Mortani Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Thank you all for your great help with this site. I've tried a couple of the most recent versions of the 18x and 17x series drivers. I'm trying to install any fairly current driver but I keep having the same problem. It only detects the laptop WUXGA with only 16 bit color depth. External monitors are fine. Any thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortani Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Is there any further information I could supply to help figure this out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 it's similar problem to the one i'm having. after installing newest drivers from dell (179.24 or .29) only 16 bits is selectable, but on other drivers (i.e. 174) everything is ok. i've got 64 bits Vista and WUXGA... maybe it's something with memory management? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tore Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 it's similar problem to the one i'm having. after installing newest drivers from dell (179.24 or .29) only 16 bits is selectable, but on other drivers (i.e. 174) everything is ok. i've got 64 bits Vista and WUXGA... maybe it's something with memory management? I also got this problem after installing the newest drivers from Dell. (D830 - Vista Pro 64-bit), but I found that I can go around this problem by defining a custom resolution at the NVIDIA Control Panel. Just tick the "Allow modes not exposed by the display" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Could you contact dell and tell them that the problem exists in more then one laptop ? :) I've emailed them with this problem and answer from Dell goes like this: we've got no similar issues repoted in our system, problem is on your side... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I have also been experiencing this issue for a long time. I have tried adding a custom resolution, but I get a "Common mode error". Anyone else getting this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Many beta drivers do share this problem - 181.20 and 181.22 are the latest for me that don't allow custom modes to be created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheCleaner Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I had the exact same issue on Vista 64 bit on a Dell 830 with WUXGA and BIOS A14. I resolved it by getting the 176.44 drivers (which is a compromise between the newest ones on Dell's site and the ones they release back in 2/08) http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/index....showtopic=21361 Those drivers worked just fine for me and actually seem to work better than any I've used in the past so I'm not even going to bother messing with Dell support over this. Oh, btw, it seems that the "16 bit problem" is only for the actual laptop display. A connected external monitor or 2nd external monitor will display in 32 bit mode just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks, creating the custom resolution in NVidia control panel solved my problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.