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    Digital vibrance display feature disabled on Inspiron 1720

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ivand87, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. ivand87

    ivand87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys...

    So I just got my new Inspiron 1720 this week (sweet!)

    However when I try to change the color settings on the nVidia Control Panel, a very important feature is missing - the Digital Vibrance setting is grayed out and I can't change it!

    The LCD looks fine and everything looks good - however when I compare it to my old laptop, which has digital vibrance enabled and turned on a little bit, I can easily notice the lack of color! I need more saturation!

    Last night before going to bed I upgraded using the drivers provided here at Dell.com to see if updated drivers would fix this issue, but it didn't work.

    Is there a reason for the digital vibrance being disabled? How do I fix this?

    I know Dell takes forever to update drivers, so does anyone know of a video driver on laptopvideo2go.com that will fix this problem?

    Thank you
    - Ivan

    BTW it's an nVidia GeForce 8600M GT with 256 MB RAM on Windows Vista Home Premium.
     
    ivand87, Aug 16, 2007
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  2. choy

    choy Company Representative

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    yes download the drivers from laptopvideo2go.com... i'm using the 163.11 where you can adjust the digital vibrance... still can't adjust the image sharpening though...
     
    choy, Aug 16, 2007
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    Lynus Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering the same thing, but I'm at Laptopvideo2go.com right now and I don't really understand what it is i'm downloading besides drivers... whats the INF and WHQL mean?
     
    Lynus, Aug 16, 2007
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    choy Company Representative

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    choy, Aug 16, 2007
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    Download drivers, extract them. Download custom INF and replace the INF in the drivers.
     
    CitizenPanda, Aug 16, 2007
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    JRMacumber Newbie

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    If I have a brand new laptop, what is the quickest, easiest, yet also most stable way of upgrading the video drivers?
     
    JRMacumber, Aug 16, 2007
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    Lynus Notebook Consultant

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    yea i figured it out as i was doing it, i figrued out what WHQL or w/e meant within like 2 seconds of asking, i just didn't know why some had INF and some didn't, i got the 163.11 now as well and turned up the vibrance to 50, damn i love the colors now
     
    Lynus, Aug 16, 2007
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    i have a problem with the digital vibrance...
    whenever i put my lappy to sleep or restart it the DV gets turned off, and i have to go into the settings and reenable it manually--such a pain

    has anyone experienced this problem? i cant believe how much better my screen looks after i turned on the digital vibrance!
     
    trackstar, Aug 18, 2007
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  9. ivand87

    ivand87 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys... Got it to work with the 163.11 drivers from LV2G.com... Thanks :)
     
    ivand87, Aug 18, 2007
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