Set Primary Display

Wonderer · Feb 1, 2006, 05:01 PM

I just purchased a Viewsonic VA1912w monitor that needs 1440x900 resolution. My Sony notebook has a Radeon 7500. It wouldn't allow the resolution so I used the mod tool to upgrade my driver. The main reason for doing all of this was my notebook monitor backlight is out and I wanted to use the larger monitor anyway. I have my resolution now, but the selections in the dislpay properties screen to make my new secondary monitor primary are greyed out. How can I set my external monitor as my primary display?

swimtech · Feb 4, 2006, 10:07 PM

Welcome to the Forums Wonderer...

There may be two ways to do this, either using the video driver Control Panel, or the Sony's function keys...

What model Sony laptop is it, and what name and version video driver are you using (and are the using the older classic Control Panel or the Catalyst Control Center)?

Moving this to the Windows Radeon Drivers forum - should get a better result there...

Wonderer · Feb 9, 2006, 05:39 PM

Thanks for your response swimtech,

I have probably made things worse for myself, but I am actually viewing my ViewSonic VA1912w as the primary display at 1440x900 resolution. The bad news is I am also getting a blue screen frequently on the instruction DRIVER_IROL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL in ipnat.sys.

What I did to get here is to blow away my orginal Radeon 7500 display adapter, then install it again from the 6.1 download from ATI. The adapter took, but I can't install the full catalyst driver set even with the DHmodtool3. I get this message "This display driver is not compatible with the display adapter(s) installed in your system".

I don't think that I had the newer catalyst control panel. I got my notebook early in 2003 and looking at the previous drivers it looks like that was before the control panel was available.

I have a Sony GRX690 notebook. My display adapter driver is the ATI Technolgies Inc, 1/4/2006 version 8.205.0.0, the display driver is from the ViewSonic install disk , 8/5/2005 version 1.6.0.15

swimtech · Feb 11, 2006, 03:23 AM

The driver IRQ not less... problem could be several things, but zonealarm has been a culprit - the file (ipnat.sys) is a network translator published by Microsoft (at least on my machine).

About the driver not installing - could be the device ID is not contained in the Mobility Modder for the video chip in your laptop (or a problem sensing the Device ID somehow...) - it needs to be so that the installer can check to see it isn't installing itself for the "wrong" video chip.

One more thing, once you get a driverset working, make sure the external display is on before you boot the computer so the driver has the chance to sense it - a basic thing but worth noting...

Feb 1, 2006, 05:01 PM	#1
Wonderer DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Set Primary Display I just purchased a Viewsonic VA1912w monitor that needs 1440x900 resolution. My Sony notebook has a Radeon 7500. It wouldn't allow the resolution so I used the mod tool to upgrade my driver. The main reason for doing all of this was my notebook monitor backlight is out and I wanted to use the larger monitor anyway. I have my resolution now, but the selections in the dislpay properties screen to make my new secondary monitor primary are greyed out. How can I set my external monitor as my primary display?

Feb 4, 2006, 10:07 PM	#2
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Welcome to the Forums Wonderer... There may be two ways to do this, either using the video driver Control Panel, or the Sony's function keys... What model Sony laptop is it, and what name and version video driver are you using (and are the using the older classic Control Panel or the Catalyst Control Center)? Moving this to the Windows Radeon Drivers forum - should get a better result there... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 11, 2006, 03:23 AM	#4
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	The driver IRQ not less... problem could be several things, but zonealarm has been a culprit - the file (ipnat.sys) is a network translator published by Microsoft (at least on my machine). About the driver not installing - could be the device ID is not contained in the Mobility Modder for the video chip in your laptop (or a problem sensing the Device ID somehow...) - it needs to be so that the installer can check to see it isn't installing itself for the "wrong" video chip. One more thing, once you get a driverset working, make sure the external display is on before you boot the computer so the driver has the chance to sense it - a basic thing but worth noting... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 9, 2006, 05:39 PM	Thread Starter #3
Wonderer DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for your response swimtech, I have probably made things worse for myself, but I am actually viewing my ViewSonic VA1912w as the primary display at 1440x900 resolution. The bad news is I am also getting a blue screen frequently on the instruction DRIVER_IROL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL in ipnat.sys. What I did to get here is to blow away my orginal Radeon 7500 display adapter, then install it again from the 6.1 download from ATI. The adapter took, but I can't install the full catalyst driver set even with the DHmodtool3. I get this message "This display driver is not compatible with the display adapter(s) installed in your system". I don't think that I had the newer catalyst control panel. I got my notebook early in 2003 and looking at the previous drivers it looks like that was before the control panel was available. I have a Sony GRX690 notebook. My display adapter driver is the ATI Technolgies Inc, 1/4/2006 version 8.205.0.0, the display driver is from the ViewSonic install disk , 8/5/2005 version 1.6.0.15