You want to install the highest version of the ATI Catalyst drivers that
support the X32 chipset. The problem is that ATI won't let the Catalyst
drivers install on laptops, but you can make them install using a thing
called "modtool". Start here: http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool.php
David
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From: "Jonathan Berry" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 4:35 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Thinkpad] Widescreen monitor and X32
There's a 1900x1080 monitor coming into the household, and I'm
wondering how I might best make use of it with my X32.
The following thread
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=77753
contains a discussion pertaining to Intel chipsets
(for the X4* models). It's a bit difficult to follow, for
Little Old Me, but it does seem that with some tinkering
you can get a wide monitor to fully work on an X4*--
but since the X32 has as its graphics card an
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000
maybe it doesn't apply. The poster writes about looking
at ig*.inf files which don't exist on my computer, I guess
because ig means "Intel Graphics". I have a lot of ati*.inf
files instead.
I also looked in the Thinkwiki and didn't find much.
On the desktop, the X32 gives options only for installing
4:3 external monitors. That doesn't change when I install
the .inf file for the wide monitor.
Or is my best approach just to tempt the other computer user
(who has a desktop) with the wide monitor and hope to glom on to her
4:3 monitor?
And while I'm here, is there any chance of using a monitor
sideways as an external monitor? For example 1080x1920
(of course I'm dreaming) or 1024x1280 (the 90 degree rotation
of which, 1280x1024, *is* supported by the X32).
--
happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
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