Clone with Separate Resolutions: need helping with INF transplant!

[ikjadoon]

Hi. I can currently clone my desktop to 1680x1050 on my main and 1280x1024 on my secondary. This only works with 169.25, the previous WHQL driver. However, with this new driver, I cannot do this anymore. I've tried custom resolutions, PowerStrip, etc. None work. It works in 169.25, not in 175.16.

Is there a way I can somehow supplant the monitor resolution files from my previous driver to this one? Is that the regular INF? Can I just use the 169.25 completely? I know clone isn't supposed to be able to do this, but it works in 169.25 somehow, but not in 175.16. I'm just hoping that these monitor files are the reason. :)

It is an 8800GTS 640MB; I'm using a DVI cable on main and VGA cable on my secondary. If you need any information, please ask.

~Ibrahim~

Edited June 17, 2008 by ikjadoon

[ikjadoon]

Bump...Anyone else had this issue? :)

~Ibrahim~

[Michael Marley]

Are you trying to display the same image on two monitors, except at different resolutions?

[ikjadoon]

Are you trying to display the same image on two monitors, except at different resolutions?

That is exactly it. :)

Thanks for the reply!

~Ibrahim~

[Michael Marley]

Are you sure that was ever supported? I don't think Windows supports that. Maybe did it display just an area of the screen with larger resolution on the one with smaller resolution?

[ikjadoon]

Are you sure that was ever supported? I don't think Windows supports that. Maybe did it display just an area of the screen with larger resolution on the one with smaller resolution?

Eghad, I hate to bump up such an old thread. I think something was wrong with the email notifications and I never got the email that someone had replied! Really sorry. Hopefully, they are working now.

Well, I kind of have a clue now about what might be happening. The driver's in 169.25 can't read the EDID information correctly from my TV; so it just sends 1680x1050 to both monitors. However, the TV can't accept that resolution so it just displays it at 1280x1024.

Is there a way I can tell it to ignore EDID or even add the 1680x1050 resolution to my TV (not my monitor) in it's EDID info? Or is there a way to "force" 1680x1050 on both monitors, which is what it essentially does in the old driver?

Thanks!

~Ibrahim~