Acer AL2616W - Resolution Problem

[Radical Reg]

Anybody have one of these and get it to run at 1920x1200 using DVi ?

 

[AlNom]

The monitor only supports up to 1280x768. Who told you it could do 1920x1200?

 

[Radical Reg]

Acer AL2616W

No.... here are the specs :

SPECIFICATIONS
Driving system TFT Color LCD
LCD Panel Size 64.87cm(26")
Pixel pitch 0.286mm( H ) × 0.286mm( V )
Brightness 500cd/m2 (Typical)
Contrast Ratio 800:1 (DCR 1600:1)
Viewable angle 178° (H) 178° (V)
Response time 5 ms
Video R,G,B Analog Interface
Digital (Dual-Input Model)
H-Frequency 30kHz – 80kHz
Input
V-Frequency 55-75Hz
Display Colors 16.7M Colors
Dot Clock 135MHz
Max. Resolution 1920 × 1200 @60Hz
Plug & Play VESA DDC2BTM
EPA ENERGY STAR® ON Mode ≤ 65W
OFF Mode ≤ 1W
Input Connector D-Sub 15pin
DVI-D 24pin (DVI w/HDCP,
Dual-Input Model)
Analog:0.7Vp-p(standard) ,
75 OHM, Positive
Input Video Signal
Digital signal (Dual-Input Mode l)
Maximum Screen Size Horizontal : 582mm
Vertical : 376mm
Power Source 100~264VAC,47~63Hz
Environmental
Considerations
Operating Temp: 5° to 50°C
Storage Temp.: -20° to 65°C
Operating Humidity: 10% to 85%
Dimensions 618(W)×472(H)×219(D)mm
Weight (N. W.) 9.3kg

 

[Skrying]

The monitor only supports up to 1280x768. Who told you it could do 1920x1200?

Uhh, a 26" monitor with only 1280x768?

 

[AlNom]

Well, barring the sarcasm, do you

1) own it?
2) want to see the specs?
3) realize it's a TV monitor?

 

[Skrying]

http://theacerblog.is-there.net/acer-al2616w/

 

[AlNom]

Well, I stand corrected then. I have a similar model # and I got the numbers mixed up. (Was thinking of the 2671W).

 

[Radical Reg]

Check it out here :

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=20947&vpn=ET.G16WP.001&manufacture=Acer

 

[Skrying]

It's fine, I've become quite familiar with the Acer monitor model numbers now, I was looking at buying one for a long time, never did though.

Anyway, what video card are you using? Is there an option to select 1920x1200?

 

[Radical Reg]

I am using a 8800GTX. The problem is that windows detects it as haviong a native resolution of 1680x1050.

 

[Radical Reg]

How can I disable the DDC2B so that it won't pick 1680x1050 as the native resolution ?

 

[Pete]

Maybe Acer has an .inf for the LCD that you could update to?

Heh, I think you yourself asked about that at NCIX. I guess there is none at the moment, but you might be able to hack one yourself using the WD driver and some Google-fu.

I mean, I'm guessing this is a software issue, and not some HDCP snafu.

 

[Zaphod]

Single-link/dual-link issue with the monitor reporting different DDC information depending on the cable used?

Edit: Perhaps it's the 8800...

 

[Radical Reg]

I used both single and dual cables with three different 2616 monitors with three diffferent video cards. (8800GTX, 7600 and X800GTO)

 

[Pete]

A thought occurs. Can you fool the 8800 into outputting 19x12 by pretending you have a dual display setup? Meaning, try setting both monitors to 19x12, or one to 19x12 and one to less.

In Display Props > Settings > Advanced > Adapter > List All Modes, you see 19x12, right?

I was trying to find some pics of the new NV CP, but all I could find was this. I guess neither "Change display config" nor "Run display opt wizard" helps?

 

[Radical Reg]

When I do that I get the following message:

Bad Color Depth - driver returning bad data

??????

 

[Pete]

When you do what, specifically? I threw a lot out there in that post.

 

[Radical Reg]

In Display Props > Settings > Advanced > Adapter > List All Modes
Then I get the error message :
Bad Color Depth - driver returning bad data

 

[Pete]

I wonder if that's the problem. IIRC, you said (in Zaphod's link) that you were talking to eVGA who were talking to NV about it. You might want to mention that.

 

[Radical Reg]

Found out it is a problem with the monitor :

http://forum.ncix.com/forums/index...._id=20947&msgcount=3&overclockid=0#msg1234541