Custom Resolution Utility (CRU)

[ebaer]

(08-12-2016 03:27 PM)ebaer Wrote:  

(08-09-2016 05:16 PM)ToastyX Wrote:  

(08-07-2016 06:55 PM)ebaer Wrote:  I am attaching both the HP (HP2956) and Sony (SNY1A02) Real-time .bin files. I didn't see a specific option for "Full", so I am assuming that just saving them gets that for you.

Hopefully, the HP file will give some insights as to what is wrong with the Sony one.

I don't see anything wrong with the SNY EDID. I just realized AMD doesn't have a Windows 10 driver for 3000-series GPUs except through Windows Update. It's possible the driver from Windows Update doesn't support EDID overrides. I can't really recommend using anything older than the 5000-series with Windows 10. AMD hasn't released a driver for 3000-series GPUs in over three years, and the last version is for Windows 8. It might be possible to install that version in Windows 10, but I don't know if EDID overrides will work with it: https://community.amd.com/thread/185041

ToastyX,

OK, so this is an older Motherboard, (around 11/2012), but it does what I need for all other purposes.

Can you recommend an in-expensive graphics card that I could add that would work in one of the open slots (1 PCI, 1 PCI Express X1)? Particularly one that can benefit from your tool on Windows 10 and Windows 7.

I don't need a high power gaming card, just one that can provide 1920x1200 to 2 monitors. 1 port needs to be VGA because I have it on a KVM. The other can be DVI or HDMI, but not VGA, because the monitors don't support VGA. (That's why I have the SNY VGA => HDMI adapter)

Even a USB 2.0 that could provide the VGA at 1920x1200 that has drivers for Windows 10, which allows the EDID override would be fine as well. (If there is such a thing)

I would prefer to have both monitors running off a single card, and then disable the On-Board Graphics, unless you think there is a better solution...

Thanks again for your assistance.

ewb

ToastyX,

So I gave you the wrong info about the Slot. I had a PCI Express Gen2 x16 (the main video card slot) available. I contacted EVGA tech support, because they have 24x7 support, and I determined that I could use one of their EVGA GeForce GT 210 cards. But I wanted a fan-less card. They suggested the EVGA GeForce GT 610 cards, but Fry's did not carry that.

When I went to Fry's, they had an MSI GeForce GT 710 card that was a newly released card, which was fan-less. Seeing as my Moherboard was MSI, I decided to try that one. When I first installed it, it did not see the VGA connected monitor at all. So I decided to get the latest Nvidia drivers and install them via the web.

I had some issues with the Nvidia drivers. They kept saying that no supported GPU was installed. I finally broke down and used the CD/DVD that came with the graphics adapter, and installed the drivers from there. Now the VGA connected monitor showed up, but it was not showing a resolution above 1920x1080 again. I tried using the Nvidia control panel to force the resolution, but when I set it to 1920x1200 60Hz, the monitor kept saying the settings were "Out of Range", and to set them to 1920x1200 60Hz. (Huh ?).

Finally, took a screen shot of the settings for the monitor on the HDMI connector, and replicated them into the one on the VGA connector. Wallah!, the monitor came up with the desired 1920x1200 60Hz resolution. At first I didn't believe it, because I had been stuck with this for years. It took a few checks and comparisons to convince myself it was actually working. Apparently, it was the Front Door, Back Door, number of Sync pixels, Positive/Negative triggers, etc., that it did not like.

Last but not least, since one monitor was on VGA, and the other on HDMI, their color, brightness, contrast, etc., were pretty far off. I used the built in Screen Calibration capabilities of Windows 10 to get the VGA monitor as close to the HDMI as possible. It is not perfect, but it is hardly noticeable, if you didn't know it was not the same.

Anyway, a VERY long story to let you, and anyone else facing this sort of problem what i did to finally get it working.

Thanks again for all your help.

ewb