X3100 with external ACER AL2216W @ 1680x1050

[msjones1985]

Hi,

This is my first post and I am hoping that somebody can help me with my problem.

I have just had a new work laptop, a HP 6710B. It has an intel X3100 graphics chip in it. When I take the laptop home, I like to hook it up to my ACER 22" lcd (AL2216W).

The first time I did this the laptop displayed at the screens native resolution of 1680x1050. When I came to plug in the screen yesterday, I am unable to output to 1680x1050.

I have tried everything I can think of. I have installed old drivers for my card, removed them and installed newer ones. I have also tried the drivers for the monitor but am unable to unlock the 1680x1050 resolution of my monitor.

I am currently using the drivers that came with windows update, so I assume these to be the latest. I am running Vista Business 32bit.

Please, can anybody help me!!!!

Thanks in advance,

Matthew

[tcdelaney]

Hi,

I have the exact same laptop (nice, isn't it) though I'm running XP Pro on it. I'm using only the Intel-supplied drivers for chipset and graphics. Everything works fine with my Samsung 226BW (1680x1050).

Did you do the Windows Update after the fist time you connected the monitor? There were bugs in some versions of the drivers that prevented the EDID settings from being read correctly from the monitor (on both XP and Vista). I suspect that Windows has installed one of those versions on your laptop.

I would strongly advise installing the latest Vista drivers downloaded from Intel (don't download from HP- they arevery slow in updating their drivers - the latest XP ones are about 4 versions behind ...). You may need to install the Intel-supplied chipset drivers as well - I know that if you install the Dell-supplied chipset drivers on a Dell laptop, you can't install the Intel-supplied graphics drivers, but I didn't try it with the HP-supplied chipset drivers.

Even better - XP runs really well on this laptop - I think you'll get much better performance if you upgrade from Vista to XP ... and I know that what you want to do works on this laptop on XP.

BTW, I'd be interested whether you have any blurriness or ghosting on your monitor at 1680x1050 once you get it working. The X3100 digital-analog-converter isn't the best, but the 226BW analog-digital-converter almost compensates (I get the slightest ghosting) and would be interested in hearing how other monitors fare with it.

[msjones1985]

Hi tcdelaney,

Yes this is a brilliant laptop, a replacement for my stolen Dell 6400.

I have spent the day doing as you instructed, tried the intel only chipset/graphics drivers and still getting the same problem. The monitor has the 1600x1200 resolution, but will not no matter what I do, display at 1680x1050. I cant even enable the 'List unavailable modes' in the graphics properties.

I then moved on to windows XP, booted from the cd and when it came to the install it was telling me that it could not find my hard disk. I changed the disk, same error. I tried media center and 2k..... same errors?! As you can imagine im getting very annoyed :)

So know I am back to vista buisness, with the monitor currently running at 1280x1024 :(

I am in despirate need of help. Its not effecting my work, but its damn annoying!

Thanks,

Matthew

[tcdelaney]

Since the laptop doesn't have a floppy option, you will need to slipstream the SATA (AHCI)drivers into a copy of XP (Vista already has generic AHCI drivers).

The text-mode drivers are here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2800&DwnldID=14849&strOSs=44&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Professional〈=eng

Use a tool like nLite to integrate them:
http://www.nliteos.com/

Personally, I use nLite to create a smaller XP install, and then integrate the DriverPacks:
http://driverpacks.net/

Cheers,

Tim

[Aaron_B_Intel]

Matthew,

Luckily we've dealt with your monitor before. Follow the instructions at

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/Community/en-US/forums/permalink/30240360/30237804/ShowThread.aspx#30237804

Let me know if you need further help.

AB

[jbithan]

Hi,
I have MSI 12" laptop wih Intel 965, GMA X3100.
The laptop is great, but::

Connect (digital) my Samsung 226BW, working in 1600x1050 mode, but it flicker all the time, colored lines appearing and more.

I tried Analog connection, same problem.
I tried lower resolution, less problems but the actal setup of the monitor is wrong.

I can't find a way to correct the problem.

Thanks for any help or comment.