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mark cul

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Hi. I've serched and serched on google for a reliable answer but like google all are very vague. With my efforts in finind out the problem I've found that after I updated my display driver my monitor went to Generic Non-PnP Monitor before crashing my pc then I was unable to restart. I then reformatted (I've always called it reboot but meh) so I'm at a fresh screen however still the resolution problem persists.

I understand that I need to change Generic Non-PnP Monitor to
Generic PnP Monitor but thats where I'm at a stand-still. Updating drivers dosn't seem to work. I'll post some SS soon but if anyone knows how to fix this or simply has an idea would be great.

Imageshack - device


Imageshack - cantchangew < cant change these or screen goes huge
 

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mark cul said:
Hi. I've serched and serched on google for a reliable answer but like google all are very vague. With my efforts in finind out the problem I've found that after I updated my display driver my monitor went to Generic Non-PnP Monitor before crashing my pc then I was unable to restart. I then reformatted (I've always called it reboot but meh) so I'm at a fresh screen however still the resolution problem persists.

I understand that I need to change Generic Non-PnP Monitor to
Generic PnP Monitor but thats where I'm at a stand-still. Updating drivers dosn't seem to work. I'll post some SS soon but if anyone knows how to fix this or simply has an idea would be great.
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Hi and welcome

Is you monitor PnP? what kind of monitor is it?
 

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by updating drivers do you mean GPU drivers? or monitor drivers?
 

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I've tryed updating everything. I've been tryign and failing everything which I've serched on google which often says update drivers (ti the guy above. All drivers I thought were assosiated with monitor.). I'm not sure If it was pnp. I assume thats the problem because it is the resolution that is the problem and it shouldn't be default monitor I assume.

Edit: I also tryed d/l latest drivers of nvidia site and dell (which my pc is).

Edit edit: Thanks for the quick replys =D.
 

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I'll explain what happened to cause the problem at the beggining. Simple enough acctualy. Playing a game , wow to be precise =p then the scrren went black. I then rebooted my pc and now the screen has been like that ever since. (Since last week).
 

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you can alter the monitors edid and force the correct resolution , there are tools out there to do it but it can cause damage if used incorrectly (which is why ill leave it up to you to find it if you want ;) )

the problem seems to be Vista installing a generic monitor driver before you get chance to install your gpu drivers , this screws everything up and can be a right pain to sort , its been all over the net for years XP was the same

edit just saw your last post

are you saying you just have a black screen? no image at all?

this http://img2.imageshack.us/i/cantchangew.jpg/ is showing no GPU drivers installed do you know how to use a driver cleaner?
 

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sorry. I'll try explain a bit better.

- Playing game , randomly crashed.
- Black screen came up and I rebooted pc
- Resolution changed which I couldn't seem to change.
- I restarted PC then it wouldn't start atall.
- I then reformatted the pc
- Default monitor is still there so resolution is still screwed.

Thats basically the stage im at atm.
 

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archie123 said:
you can alter the monitors edid and force the correct resolution , there are tools out there to do it but it can cause damage if used incorrectly (which is why ill leave it up to you to find it if you want ;) )

the problem seems to be Vista installing a generic monitor driver before you get chance to install your gpu drivers , this screws everything up and can be a right pain to sort , its been all over the net for years XP was the same

edit just saw your last post

are you saying you just have a black screen? no image at all?

this Imageshack - cantchangew is showing no GPU drivers installed do you know how to use a driver cleaner?
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I dont know what you mean with driver cleaner. =[
 

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what monitor do you have?

forget driver cleaner for now i didnt realise you had reformatted this sounds like a vista issue
 

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    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
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    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
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Thanks for getting back to me , I tryed doing that but wasn't sure what one to d/l so thanks for pointing me in the right direction. However it says there are no files to download and to go to drivers to download selected files?
 

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click the download now button then "DOWNLOAD VIA YOUR INTERNET BROWSER" i can talk you through how to install them

do you have gpu drivers installed at the moment?? as this http://img2.imageshack.us/i/cantchangew.jpg/ suggests you dont
 

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I'll be honest with you my knowlage of drivers is very poor. The complete randomness and quickness of how it happened has threw me a bit. So if I don't have drivers its due to the problem at hand.
 

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mark cul said:
Ok I've did what you've said but nothings seem to have changed. I'm at a stand still so anything suggested is a plus =]
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yes but have the drivers installed? what does it say in device manager under display adaptors??

we need to take this one step at a time monitor drivers next
 

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Standard VGA Graphics adapter , although I did roll it back because the nvidia dosn't work (has a yellow triangle next to it). I'll update it again then get back to you with the exact name.

Nvidia Geforce 8300 GS Is the updated version which says it has an error due to it not being able to find files.
 

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First uninstall the updated monitor driver from with in the device manager. Then reboot system. This will load the original monitor driver that came with your system. Then right click blank area of desktop and click personalize. Then click display settings and check your settings, making sure its set to the highest resolution. Then click the advance tab, click monitor and check your screen refresh rate, making sure it's set at 60 hertz. Then post back with results.
 

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bassfisher6522 said:
First uninstall the updated monitor driver from with in the device manager. Then reboot system. This will load the original monitor driver that came with your system. Then right click blank area of desktop and click personalize. Then click display settings and check your settings, making sure its set to the highest resolution. Then click the advance tab, click monitor and check your screen refresh rate, making sure it's set at 60 hertz. Then post back with results.
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there is no updated driver , the driver for the monitor isnt automatically installed it has to be done manually or detected by the GPU

his GPU drivers are not installing at all that seems to the issue now , plus Vista doesnt seem to installing a generic driver either it doesnt seem to be detecting the monitor

what driver are you trying to install? where are you downloading it from? and what EXACTLY happens when you try to install? including any error messages? :)

did you download the drivers for your monitor i linked you too? do you know what to do with them?
 

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    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
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    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
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    1680x1050
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    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
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