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breed
09-22-2003, 08:52 PM
I need some serious help getting my GeForce4 MX 420 on my vprMatrix 220A5. I wiped out the OS (went for a clean XP Pro install) when I first bought it and now cannot get the display properties to recognize 1280x854.

My second monitor (I am guesing my S-Video out, has every display setting under the sun), but not monitor 1.

My question is this:

Starting clean, what is the best method to get a working set of NVIDIA drivers on the 220A5.

Thanks in advance for any help.
TampaSushi420
09-22-2003, 11:04 PM
www.nvidia.com get the updated drivers? im pretty sure thats what i remember doing when i put xp pro on
snell96
09-25-2003, 06:01 AM
You can get the drivers from the VPR Matrix web site.
breed
10-07-2003, 04:37 PM
The problem is that the display driver only goes to 1154 by 768 or something. There are 2 adapters/monitors and monitor 2 has a lot more settings, etc.

I tried restoring from the restore CD and still have the problem. The vprmatrix screen shows up off center and to the left. Why can't I get 1280 by 854???
breed
10-12-2003, 03:37 PM
The problem was actually either my video card or my LCD screen. THe screen was stuck at 1152x768, with black on the right and bottom and just kept scanning/cycling, like an old montior trying to ru at a high resolution.

I took it into the local Best Buy and since it was under 2 months old, they shipped it off to get repaired.

How long do repairs take on the VPR matrix? Has anyone ever just received a new laptop if there VPR could not be repaired? I was told the turnaround would be 10-14 days, but was just curious if anyone had personal experiences.

Thanks,
breed
Ioman
10-12-2003, 07:08 PM
It ook me 4 months when I took mine into Best Buy. You should have called VPR Matrix directly.
lotivictor
10-16-2003, 03:33 PM
Just purchased the VPR 220a5 a week ago. Slowly tweeking it to my preferences.

The display driver from the VPR website is not the latest. And I suspect the other drivers are out of date also. Still have not been able to install 200A5_USB_wakeup ( whatever that is for, I don't know ).

As one of the previous replies had pointed out, just get the latest GeForce4 420 Go 32M driver from www.NVidia.com.

It takes a little digging, but once installed, you will have your 1280x854 plus the ability to run DVD movies without the skip/skip every 5 seconds if you had used the display drivers from the VPR website.

GoodLuck.