Monitor's native resolution not showing up in Display properties
I have a flat-panel Dell monitor (model E198WFpv) with a native resolution of 1440 x 900. I have it connected to a Dell Optiplex 210L desktop computer with Windows XP Pro SP3. There is no additional video card -- I'm just using the stock hardware that came with the computer. The adapter shows up as Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family.
Everything worked fine until I temporarily swapped out the flat-panel for an old CRT monitor. I adjusted-down the resolution when I used the old monitor. Now that I've re-connected the flat-panel to the PC, I can't set the display settings to the monitor's native resolution -- 1440 x 900 doesn't appear as one of the choices. I've tried re-booting. I've tried scanning my hardware for plug-and-play devices. I also downloaded and installed Dell's driver, which seemed to have no effect whatsoever.
I've also tried Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> Monitor -> List all modes. It's not in the list.
What am I doing wrong, here? And how do I fix it?
Everything worked fine until I temporarily swapped out the flat-panel for an old CRT monitor. I adjusted-down the resolution when I used the old monitor. Now that I've re-connected the flat-panel to the PC, I can't set the display settings to the monitor's native resolution -- 1440 x 900 doesn't appear as one of the choices. I've tried re-booting. I've tried scanning my hardware for plug-and-play devices. I also downloaded and installed Dell's driver, which seemed to have no effect whatsoever.
I've also tried Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> Monitor -> List all modes. It's not in the list.
What am I doing wrong, here? And how do I fix it?
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emilgas
Go to Device manager and delete the Monitor and restart your PC. You don't have to restart the PC since you can just refresh the hardware list, but I always restart the PC.
I agree with Thalarctos. Weird it would do that, but that's what I would try first.
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Not sure what worked -- I kept tweaking everything, rebooting endlessly, until I solved it. It's back to normal now. Thanks go out to everyone.