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    D630 and Quadro 135M Resolution Modes

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Met35, Feb 14, 2008.

  1. Met35

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    Hello there,

    I got my new Dell D630 with Nvidia Quadro 135M, I am very happy with it...until I found that under windows XP, the graphic card does only support a handful of resolution modes for an external monitor. I have a 20" samsung external monitor with 1400x1050, and this resolution is not supported by the graphic card! The card gives 1280x1024 and then jumps to 1600x1200.

    But this is only because of the driver in windows, because I installed linux, using the Nvidia linux driver I get the resolution I want without any problem under linux.

    My question is: does anybody know a way to "unlock" a resolution mode not offered by default in windows XP? I tried to add a "custom resolution" mode in the Nvidia control panel but this does not work either. Probably using a different driver?

    Thanks!
     
    Met35, Feb 14, 2008
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Do you have the latest driver installed for Windows?
     
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    Yes, I got the latest driver from Dell webpage for D630
     
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  4. adinu

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    Try nvidia's website or laptopvideo2go.com.

    Dell gpu drivers are crap and outdated.
     
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    Well...the Quadro 135M NVS (as well as some others) are cards manufactured by Nvidia but implemented by the manufacturers, in this case Dell. This means Nvidia website does not provide any driver for these cards, because the drivers are made by Dell.
    Accordingly, I did not find any driver on nvidia website for this card.

    I have been trying two drivers from laptopvideo2go.com, but I still have not found the resolution I am looking for.

    Will have to keep trying tweaking the .inf myself.

    Thanks anyway,
     
    Met35, Feb 18, 2008
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