WinXP Screen Resolution...

[asmodean]

Hi,

recently assembled a new box and got XP with it. Everything seems to work fine (amazingly enough) except for one thing. Whenever I reboot the machine, and logon, the screen resolution is reset to 1024x768. I put it up to 1600x1200, and the next start.. Down to 1024x768.

Very annoying, and I haven't been able to find anything that causes it. Anyone have nay suggestions? (Please, no buy a mac or install linux. I already got linux boxes, and I'm not into the whole mac thingy)

 

[Nick Bogaerts]

Do you have the latest drivers for your graphic card installed?

 

[asmodean]

Do you have the latest drivers for your graphic card installed?

Yes, they should be the latest. There's no problems in gettign the new resolution though, it works fine. Just when I reboot, it's back to the old one.

 

[Yalius]

Also check to see if your monitor driver is set to "Plug-and-play" or to the specific monitor model. If it instead says "Standard monitor" or "Default monitor", you might have to remove and reinstall the monitor from the device manager.

 

[RayG]

Are you logged on as an administrator?

RayG

 

[asmodean]

Also check to see if your monitor driver is set to "Plug-and-play" or to the specific monitor model. If it instead says "Standard monitor" or "Default monitor", you might have to remove and reinstall the monitor from the device manager.

The monitor shows up as my specific model.

Are you logged on as an administrator?

Yah, I tried doing stuff as admin too. No luck.

A wild stab in the dark, could my KVM-switch interfer in some way?

 

[DickK]

It's possible that the KVM switch is not allowing the PC to interrogate the monitor to discover its capability when it boots, so it's defaulting to 1024x768. Can you try plugging the D connector from the monitor directly into the PC?

 

[Molinaro]

I would bet it's the swtich.

You should always turn on a monitor before the PC, so that the video card's POST (power on self test) can detect the monitor and set itself to appropriate scan frequencies.

I would imagine that a switch could prevent that detection from taking place. And Windows is cautious about setting a monitor to that high of a resolution without being certain that it is supported by the hardware.

 

[asmodean]

It's possible that the KVM switch is not allowing the PC to interrogate the monitor to discover its capability when it boots, so it's defaulting to 1024x768. Can you try plugging the D connector from the monitor directly into the PC?

I would bet it's the swtich.

You should always turn on a monitor before the PC, so that the video card's POST (power on self test) can detect the monitor and set itself to appropriate scan frequencies.

I would imagine that a switch could prevent that detection from taking place. And Windows is cautious about setting a monitor to that high of a resolution without being certain that it is supported by the hardware.

Will try this ASAP (running without switch as a test), have been unable yet (damn boss keeps sending me off on work *grumble*).

 

[DickK]

That damned work gets in the way doesn't it . The only reason I suggested it was that I had a similar thing when I set my monitor on my laptop to 1600x1200. The monitor was connected with separate component RGB connectors which don't acommodate any plug-and-play traffic. As soon as I rebooted it defaulted to a crazy unsupported refresh rate and I had to reset it. It's okay with a standard D plug at both ends. Hope you get it fixed.

 

[asmodean]

That damned work gets in the way doesn't it .

It sure does...

The only reason I suggested it was that I had a similar thing when I set my monitor on my laptop to 1600x1200. The monitor was connected with separate component RGB connectors which don't acommodate any plug-and-play traffic. As soon as I rebooted it defaulted to a crazy unsupported refresh rate and I had to reset it. It's okay with a standard D plug at both ends. Hope you get it fixed.

Finally got the time to try it without kvm-switch. Worked flawlessly. No resolution resets. Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions.