GeForce 2 Ultra refresh rate problem

[MikeyV 0]

I am hoping someone here can help. I have been posting all over, and haven't found a fix.

 

Problem: Win2k doesn't seem to use my monitor timings, and only offers 60-75hz, even at low resolutions.

 

System:

 

Asus CUSL2-C, 1007 BIos (latest)

P3 1 Gighz

256meg PC133 Ram

Creative Geforce 2 Ultra 64meg

12.41 Nvidia Drivers

Wink2 SP2

SBLive with LW3.0

Pioneer DVD

IBM HD's

Viewsonic G810 21"

 

I know the monitor can do at least a 100hz in 1024x768, and higher resolutions it can do 85hz. I know this because I used Win2k when it first came out (and it worked fine), and had a HD crash, and went back to 98SE for a while. I had a Geforce 1 at the time, with the same monitor.

 

I have tried changing the monitor type, tried new drivers from Viewsonic, try that Nvidia Refresh program, and even that shows a max refresh on my monitor as 75hz. It seems that Win2k or the Nvidia driver is not reading my monitors timings or something. Everything worked fine in Windows ME, which I just dumped to go to Win2k.

 

When I use the Nvidia refresh program, I set everything up, and reboot, I use 1280x960, and when my machine comes back up, it is set to 256 colors, and I can't get 16bit color in any resolution except 1600x1200, which I would never use. When I undo the changes with the program or reload the drivers, I can use 16bit again, I just still get 60-75hz as my choices.

 

TIA

[Xiven 0]

Take a look at http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=14316

 

Anyway, the only solution I found was to install Powerstrip and change the monitor settings that way.

[clutch 1]

I have used this, and it works quite well:

 

http://www.tweakfiles.com/video/nvidiarefreshratefix.html

 

Also, I did have the same issue where the refresh program wouldn't allow for much adjustment in the refresh rate, and it turned out that the particular driver version just didn't recognize my monitor properly regardless of the monitor driver used. I am using the 12.41 drivers right now, and they work quite well and pick "see" my monitor just fine.