Clone Mode not working in 7.1 Vista Drivers

Basjohn · Jan 31, 2007, 05:14 PM

Hi, ever since moving to Vista I have a really annoying issue with the ATI Drivers. It seems I can no longer use clone mode to my tv the way I want to. That is, I can no longer run my monitor at 1280x1024 and my TV at 1024x768 and have the TV on pan mode. Instead Vista/ATI decide to limit my resolution to the minimum of both screens which is a painful 1024x768 on my 21’’ CRT Monitor.

There was a toggle option in the XP Control center but it’s completely missing from the Vista one. Is there any fix to this? Maybe a manual one? For now I’m running in extended desktop mode and it’s NOT working out for me at all

Any help would be appreciated.

Dyre Straits · Jan 31, 2007, 11:22 PM

Greetings and welcome to Driverheaven!

I'm going to move this thread to the appropriate "Vista" forum. Hopefully, you'll get a better and more accurate response from someone using Vista.

Good luck!

draugs · Feb 2, 2007, 06:16 PM

I have the same problem :/

I use extended and I just move my movieplayer to the extended screen, but it's still not the same.

Basjohn · Feb 2, 2007, 06:43 PM

Yeah, it seriously annoying. Some players HAAATE being moved over and maximized on the other screen and decide to crash not to mention there's some noticeable lag when playing it this way. Only non lagging player so far is WMP Classic, but its so much effort just for simple video that it makes me irritated.

I wonder why ATI would chuck out such an important feature..........

sectornine · Feb 3, 2007, 06:09 PM

I would really like a solution to this problem also, so annoying.

Basjohn · Feb 27, 2007, 11:02 AM

Looks like the problem is still present in 7.2 drivers :/

I sure hope this isn't some retarded form of MS trying to prevent DRM/Blu-ray/HDDVD cracks or such.....

Jan 31, 2007, 05:14 PM	#1
Basjohn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Clone Mode not working in 7.1 Vista Drivers Hi, ever since moving to Vista I have a really annoying issue with the ATI Drivers. It seems I can no longer use clone mode to my tv the way I want to. That is, I can no longer run my monitor at 1280x1024 and my TV at 1024x768 and have the TV on pan mode. Instead Vista/ATI decide to limit my resolution to the minimum of both screens which is a painful 1024x768 on my 21’’ CRT Monitor. There was a toggle option in the XP Control center but it’s completely missing from the Vista one. Is there any fix to this? Maybe a manual one? For now I’m running in extended desktop mode and it’s NOT working out for me at all Any help would be appreciated.

Feb 2, 2007, 06:16 PM	#3
draugs DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I have the same problem :/ I use extended and I just move my movieplayer to the extended screen, but it's still not the same.

Feb 2, 2007, 06:43 PM	Thread Starter #4
Basjohn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, it seriously annoying. Some players HAAATE being moved over and maximized on the other screen and decide to crash not to mention there's some noticeable lag when playing it this way. Only non lagging player so far is WMP Classic, but its so much effort just for simple video that it makes me irritated. I wonder why ATI would chuck out such an important feature..........

Feb 3, 2007, 06:09 PM	#5
sectornine DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I would really like a solution to this problem also, so annoying.

Feb 27, 2007, 11:02 AM	Thread Starter #6
Basjohn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Looks like the problem is still present in 7.2 drivers :/ I sure hope this isn't some retarded form of MS trying to prevent DRM/Blu-ray/HDDVD cracks or such.....