reynart Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 (edited) I have quite strange problem with my MSI notebook... When i got my notebook and installed Windows Vista and started only on batteries i couldnt set my desktop color depth to 32 bit. I cant do that till now. I have all latest drivers installed. Strange is, that when i installed Windows XP, problem disapeard. After that I installed again Vista (tried both 32bit and 64bit versions) i couldnt set 32 bit color depth again, when started on batteries ofc (when plugged to the AC and restarted the NB Im able to set 32). I searched, googled and found nothing. So please help, if someone of you knows what is the problem. Thanks. Edited March 5, 2009 by reynart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 What type of video chipset do you have? I know that some DAAMiT (ATi+AMD) chipsets have a setting which automatically reduces color depth in battery mode, but I am not aware of Nvidia or Intel chipsets that do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am having this exact same issue in vista x64 on my MSI 1651/GX620. Booting on battery gets stuck at 16 bit color depth, and can only be fixed when booting in with the AC power plugged in. This wasnt happening before with previous drivers it seems, but i updated to the latest 180.84 and now it is. HELP please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynart Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 What type of video chipset do you have? I know that some DAAMiT (ATi+AMD) chipsets have a setting which automatically reduces color depth in battery mode, but I am not aware of Nvidia or Intel chipsets that do this. My video chipset is Nvidia Geforce 9600m GT and mainboard chipset is Intel PM45 so it is combination you mentioned. I wouldnt mind if it changed only color depth but it also changes desktop resolution to minimum when changing booting without batt. and plugged AC. As I mentioned with same NVIDIA drivers on Windows XP it works perfectly fine but on Vista... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sm1ley Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 I have the same problem on my msi gx620 with vistax64 then i download DH Mobility Modder.NET nvidia edition and try to patch 180.48 driver for desktop cards, i install drivers but nothing change except more resolutions, the issue is the same ==> 16bits colors depth on battery. I have called msi about the problem but they send per mail link for 176.60 laptop drivers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spik3balloon Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) Sorry to bump an old thread, but having the same problem here. The only drivers that seem to work correctly (ie. give 32-bit true color while running on batt) are the manufacturer's (176.60). Anyone with any solutions? MSI GX620, 9600M GT 512MB DDR3 Edited January 26, 2009 by Spik3balloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynart Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sorry to bump an old thread, but having the same problem here. The only drivers that seem to work correctly (ie. give 32-bit true color while running on batt) are the manufacturer's (176.60). Anyone with any solutions?MSI GX620, 9600M GT 512MB DDR3 Since I created this thread I was trying to solve this problem but with no succes. I tried to compare inf from 176.60 MSI drivers to others newers drivers. Even modifying inf from new drivers but I couldnt find a command witch solves the problem. Sometimes my tests disabled Physx or driver didnt installed at all. We MSI USERS just have to wait that MSI will hopefully release 179.28 MSI drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MICHAEL Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Helllo. I have the same problem with my msi gx620 laptop. I have installed the newest nvidia driver (179.48) but it don't work fine.. Only the 176.60 works perfect (always 32bit) but 176.60 doesn't accelerate physx. Physx works only with 179.x or higher. :) (Gamer laptop without physx? :P ) (179.28 just can't install... it'says during the install: i have no windows vista, but i have.. :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynart Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Helllo. I have the same problem with my msi gx620 laptop. I have installed the newest nvidia driver (179.48) but it don't work fine.. Only the 176.60 works perfect (always 32bit) but 176.60 doesn't accelerate physx. Physx works only with 179.x or higher. :) (Gamer laptop without physx? :P ) (179.28 just can't install... it'says during the install: i have no windows vista, but i have.. :) ) Hi. I think our only chance is to wait for MSI to release new drivers or vga bios. Until then Ill use win XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spik3balloon Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) I haven't tried them yet, but MSI has released new drivers. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=do...mp;prod_no=1529 Edit: Looking at the version numbers, they're still 176.xx drivers. :) Vista 32: 7.15.11.7688 Vista 64: 7.15.11.7660_WHQL XP 32/64 : 6.14.11.7644_WHQL Edited February 22, 2009 by Spik3balloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynart Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Problem SOLVED. Just need to flash new BIOS "1.0S" and the issue dissapeared for me. Try and post your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spik3balloon Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Problem SOLVED.Just need to flash new BIOS "1.0S" and the issue dissapeared for me. Try and post your results. Seems to be fixed here as well. :) Thanks for the heads up. Now running Dox's 182.05. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmiki Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Confirmed, I had the same problem before, updated for the latest BIOS (v1.0U at the moment), problem is gone. Thanks for pointing it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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