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windows vista - Why does the screen resolution of 1440x900 suddenly disappear from Intel GMA Control Panel?


I'm using a Vostro 1200 laptop with the Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset powering its graphics and running Vista 32-bit SP2. I've been using the Vostro with a Dell SE198WFP LCD Monitor as the external display since day one for about two years without any problems. Recently, I plugged the Vostro into a couple of other monitors. The problem is, now the native resolution for my main monitor's (the SE198WFP) resolution of 1440x900 @ 60 Hz is no longer available. (See below)


Intel GMA Control Panel


I've tried everything from uninstalling and reinstalling the Intel drivers as well as the monitor drivers to no avail.


I've goggled this problem and it appears that this has happened to other people but all the answers involve people giving up in frustration or reinstalling; both terrible outcomes.


Has anybody ever figured why this happens and have a good solution?


UPDATE:


This dude has a complicated solution, which I haven't tried yet. His explanations for the problem was



After an exausting search for an answer to the matter of why my brand new 19″ widescreen monitor’s native resolution (1440×900) was unavailable (sic) in the display properties, I finally stumbled upon an article a person posted on Intel’s forums that basically explained what shannanigans Intel had been up to with their GMA 950 line of onboard graphic solutions.



Not very comforting.



Answer



Solved in the most unlikely way : used a different VGA cable. Apparently somebody used my monitor (without my knowledge) and used their own (defective) cable and left it there. I found back my original cable and plugged it in, in place of the defective one, and everything went back to normal in literally a second.


I got a hunch that the trouble might be the cable when I was poking around the (labyrinthine) Windows registry and found that the Intel GMA detected my monitor as "#-" instead of "Del003" as it usually did and the Serial Number of the monitor could not be read. (Also thanks to Ivo too for mentioning "cable" which triggered something in my mind.)


This condition was probably caused by the graphic card not getting the right EDID (Extended display identification data) from the LCD Monitor. Since the monitor is fine, I looked at the cable more carefully and noticed it wasn't the original one.


This incident has wasted hours of my life, but oh boy what a lesson. A lesson hopefully no one else has to endure.


:-)


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