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>The colour depth might help if either bandwidth or memory are
\n>
\n> You might want to try and see if you can lower the bit color to
\n> 16bit, and see if that works. I know it sounds simplistic, but it
\n> could work. I had a problem driving the vp2290 with my laptop x300
\n> graphics card... till I tried lowering the bit color. I'm also under
\n> Vista, and hey, I'm also a trader!
\n
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> As for using a laptop screen. You can do so, you'll need a programThis does, of course, assume you still want the laptop attached.
\n> called Maxivista. Dispite the name it came out years ago, don't know
\n> if they have vista compatibility yet.
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> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "swpl77" <steve@> wrote:
\n> >
\n> > Hi All,
\n> >
\n> > My first post. Great to see there are many others into the hi-res
\n> > monitors. I thought I was the only psycho. I have a pair of the
\n> > VP2290b's I`ve had for a few years. I trade stocks full-time for
\n> a
\n> > living so I'm on these 11 hours a day. I love them and wouldn't
\n> > know what to do without them.
\n> >
\n> > I've been running these on various Quadros on several different
\n> > workstations using both Xeons and Opterons on winXP with no
\n> > problems. I use each monitor on a separate workstation. I use
\n> > both heads to one monitor input.
\n> >
\n> > But, I just got a new Dell ws490 with dual xeon 5160's running
\n> Vista
\n> > 32. I've spent a few hours trying various settings and restarts
\n> and
\n> > such but no luck. I've gone thru many postings to the group but
\n> > don't see anything that seems to be the help I need. Maybe
\n> someone
\n> > can help send me in the right direction. I don't want anyone to
\n> do
\n> > a big re-write, just give me some hints.
\n> >
\n> > I'm using the latest Nvidia beta driver ver 101.41. It seems that
\n> > Vista is only seeing the monitor on one head, not the other. And
\n> > the best I can do is to get the full-screen to run at 1920x1200 at
\n> > 41hz using a single display. If I try to go any higher, the
\n> display
\n> > defaults back to 800x600. If I try dualview I also can only set
\n> the
\n> > res to 1900x1200, but the 2 sides don't show up as the same size.
\n> > One side is smaller than the screen, the other side extends larger
\n> > than the screen.
\n> >
\n> > Anything I've tried to get over 1920x1200 either defaults back to
\n> > 800x600 or sometimes just causes the display to go blank and off-
\n> > line. Then I have to shutdown and restart and such. That
\n> includes
\n> > repeatedly trying 1920x2400.
\n> >
\n> > Maybe Nvidia drivers for Vista on FX4500 are just not ready for
\n> > 3840x2400? Or do I need custom settings, resistor fixes, DVI
\n> > Detectives, powerstrips? I'm lost. I've had to fiddle around on
\n> > XP before, but always got them working.
\n> >
\n> > Any help or direction is much appreciated.
\n> >
\n> > BTW, I've also been looking for WUXGA laptop screens to use as
\n> > desktop screens. I've done many searches for years but never seen
\n> > such or anyway to build your own. I see the group says the
\n> same.
\n> > I'd love to have a bunch of those. Running 1600x1200 on 20 inches
\n> > and above just does nothing for me. And as I've seen mentioned,
\n> > seems the industry is going to lower densities, not higher.
\n> >
\n> > Thx, Steve
\n> >
\n>