred to as 'sample-and-hold'),
so the display has no refresh-dependent flicker.
There should be no need to set a high refresh rate to avoid flicker on an
LCD.


"WildFire" <WildFire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C51B15AA-7767-4FDD-BFE1-A56946139755@microsoft.com...
> After upgrade it showed my SyncMaster 191T as a generic monitor. I went to
> samsung.com and downloaded the driver for xp/2000 and reinstalled that
> driver
> and works fine. Monitor driver does'nt seem important til you want the
> higher
> refresh rate. I am running at 85Mhz when without driver max was 75Mhz...
> Just
> thought I would share.