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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: mo_hari on December 16, 2009, 04:05:17 pm

Title: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 16, 2009, 04:05:17 pm

hello all

       i bought a new gigabyte motherboard , this is my configuration .

                               motherboard  GA-G31M-ES2L ,
                               processor  Intel core 2 duo 2.93GHz
                               operating system windows xp
                               monitor  LG 17" widescreen

i cannot see the exact resolution 1440x900 , i always see lesser than this resolution i.e .1024x768 , how do i set exact resolution ? if i buy any graphics card will it work ? if it so please suggest me a good graphics card to buy. Please help me.

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: oggmonster on December 17, 2009, 10:47:38 am

Make sure you're using latest chipset and graphics drivers.

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 17, 2009, 11:14:28 am

yes , i've updated it , but still not get the resolution . is there anything connect with the BIOS ? will it work if i buy any graphics card? please help me

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: oggmonster on December 17, 2009, 11:43:16 am

Can you change the resolution in the intel graphics control panel? Is it a fresh install of Windows?

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 17, 2009, 11:45:58 am

yes i tried everything , didn't help . yes this is my fresh copy of windows xp. the maximum resolution i see is 1024x768 ,

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: oggmonster on December 17, 2009, 11:52:26 am

Are you using latest BIOS revision? You may also want to bump the ammount of shared graphics in the BIOS upto 128mb or 256mb

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 17, 2009, 12:02:42 pm

i doubt it whether am using latest BIOS version or not . Will it be okay if i update my BIOS version? or if i  buy a new Graphics card will it support my expected resolution?

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: oggmonster on December 17, 2009, 12:14:48 pm

A graphics card will probably solve your problem. But you may just need to bump up shared memory ammount to 128mb or 256mb in the bios

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 17, 2009, 12:41:54 pm

how do i do this bumbing? could you tell me how to do? please

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: oggmonster on December 17, 2009, 01:22:47 pm

Can't remember exactly, should be under 'uma frame buffer' I think. Or possibly even under 'shared graphics'. Just have a scout round your bios, should be fairly easy to spot

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 17, 2009, 02:58:17 pm

even i updated my bios & my chipset drivers , still no luck . 

where all these settings will be (UMA bumping) ? i don't see any UMA setting in my BIOS ? please tell me where it is?

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: runn3R on December 17, 2009, 06:05:54 pm

Hi mo_hari

I would rather say it's because of the driver bug, it's described here:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-028366.htm

with fixed driver available from:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-029955.htm

P.S. Method suggested by oggmonster requires change in:
Advanced BIOS Features -> On-Chip Frame Buffer Size
but I doubt if it solves this problem as G31 has dynamic allocated memory for integrated VGA

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 18, 2009, 02:29:33 pm

Thanks runn3R,

            I tried the link and installed the driver , but still no luck  :(  , please anyone give me a solution

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: runn3R on December 18, 2009, 02:59:07 pm

If the special driver did not help then try as follows:

install the latest G31 driver: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/detect.htm
use nice wizard: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/Unable_to_Select_Larger_Display_Mode.htm
read this: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-022544.htm#max_mode

So you have bios F10 ?

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: Pottypete on December 18, 2009, 03:13:10 pm

Hi,
It looks like onboard will not support that resolution 1400x900,
Get yourself a graphics card,
A gigabyte ATI radeon 4670 will do everything includes the latest games, (not on full settings though) but it is the best bang for buck as they say,
Look around and it 's about £50 £60, if thats too much go for any of the 4 series cards,
Most of them will do dx10,
Merry Xmas

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 18, 2009, 03:21:18 pm

thanks ,

 so are you saying that the above links will not work? will nvidia or geforce card resolve this issue?

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: Pottypete on December 18, 2009, 04:21:03 pm

Hi,
No, Try the above links that runn3r has informed you of in his post!,
And if they do not work or you are unable to get it to work, a graphics card is your easiest  option to run 1400x900 resolution,

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: Beekeeper on December 18, 2009, 05:16:47 pm

have you tried with different vendor monitor?

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 19, 2009, 04:04:51 am

sorry i din't check with any other monitor, but why i wonder is one of my friend bought the machine with the same configuration what i've , but it works fine with 1440x900 resolution , but am not able to get , :o

And you guys mentioned to buy a graphics card , but you've mentioned only 1400x900 , but i need 1440x900 . Will it work if i a buy a new card?

Note : I can get the correct resolution in Ubuntu OS. Is there any OS specific , i don't think so.

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: runn3R on December 22, 2009, 11:41:30 am

If it works under Ubuntu then it clearly shows that it's driver/ configuration issue.

You don't need to buy a new VGA card. Just read and implement my suggestions from my previous post: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,1016.msg4888.html#msg4888

Check what is driver version used by your friend.

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: mo_hari on December 26, 2009, 05:22:45 am

thanks all ,

its fixed , my monitor itself got the resolution problem , i asked my LG service engineer to service my monitor , now i got the exact resolution.

Thanks for all

Title: Re: cannot get exact resolution 1440x900
Post by: Beekeeper on December 30, 2009, 05:56:27 pm

great  :)