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    a8js vista resolution problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by gkcomp22, Apr 22, 2007.

  1. gkcomp22

    gkcomp22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just upgraded my windows xp to windows vista. I'm having a problem with displaying 1440x900 resolution in vista. I installed the video driver and it still doesn't want to display the proper resolution. The max it'll display is 1280x720.
    Does anyone know what I have to install to get it to display at the right resolution?

    I also checked the device manager and it doesn't have any unknown devices or anything.

    Thanks in advance.

    George
     
    gkcomp22, Apr 22, 2007
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  2. gusto5

    gusto5 Notebook Deity

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    Try the drivers at laptopvideo2go.com. Maybe those will give you the right resolution, assuming the ones you installed are the ones from asus's download
     
    gusto5, Apr 22, 2007
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  3. gkcomp22

    gkcomp22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The ones I got were from the asus website.
     
    gkcomp22, Apr 22, 2007
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    mrchinky Newbie

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    I had the same problem u described on my A8Js.
    I checked Asus' website today and found new nVidia drivers that was released a week ago. Installed it and it let me put the resolution to 1440x900. So maybe you should try those drivers. Hope this helps
     
    mrchinky, Apr 22, 2007
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  5. gkcomp22

    gkcomp22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The first time I installed vista I upgraded from windows. Then I had the same problem. It wouldn't let me display in 1440x900. Then I played around and got it to go to 1440x900. Then I wanted to start fresh with a clean install so I started from scratch and now I can't get it to the right resolution.

    Maybe i'm forgetting something or installing the drivers in the wrong order or something. Is the certain things I have to install in order for it to work? Can someone tell me what to install and what order to install it?

    Thanks

    George
     
    gkcomp22, Apr 23, 2007
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  6. fEArmE

    fEArmE Notebook Enthusiast

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    what bios do you have?
     
    fEArmE, Apr 23, 2007
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  7. gkcomp22

    gkcomp22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have bios 211
     
    gkcomp22, Apr 23, 2007
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  8. fEArmE

    fEArmE Notebook Enthusiast

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    Believe it or not, i've had tons of trouble with 211. All my problems are gone after downgrading to 210. Do it, you'll thank me later.
     
    fEArmE, Apr 23, 2007
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  9. gkcomp22

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    I went back to 210 and every seems to work now. When I was upgrading the bios it said checksum bad, is this anything to be worried about?
     
    gkcomp22, Apr 23, 2007
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    do you have a link to the page with the drivers?
     
    ronmon, May 1, 2007
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  11. ronmon

    ronmon Newbie

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    how do you downgrade to 210? did you just download it from the AJ8s site?
     
    ronmon, May 1, 2007
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  12. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    you use the flash tool in the bios. just unzip it in the root directory (c :) and you can access it from the tool.
     
    fabarati, May 1, 2007
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