Help needed to get 1920x1080 resolution on an Intel 915gm graphics card

[stemzungu]

I have a Dell laptop with an Intel 915gm chipset graphics card which I'm trying to use with a Dell S2409W 24'' monitor. This monitor has an optimum resolution of 1920x1080, but I'm not able to select this in Display Settings or by using Powerstrip. I've been reading the advice in these forums for hours, but so far have had no luck getting it to work. If anyone has some advice about this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

[xo___]

Quoting - stemzungu

I have a Dell laptop with an Intel 915gm chipset graphics card which I'm trying to use with a Dell S2409W 24'' monitor. This monitor has an optimum resolution of 1920x1080, but I'm not able to select this in Display Settings or by using Powerstrip. I've been reading the advice in these forums for hours, but so far have had no luck getting it to work. If anyone has some advice about this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

Hi I have got a exceally same problem with you, I got a Dell S2409W, with 965gm. No matter wht i do (Powerstrip, DTDcalculator, hack the driver...) I could get my monitor work in 1920x1080. have you find a solution yet?

[stemzungu]

Quoting - xo...

Still no solution! I know it's possible to get 1920x1080 but it's quite infuriating!

[Aaron_B_Intel]

xo's problem may be different from yours: his appears to be BIOS-related.

Can you post your EDID, and state what you've tried?

[stemzungu]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

xo's problem may be different from yours: his appears to be BIOS-related.

Can you post your EDID, and state what you've tried?

Aaron,

Thanks for the reply. My EDID is:
Raw data................. 00FFFFFFFFFFFF0010AC37A0554752301A1201030E351E78EEEE91A3544C9926
......................... 0F5054A54B00714F8180D1C001010101010101010101023A801871382D40582C
......................... 4500132A2100001E000000FF00593138334438364D305247550A000000FC0044
......................... 454C4C205332343039570A20000000FD00324C1E5311000A20202020202000ED

I have been unable to locate my actual driver, as I'm running a Dell Inspiron 6000 with 915gm chipset. The display drivers for this laptop are specialized- I have to download them from the Dell site instead of Intel. Here's what they say:

Title : Video:Intel Graphics Video Driver
Version : A08
OEM Name : Intel
OEM Ver : 6.14.10.4609

Apparently the .inf driver for Dell 915gm is named something different than on other systems with the same chipset-- so for that reason I haven't been successful editing the .inf. I have tried editing the registry, installing 945 drivers, and using custom resolution tools such as power strip. None of these have worked.

Your help is much appreciated!

Stephen

[Aaron_B_Intel · Accepted solution]

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is the DTD you would want to use. It's possible that Dell never upgraded their 915G drivers to the set that has custom DTD input available. In fact, I'm nearly positive that 14.25 is the first driver which contains the DTD capability. The latest one from the Intel site for 915G is 14.25.50, and I'd try to get that one installed if possible. There are tricks you can do to get the driver to install despite the fact that it's not from Dell... this Forum has had posts which describe the method, though I'll admit I can't find it right now.

It's also possible Dell disabled 1920x1080 in your BIOS, in which case you'd want to try 1918x1080

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[7oby]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

There are tricks you can do to get the driver to install despite the fact that it's not from Dell... this Forum has had posts which describe the method, though I'll admit I can't find it right now.

. Download the .zip version of the driver:

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/12531/a08/win2k_xp142550.zip

. open readme.txt

. section MANUAL "HAVE_DISK" INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

. subsection Microsoft Windows XP Installation Instructions for Intel Express Chipset Graphics Driver

. perform step 1. - 12. exactly as desribed with no deviation and shortcut

. will install despite the fact that you have a Dell notebook

[stemzungu]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

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is the DTD you would want to use. It's possible that Dell never upgraded their 915G drivers to the set that has custom DTD input available. In fact, I'm nearly positive that 14.25 is the first driver which contains the DTD capability. The latest one from the Intel site for 915G is 14.25.50, and I'd try to get that one installed if possible. There are tricks you can do to get the driver to install despite the fact that it's not from Dell... this Forum has had posts which describe the method, though I'll admit I can't find it right now.

It's also possible Dell disabled 1920x1080 in your BIOS, in which case you'd want to try 1918x1080

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I have made considerable progress!

I was able to install Intel's drivers manually, which updated me to version 6.14.10.4764. I was able to input extra DTD's by editing igxp32.inf, but when I try to switch to 1920x1080 the screen is very unstable- the image is displayed, but flickers and dances around rapidly. This is what my igxp32.inf looks like:

[NonEDIDMode_AddSwSettings]
HKR,, TotalDTDCount, %REG_DWORD%, 5 ; This shows number of DTDs to be used. ; 0-->Disable the feature.
;Following keys have 20 bytes (18 byte DTD + 2 Byte flags).
HKR,, DTD_1,%REG_BINARY%, 01,1D,80,18,71,1C,16,20,58,2C,1A,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,37,01 ;1920x1080@60...Interlaced
HKR,, DTD_2, %REG_BINARY%, 01,1D,80,D0,72,1C,16,20,10,2C,1A,80,00,00,00,00,00,86,37, 01 ;1920x1080@50...Interlaced
HKR,, DTD_3,%REG_BINARY%, 01,1D,00,BC,52,D0,1E,20,B8,28,25,40,00,00,00,00,00,04,37, 01 ;1280x720@50....Non-interlaced
HKR,, DTD_4, %REG_BINARY%, 01,1D,00,72,51,D0,1E,20,6E,28,25,00,00,00,00,00,00,06,37,01 ;1280x720@60....Non-interlaced
HKR,, DTD_5,%REG_BINARY%, 02,3A,80,18,71,38,2D,40,58,2C,45,00,13,2A,21,00,00,1E ;Fifth DTD

I changed %REG_DWORD%, 0 to 5. and on the fifth custom resolution I added 02,3A,80,18,71,38,2D,40,58,2C,45,00,13,2A,21,00,00,1E, the DTD you gave me for 1920x1080. I did find it odd that the first DTD listed in the inf was already set to 1920x1080@60 (exactly what I need), but they used 01,1D,80,18,71,1C,16,20,58,2C,1A,00,00,00,00,00,00,86,37,01 instead of the one you gave me.

What do you think could be the problem?

Thanks very much,

Stephen

[Aaron_B_Intel]

The one you added is being ignored because it doesn't have the ",37,01" at the end. So it must be using the default one, which is apparently sub-optimal for your machine. I'd overwrite DTD_1with the one you currently have in DTD_5-- having two 1080 resolutions is just going to generate confusion-- which is being used? Better to have only one, and to have it be the one you know is right.

[stemzungu]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

The one you added is being ignored because it doesn't have the ",37,01" at the end. So it must be using the default one, which is apparently sub-optimal for your machine. I'd overwrite DTD_1with the one you currently have in DTD_5-- having two 1080 resolutions is just going to generate confusion-- which is being used? Better to have only one, and to have it be the one you know is right.

Ok, I tried using the DTDs for 1920x1080, 1918x1080, and 1922x1080. All but 1920x1080 worked.

It's odd that I couldn't get 1920x1080 using this DTD: 02 3A 80 18 71 38 2D 40 58 2C 45 00 13 2A 21 00 00 1E

But I could it with a shaky picture using this one: 01,1D,80,18,71,1C,16,20,58,2C,1A,00,00,00,00,00,00,86

Would this indicate that 1920x1080 is disabled in my bios?

[Aaron_B_Intel]

Yep, disabled in the BIOS. The reason you could get the "shaky" picture with the other one is because it is for 1080i, not 1080p. In the BIOS, apparently only 1080p is disabled.

[stemzungu]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

Yep, disabled in the BIOS. The reason you could get the "shaky" picture with the other one is because it is for 1080i, not 1080p. In the BIOS, apparently only 1080p is disabled.

Is there any chance of altering the BIOS or am I stuck with this? Well even so, at this point my eyes can't detect any scaling on 1922x1080 anyway.

[Aaron_B_Intel]

The VideoBIOS could be hacked, but I don't recommend it. You could email Dell and ask them to stop forbidding the resolution in their VBIOS, but I doubt you'll have a lot of success.

[stemzungu]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

The VideoBIOS could be hacked, but I don't recommend it. You could email Dell and ask them to stop forbidding the resolution in their VBIOS, but I doubt you'll have a lot of success.

One more thing: Is it possible to get 1922x1082 in order to maintain 16:9 aspect ratio?

Thanks- I'm so glad to finally have my resolution almost perfect.

[Aaron_B_Intel]

It is possible, but you're probably better off with 1922x1080. The two-pixel horizontal stretch will likely be imperceptible to you, but even if it's not, you'll compound the artifacts by scaling in the vertical direction, too.

[skywalker975]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

It is possible, but you're probably better off with 1922x1080. The two-pixel horizontal stretch will likely be imperceptible to you, but even if it's not, you'll compound the artifacts by scaling in the vertical direction, too.

I have similar problems. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop with an Intel 915gm, and I am trying to run a Viewsonic 24" monitor. The optimal resolution on the monitor is 1920x1080p, but the 915gm driver does not show that as an option. I have updated the driver from Intel Downloadcenter (win2k_xp142550.exe).
Two problems:
One problem is that even after updating, the device manager shows that I have the older version of the driver.
Second problem is that I still can't set the monitor to its optimal resoution - 1920x1080.

Can you please suggest a solution. Thanks.

[Aaron_B_Intel]

Quoting - skywalker975

I have similar problems. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop with an Intel 915gm, and I am trying to run a Viewsonic 24" monitor. The optimal resolution on the monitor is 1920x1080p, but the 915gm driver does not show that as an option. I have updated the driver from Intel Downloadcenter (win2k_xp142550.exe).
Two problems:
One problem is that even after updating, the device manager shows that I have the older version of the driver.
Second problem is that I still can't set the monitor to its optimal resoution - 1920x1080.

Can you please suggest a solution. Thanks.

What driver does it tell you is active?

Have you tried 1922x1080? As above, some BIOSes, especially on laptops, will refuse to allow 1920x1080.

[phil140]

Quoting - stemzungu

Ok, I tried using the DTDs for 1920x1080, 1918x1080, and 1922x1080. All but 1920x1080 worked.

It's odd that I couldn't get 1920x1080 using this DTD: 02 3A 80 18 71 38 2D 40 58 2C 45 00 13 2A 21 00 00 1E

But I could it with a shaky picture using this one: 01,1D,80,18,71,1C,16,20,58,2C,1A,00,00,00,00,00,00,86

Would this indicate that 1920x1080 is disabled in my bios?

I'm following your steps to fix my same problem. What DTD codes did you use for 1922x1080? Is the 1922x1080 better than 1918x1080? Thanks.

[Richard_Sleeman]

Quoting - Aaron Brezenski (Intel)

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is the DTD you would want to use. It's possible that Dell never upgraded their 915G drivers to the set that has custom DTD input available. In fact, I'm nearly positive that 14.25 is the first driver which contains the DTD capability. The latest one from the Intel site for 915G is 14.25.50, and I'd try to get that one installed if possible. There are tricks you can do to get the driver to install despite the fact that it's not from Dell... this Forum has had posts which describe the method, though I'll admit I can't find it right now.

It's also possible Dell disabled 1920x1080 in your BIOS, in which case you'd want to try 1918x1080

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Hello Aaron

Can you please help ?

I have a Toshiba Portege R200 with the above graphics card and have followed much of your advice on this forum to update the driver to the Intel latest version, next I need to edit the .inf file to add the resolution I need, using the 'Monitor Asset Manager' I have got the following Raw Data for the Dell Monitor I have (2407WFPHC)

Raw data
00,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,00,10,AC,25,A0,53,36,32,31,17,11,01,03,0E,34,21,78,EE,9B,B5,A9,54,34,AE,25,
13,50,54,A5,4B,00,81,80,A9,40,71,4F,B3,00,01,01,01,01,01,01,01,01,28,3C,80,A0,70,B0,23,40,30,20,
36,00,07,44,21,00,00,1A,00,00,00,FF,00,55,4E,33,33,31,37,36,34,31,32,36,53,20,00,00,00,FC,00,44,
45,4C,4C,32,34,30,37,57,46,50,48,43,00,00,00,FD,00,38,4C,1E,53,11,00,0A,20,20,20,20,20,20,00,1C

I need a slightly different resolution than that described in this forum, is it possible for me to get near 1920x1200 using the fix you are discussing in this forum ?

Could you tell me which data I need to edit in the .inf file to give me a resolution close to 1920x1200 ?

Thank you for your support in advance

ToshibaEng

[nekonya]

Quoting - stemzungu

I have a Dell laptop with an Intel 915gm chipset graphics card which I'm trying to use with a Dell S2409W 24'' monitor. This monitor has an optimum resolution of 1920x1080, but I'm not able to select this in Display Settings or by using Powerstrip. I've been reading the advice in these forums for hours, but so far have had no luck getting it to work. If anyone has some advice about this, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

LOL silly ducks xD you modified all video driver... Im not some geek, but somehow i know that the poblem is not in video cards driver, but in monitor driver that you guys dont use i see. If you use generick driver, no wonder you cant get max resolution. Here: i took old samsung LCD monitor driver, modified and made to use 1920x1090 resolution. I tested on 915gm and works fine. Monitor driver tell video card what resolution need, not video card driver.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b1580f463f7f9eef1f8e0fff488e27e0751d3c76f39fce9cc95965eaa7bc68bc

Miror: http://rapidshare.com/files/279959467/Monitor_driver_1920x1080.rar.html

I registed to this site just to answer to you guys, cause i was have same problem, just i fixed in minute.

P.S. exract .rar and run the .exe setup file, pick your video port and use fake monitor name. You can rename name in inf file if wana. then i will install, and then go in desktop poperties and pick max resolution.

[dejan]

I have same problem, and I tried everything suggested, but still nothing. An I found source of the problem but I don't know is it possible to fix it.



Right now resolution 1440x900 is OK, but I would really like 1920x1080! Is that possible?