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reminder · 01-01-2008, 04:04 PM

I'm not sure what my problem is and what should I do, but it doesn't hurt to post here, right?

Anyway, I own a Dell P791 monitor. It's a quite good monitor except one thing - I can't find any drivers for it (in fact, no XP compatible). The monitor is fine and somehow runs well on basic XP drivers, but...

When I try to run many games (for example, Legacy of Kain : Defiance), my screen blinks and shows flying grey box "sync. out of range (a changing number ~100)kHz 150Hz NP".

I suspect that for some reason, my PC tries to run them on 800x600 resolution with 150Hz refresh rate, settings my monitor doesn't support (it can take only 100 Hz with 800x600), so I always get the grey box of death. Changing the settings to 1024x768 makes the game run fine (I did that once by adding " -width 1024 -height 768" line to the shortcut), but for some reason, I can't make many games run in 1024x768 with that simple shortcut change.

Anyway, to make it simple for you :

1) Do you know where to find Dell P791 monitor drivers?
2) Do you know any ways to make my computer automatically run in 800x600 with only 100Hz refresh rate?
3) Do you know any ways how to force games to run in 1024x768 (except .ini file editing and that shortcut line change I gave you)?

Any help will be deeply appreciated.

01-01-2008, 04:04 PM	#1
reminder The Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2007 Gender : Location: Some VERY hot place Posts: 880	Monitor help I'm not sure what my problem is and what should I do, but it doesn't hurt to post here, right? Anyway, I own a Dell P791 monitor. It's a quite good monitor except one thing - I can't find any drivers for it (in fact, no XP compatible). The monitor is fine and somehow runs well on basic XP drivers, but... When I try to run many games (for example, Legacy of Kain : Defiance), my screen blinks and shows flying grey box "sync. out of range (a changing number ~100)kHz 150Hz NP". I suspect that for some reason, my PC tries to run them on 800x600 resolution with 150Hz refresh rate, settings my monitor doesn't support (it can take only 100 Hz with 800x600), so I always get the grey box of death. Changing the settings to 1024x768 makes the game run fine (I did that once by adding " -width 1024 -height 768" line to the shortcut), but for some reason, I can't make many games run in 1024x768 with that simple shortcut change. Anyway, to make it simple for you : 1) Do you know where to find Dell P791 monitor drivers? 2) Do you know any ways to make my computer automatically run in 800x600 with only 100Hz refresh rate? 3) Do you know any ways how to force games to run in 1024x768 (except .ini file editing and that shortcut line change I gave you)? Any help will be deeply appreciated.