Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="UnknownSourc" data-source="post: 632636" data-attributes="member: 91861">I had this trouble with my ATI card as well. I leave the HTPC on 24-7 and turn the TV off when I'm not using it. The problem in our case (TV on and off, computer always on) is that when windows detects that the display has been disconnected, it reverts to &quot;default monitor&quot; with limited resolutions.I was able to get the TightVNC option to work for me with an odd resolution on my ATI card, you may have similar options with your nvidia cards, but all I have to work with right now is my ATI.With my TV off, I used VNC to connect and found the res at 1024x768 on &quot;Default Monitor&quot; Where usually my TV's model number shows up.First I went into windows 7 display properties, and on the monitor tab unchecked &quot;Hide modes this monitor cannot display&quot;. Then opened ATI CCC and on the Desktops and Displays screen, I clicked the down arrow on the &quot;Default Monitor&quot; (only one shown) and chose configure. I unchecked use EDID and set the maximum resolution as high as it would go (1920x1080) and clicked apply.I then went to the display properties screen and set the res to 1920x1080 and clicked apply. At this point it shouldn't matter what your TVs max res is, because it's off. The only thing this res is getting pushed to is TightVNC.Then I went back to the Default Monitor config screen and set the max resolution to my odd res (1776x1000) and clicked apply. The screen switched to 1776x1000 immediately, and stayed there, even though windows display properties and the display properties in ATI CCC still say 1920x1080.Now whether my TV is on or off, the resolution is the same, 1776x1000.I tested this after a restart and the res reverts to 1920x1080 instead of being mismatched so this would have to be done after every restart, if it even works for anyone else :/</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UnknownSourc, post: 632636, member: 91861"] I had this trouble with my ATI card as well. I leave the HTPC on 24-7 and turn the TV off when I'm not using it. The problem in our case (TV on and off, computer always on) is that when windows detects that the display has been disconnected, it reverts to "default monitor" with limited resolutions. I was able to get the TightVNC option to work for me with an odd resolution on my ATI card, you may have similar options with your nvidia cards, but all I have to work with right now is my ATI. With my TV off, I used VNC to connect and found the res at 1024x768 on "Default Monitor" Where usually my TV's model number shows up. First I went into windows 7 display properties, and on the monitor tab unchecked "Hide modes this monitor cannot display". Then opened ATI CCC and on the Desktops and Displays screen, I clicked the down arrow on the "Default Monitor" (only one shown) and chose configure. I unchecked use EDID and set the maximum resolution as high as it would go (1920x1080) and clicked apply. I then went to the display properties screen and set the res to 1920x1080 and clicked apply. At this point it shouldn't matter what your TVs max res is, because it's off. The only thing this res is getting pushed to is TightVNC. Then I went back to the Default Monitor config screen and set the max resolution to my odd res (1776x1000) and clicked apply. The screen switched to 1776x1000 immediately, and stayed there, even though windows display properties and the display properties in ATI CCC still say 1920x1080. Now whether my TV is on or off, the resolution is the same, 1776x1000. I tested this after a restart and the res reverts to 1920x1080 instead of being mismatched so this would have to be done after every restart, if it even works for anyone else :/ [/QUOTE]

Verification