1200x800 on my laptop?


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Hey guys. This one keeps stumping me and making me upset. I would like to test out Vista more, but without getting the right resoution on this 15.4" display, I can't. I have an ATI 9600 mobility card. The glass efects work but the only options I have for resolution is 800x600 and 1024x768. I need 1280x800 which is a standard resolution for 15.4" laptop monitors. It doesn't look very good otherwise.

I have tried Beta 1 and 5219, 32 and 64 bit, windows and ati drivers. Same thing regardless. The only other thing I can think of is the monitor driver it is using is just a generic PNP monitor. When I look to switch it, the only other compatible driver that comes up is a flat panel PNP but maxes out at 800x600. When I search for generic monitor drivers, there is no selection for a 1280x800 flat panel driver. Almost every other resolution is listed but not that.

Any suggestions? Thanks,

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Thanks for the suggestion. I saw that too, not too long ago. I tried it and it didn't work. Bummer. I thought for sure it would.

Has anyone else with this size laptop monitor have the same problem? I am starting to think its just me. I have an emachines m6807. Thanks again,

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When I tried it on my laptop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, LCD's native resolution is 1400x1050), the default Vista drivers worked. But I ended up installing the drivers from ATI's site. Download it and make the EXE run with Windows XP compatability (like you can with XP).

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