Resolution problem on Samsung T220

[pwal]

Had same problem with not being able to obtain better than 1440x900 resolution with Samsung T220. Downloaded latest NVIDIA update to version 1.2.0.82 then changed refresh rate to 60hZ.
At the lower refresh rate the full 1680x1050 resolution was available. Monitor works great now. Hope this helps.
pwal

 

[gamerk316]

Was about to suggest to lower the Refresh Rate to 60, like the above suggested.

 

[jojodan]

I followed LuckyRazor's advised and flashed the EDID in my Samsung T220, and it did the trick

I copied the Raw data from his post into a file using HexEdit, and flashed the monitor using PowerStrip v. 3.83. (I ordered version 3.85, but it didn't arrive in my mail until much later).

 

[dphreak]

Please I need help too, i have T200 monitor with wrong EDID.If someone have this monitor i will be gratful to give me the real one to reflesh. thank you !

 

[Guest]

As far as I´m concerned I have proven that this problem is nothing to do with the video card But it could be for very old ones.

I have purchased 3 HP computers with 3 Samsung T220 Monitors.
2 of them work fine on the computers. 1 is a pain in the ass.

I can never get it to show the correcnt 1680x1050 resolution on 1 of these computers. (they are all the same computer).

To prove it isn´t the computer I put the bad monitor onto one of the good computers and it had the same resolution problem.

I put one of the good monitors onto the computer that appeared to have the problem and it worked perfectly with no resolution problem.

I have tried to check all the settings and correct them in the bad montior but it still happens.

I can´t get it to go away.

I have exchanged this monitor 2 times and both of them have this problem, but the other 2 computer work fine still. urrrrrr

 

[Guest]

I have found the solution to this problem. Thank god.

Only for the samsung T220

I opened my usermanual that came on the disc.

I clicked troubleshooting.

There are a few suggestions on there that I followed, after that the problem still remained. (i´m not sure if it is worth mentioning, I´m just telling you what I did).

Then I switched off the manual and right clicked desktop and selected personalize/display settings. The proper resolution still wasn´t there.

I deleted all the drivers for the monitor.
right click desktop/personalize/display settings/advanced settings/monitor/driver/uninstall ( do this for both monitors if they show up in display settings

I then restarted my computer.

When the computer had restarted. I switched the monitor into analogue mode (see you complete user manual on how to do this).
following the user manual I couldn´t change the monitor from digital to analog so in frustration I started with the top button on the monitor and ran my finger quickly down every buttom and this works every time for me. (can´t you tell i´m a pro ha ha)
It was now in analog you can tell by a little white box that is displaid on the screen, if this doesn´t show, restart your computer and look for it during reboot (usually near the beginning of reboot).

I then proceeded to install the drivers from the CD.
Make sure to select the model number at the very top right of the screen.
Then scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click the icon to install the driver.
I got a selection of models to choose from and I chose T220/T220G(analog)

Then right click desktop and select Nvidia control panel (I am using the advanced viewl, which you can switch to). I selected the "manage custom resolutions".

I clicked "create" and entered in a resolution of 1680x1050 which is the correct resolution for this monitor, refresh rate 75 and pixel rate 32. Then click "test". Everything displaid perfectly so I quickly selected "yes" to save the settings.

I then noticed after saving settings it turned back into the state it was before with the bad resolution, but you will notice that you are still on the page "manage custom resoltions" and in the text box you should see you newly created resolution. Select it by a single click. I then noticed I couldn´t save the settings located at the bottom right side of the page (very important to save it). It was hard to do but I managed to minimize the screen by switching to desktop and bring it back up again and I could then see the "apply" button at the bottom of the screen again. I clicked "apply".

I then went back to the desktop after having saved them settings and I right clicked desktop/personalize/display settings and finally the correct resolution was there.

I selected the correct resolution and applied it. The computer comfirmed the change I selected "yes" then the computer raced along setting the settings and the monitors auto adjust quickly set it up perfectly. NOTE THE AUTO ADJUST DOESN´T WORK IN DIGITAL MODE. -not for me anyway

I hope this help anyone else who has the same problem. I have read countless number of forums for a solution and this is probably the best you might find, because I couldn´t find any.

Regards
Martin E

 

[unknown12345]

May I put my experience here:

Had two Samsung T220 screens connected via DVI to a Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit machine. The graphics card is a Nvidia Quadro 580.

I did not manage to get the resolution to be higher than 1280x1024.

For some reason my employee gave me two new monitors (the t220 can not be rotated or height adjusted).
The new screens are Samsung SyncMaster 2243. I connected them while having the computer on, and when I switched on the screens both showed the native 1650x1050.

My definite answer: Either Nvidia or Samsung or Microsoft have trouble with Windows 7 64bit. There is no other explanation. (A colegue had also low resolution with his t220 and native with the 2243). So stop searching forums and exchange your screen!

 

[Guest]

Don't think this is restricted to Samsung monitors - I'm here with exactly the same problem with a new Dell PC on basic Vista and my ViewSonic VA2012w 20". ATi Radeon 4350 graphics card.

That also has native 1680 x 1050 resolution but doesn't show in the display modes list. The graphics card should be able to support this and higher but can't get that elusive 1680 x 1050 res.

Very frustrating.... Needless to say Dell Support weren't able to resolve it either.... so still looking for a definitive solution.

 

[unknown12345]

My solution:

Wait until Vista (probably never) and Win7 leave beta status. Or look through forums to find hardware that is known to work.

Interesting, this kind of experience is normally exclusive to Linux users...

 

[struut]

No one ?

No one ?

System: HP dv7t quad laptop with nvidia 230m
OS: Windows 7
Monitor: Samsung T220HD Analog 1680x1050 native

I was having similar problem with my samsung trying to get the hp laptop with nvidia to accept 1680x1050 as a custom resolution in nvidia's control panel. No matter what I could not get higher then 1600x1050, test, unsupported, does not create resolution, argh.

I went on a hunt and found drivers on samsung's website by searching in their support department. here @ Downloads SAMSUNG

Just enter your model number for example "T220" and download the drivers for your monitor. For the T220 the only driver they had was a windows 98 through vista version. Even though I am using windows 7 I figured I would try to install it anyway. And it worked fine, 1680x1050 perfectly. After the driver was installed I went to nvidia settings, created a 1680x1050 resolution, test, works great resolution accepted, go to monitor resolution set to 1680x1050. walah!

Recap

For samsung native resolution monitor issues

1 go to samsungs site and download driver for your monitor.
2 install driver for your monitor
3 go to nvidia resolution settings
4 create monitor resolution
5 set monitor resolution

 

[struut]

I cannot set my Samsung T220 (22") LCD monitor to 1680x1050. It only goes to 1440x900. I have the latest drivers for everything on my computer. Ive checked with driver agent, by going to manufacturer websites, and my using windows. The monitor does have a native of 1680x1050. My computer is pretty high end, here is what I have:

intel core 2 duo E8400 3.0 Ghz
EVGA 8800 GT 512 MB
4 GB RAM
Asus P5n-d motherboard
T220 Samsung LCD display
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

btw my graphics card can go way higher than this.

No one ?

System: HP dv7t quad laptop with nvidia 230m
OS: Windows 7
Monitor: Samsung T220HD Analog 1680x1050 native

I was having similar problem with my samsung trying to get the hp laptop with nvidia to accept 1680x1050 as a custom resolution in nvidia's control panel. No matter what I could not get higher then 1600x1050, test, unsupported, does not create resolution, argh.

I went on a hunt and found drivers on samsung's website by searching in their support department. here @ Downloads SAMSUNG

Just enter your model number for example "T220" and download the drivers for your monitor. For the T220 the only driver they had was a windows 98 through vista version. Even though I am using windows 7 I figured I would try to install it anyway. And it worked fine, 1680x1050 perfectly. After the driver was installed I went to nvidia settings, created a 1680x1050 resolution, test, works great resolution accepted, go to monitor resolution set to 1680x1050. walah!

Recap

For samsung native resolution monitor issues

1 go to samsungs site and download driver for your monitor.
2 install driver for your monitor
3 go to nvidia resolution settings
4 create monitor resolution
5 set monitor resolution

 

[Jennerson]

Hi guys,

first of all, thanks for your help. My T220 *** is working now (unbelievable that they still sell this monitor WITH wrong EDID). For all who also want to fix their analog EDID I made one with corrected parameters:

Monitor
Model name............... SyncMaster
Manufacturer............. Samsung
Plug and Play ID......... SAM03E5
Serial number............ H9XQ401048
Manufacture date......... 2010, ISO week 17
-------------------------
EDID revision............ 1.3
Input signal type........ Analog 0.700,0.300 (1.0V p-p)
Sync input support....... Separate, Composite, Sync-on-green
Display type............. RGB color
Screen size.............. 470 x 300 mm (22,0 in)
Power management......... Active off/sleep
Extension blocs.......... None
-------------------------
DDC/CI................... Supported
MCCS revison............. 2.0
Display technology....... TFT
Controller............... Mstar 0x1000
Firmware revision........ 0.1
Firmware flags........... 0x00000001
Active power on time..... Not supported
Power consumption........ Not supported
Current frequency........ Not supported

Color characteristics
Default color space...... Non-sRGB
Display gamma............ 2,20
Red chromaticity......... Rx 0,640 - Ry 0,330
Green chromaticity....... Gx 0,300 - Gy 0,600
Blue chromaticity........ Bx 0,150 - By 0,060
White point (default).... Wx 0,313 - Wy 0,329
Additional descriptors... None

Timing characteristics
Horizontal scan range.... 30-81kHz
Vertical scan range...... 56-75Hz
Video bandwidth.......... 140MHz
CVT standard............. Not supported
GTF standard............. Not supported
Additional descriptors... None
Preferred timing......... Yes
Native/preferred timing.. 1680x1050p at 60Hz (16:10)
Modeline............... "1680x1050" 119,000 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync

Standard timings supported
720 x 400p at 70Hz - IBM VGA
640 x 480p at 60Hz - IBM VGA
640 x 480p at 67Hz - Apple Mac II
640 x 480p at 72Hz - VESA
640 x 480p at 75Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 56Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 60Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 72Hz - VESA
800 x 600p at 75Hz - VESA
832 x 624p at 75Hz - Apple Mac II
1024 x 768p at 60Hz - VESA
1024 x 768p at 70Hz - VESA
1024 x 768p at 75Hz - VESA
1280 x 1024p at 75Hz - VESA
1152 x 870p at 75Hz - Apple Mac II
1680 x 1050p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 1024p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1280 x 960p at 60Hz - VESA STD
1152 x 864p at 75Hz - VESA STD

Report information
Date generated........... 28.04.2010
Software revision........ 2.50.0.849
Operating system......... 5.1.2600.2.Service Pack 3

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Kind regards