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     elKano Rating: N/A |
Hello. I have am Asus V8460Ultra video card on a WinXP machine here with which I need to use a couple of shutter glasses. I have the usual problems with this video card. The NVidia drivers manage to work a flipping image on the screen OK, but then the glasses don't shutter. The Asus drivers, they manage to shutter the glasses OK, but do nothing on the screen. After looking a bit around, I have discovered that the drivers do not activate the Stereo options because "Your monitor setting is not correct! To get VR worked properly, please install the proper monitor driver from Windows or you monitor vendor." The thing is, I have two monitors on my desktop (not both plugged simultaneously though), one a 20E21 from SGI, the other one a 710P from Hansol. When I plug the SGI one, Windows sees it as a "Plug and Play Monitor". That is the best I can have since there are not more accurate drivers. When I plug the Hansol one, Windows sees it as a "Hansol 710P", and my monitor drivers are the latests here. However, in both cases, the Asus Information tab reads: "Monitor Type: unknown". Any ideas? | ||
| StereoGamer Rating: N/A |
If you know the specs if your SGI monitor, you can "lie" to windows and manually tell it that you have a different monitor connected. Select one with the best match as far as specs go. - StereoGamer | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
This link is to a cross reference to the Sony monitor model #. http://www.monitoronsale.com/monspec/gdm20e21.html This link is to the your monitor's driver page. http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=507 TADA!!! I love a good search. looks like you have a killer monitor there. John | ||
| elKano Rating: N/A |
Thank you for your help. Actually it is a Silicon Graphics (alias SGI) 20E21, not Sony, but the characteristics are the same, and the name too, so it is probably the same monitor. And you're right, it is a killer one  . I work in a visualization lab, they've got amazing stuff. Anyway, the thing is that Windows accepts my monitor with no worries, it is the Asus panel which can not see it... keeps saying "Type: Unknown", no matter what are the seetings. | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
I have an Asus V8440 and don't have an Asus panel. I download my drivers directly from the Nvidia site rather than from Asus. You might want to try that. I just checked and the monitor drivers that are included with WindowsXP have the cross referenced driver that I linked to. You've probably tried this but click on the monitor tab. then properties. then the driver tab. then update driver. then update driver. pick install from a list or specific location. pick don't search. then uncheck the show compatable hardware box. In the boxes choose Sony corporation and the GDM-20se2t. That suold do it. You may also have to go in your system BIOS and disable plug and play compliant O/S Hope this works for ya. John | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
You may want to just pick "have disk" and install the drivers that I linked above. Please forgive the above typo's as my wife had a honey-do job for me and I had to hurry John | ||
| elKano Rating: N/A |
Well, I did try installing the NVidia drivers instead of the Asus ones. It works perfect for the monitor, but the glasses refuse to shutter. I have read in this forum that Asus has set the glasses controller not to work with any non-Asus driver. Therefore, I am forced to use the Asus drivers... I have already tried installing the monitor drivers you linked. They seem to be working fine - except than the Asus drivers still do not see them. I do not understand why, while Windows Monitor Properties say clearly: "Sony [blah blah blah]", recognizes everything all right, Asus drivers can not see the monitor drivers. It is probably an Asus problem, not Windows or the monitor's. | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Sorry to sound repetious but if you have the drivers from Nvidia installed ther will be NO reference to Asus whatsoever in your display settings window. You want to download the 56.72 graphics AND stereo drivers. Begin the install of the graphics drivers. It will unpack them into C:\Nvidia. The Nvidia logo screen will appear and you will be prompted to install the drivers. Cancel the install at this point. Go to your display settings window and under the adapter tab pick "properties" then the driver tab. Then "update drivers". Then "Install from list". Then "don't search". Then "have disk". then browse to C:Nvidia. It will find the .inf file at this point. to begin the install. Restart your computer. Install the stereo drivers that you downloaded from Nvidia in the normal fashion. If done properly the Asus tab in your display settings window will now read Nvidia ti4600. If you still have problems after that come on back and we'll try something else. John | ||
| Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Also see this link as you need to set ViewerType=2 in your registry. http://www.stereo3d.com/news/news0062.html#config John | ||
| Alatar Rating: N/A |
Another alternative: it should be possible ignore the adaptor's stereo signal and adapt one of the many devices that trigger from the vsync signal in the video cable; or even build something custom for it. We had a company here make up a dozen of these devices to spec and the cost was only about $100 apiece. |
