I have a 6 y/o compaq with an old monitor that weighs more than my truck. My wife recently bought a new HD monitor but I cannot find a driver update that will allow me to use the new monitor. I've gone to Intel updates and downloaded an updated driver but it didn't fix the problem.

We can't help you find a driver without knowing what computer you have. Please give us the make/model. Also include the info on the monitor. Intel chips aren't very good and, considering your computer's age, it might very well be possible that it is incapable of providing the correct resolution of a modern monitor. It's also possible that they don't even keep the most drivers of your graphics chip online anymore. However I can't know that for sure without know anything about your computer and monitor.

The computer is a Compaq Presario with an Intel(R)82915G/GV/910GL Express video card and I run XP as the OS. I've gone through the Intel site and down loaded all available driver updates and still can't reset to the required 1600x900@60Hz for the new monitor. We've been thinking of either getting a new computer or gutting this tower and installing new componants, so this just might be the time, but if we can put that off even a little while it'd be great.

The new monitor is a Dell ST2010B Flat Panel, and the old is a Compaq 7600 color monitor. Any help is appreciated!!!

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According to the Intel web site, 1600x900 is supported:

Specifically, Intel graphics drivers support:

* Display modes reported by the monitor’s EDID (Extended Display Information Data). Only plug and play monitors can provide EDID information to a computer.
* Custom display modes defined within the Video BIOS Table (VBT) by the computer manufacturer.
* Static modes for non Plug and Play monitors without an EDID. The set of basic static display modes (at 60Hz and up to 32bpp colors) include 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200 and 1600x900.

You could always add a AGP or PCI/E video card. That would be a lot cheaper than a new computer or motherboard and CPU, though not as much fun.

Might even be a BIOS setting you can tweak to fix this.

Try installing the monitor's driver. It should let XP know what modes it will accept and perhaps you'll be able to get the correct resolution afterwards. It should be on the cd that came with the monitor.

What is a make/model of the computer?