Thank you THE1REBEL
I thought I would be stuck in 182.50 forever.
Only problem I had was in Step Six. I had to change refresh rate to 56 hz and do a CVT reduced blank before selecting manual on timings. Once I did that custom resolution worked.
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I've followed these steps to the letter, I can get the 4320x900 working but not he 5040x1050
I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
Win7 x64 release
proper GXM and Nvidia drivers.
I put in the stats for the 5040 and I get a
"Custom Resolution Test"
Test failed.
Custom resolution 5040x1050 at 57Hz (32-bit) is not supported by your display.
I know it is I've used it under Windows XP pro, and Vista Ult 32-bit
edit: I've also tried what 8086 suggests but no dice.
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Thanks for your time mate, alas - no luck here, either. I first tried with 191.03 beta (couldn't resist!), then 190.62 WHQL in Vista64 SP2. Using driver Sweeper in safe mode and all. 4320x900 and 5040x1050 both don't work. Same old, same old : tests fail.
I strongly suspect that any solution involving custom timings & settings is bound to work for a fraction of users only. The weak link here is each user's monitor model. I'm afraid there's no universal values to fix this stupid resolution problem... Here's hoping your method will help at least a few other ppl anyway !
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thanks for posting your results and direction to achieve this holiest of grails. i too can not ge it to work. i am able to add the 4320x900 and run it but 5040x1050 is a no go. when testing it says display can not run this. so started doing some configs on my on. and endeup with using new drivers from nvidia and new firmware, gxm from matrox. so i got all the newest drivers running. so now im looking at the nvidia contol panel and attempting to add new resolutions. but in the add resolutin screen the highly sought after resolutions are there already. so i checked the resolution 5040x1050 included. all the resolutions but the 5040x1050 resolutions show up. hmmmm....now correct me if im wrong now when it says display can not handle or use the resolution dose it mean the gpu or the monitor itself?
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It'd be the monitor; but it can very well be the software (display driver) going nuts for whatever reason. Not the GPU itself anyway.
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could it be that i have two different monitors?
would that cause this?
any word from matrox and windows 7 support?
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Am i missing something here, where am i able to download "PowerDesk GXM Software 2.4.0.11 (This is the only version that will work.)"The only version i see available for download is 2.05.00.020
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Check the Archived drivers section
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Hey guys, thanks for writing up the guide.
I just upgraded to windows 7 x64 from vista 32 bit and I can't get my 5040 x 1050 working anymore.
I had the latest 191.07 working beautifully using the custom resolution trick with the exact same values as this guide.
Why it states that the tests fail in windows 7 is beyond me. I tried everything and every driver with every version of power desk I could find and nothing.
It all worked completely fine on windows vista 32 bit so it can not be my monitors when I used the same values listed in this guide.
Is there a driver for windows 7 that is almost guaranteed to work like the 182.50s for vista?
If not, back to slow vista for me. Sigh..
Thanks.
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I have windows 7 64 bit, and continue to use the 182.50 drivers. They will also work with windows 7 (in fact thats all that will work on my pc for triple wide).
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Can i use windows vista 64 bit drivers of the 182.50's for windows 7? I googled and can't find the windows 7 64 bit version.
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