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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: StarOfAfrica2 on October 17, 2004, 02:55:19 PM

Title: Need monitor drivers.........
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on October 17, 2004, 02:55:19 PM

I had someone give me an older model monitor, its a Sony CPD-20FS2.  It works fine, and I love the 20" monitor over my current 17" one.  Only thing is, I cant find a WinXP driver for it, it just uses the "plug and play monitor" driver.  Will this hurt me or do I need to find an XP driver specifically for the monitor?  Is there even one out there?  The driver on Sony's website is dated as 2003, but its for Win95.

Title: Need monitor drivers.........
Post by: Estes on October 17, 2004, 03:14:47 PM

I don't think you really need one. I'm not for sure though.

Title: Need monitor drivers.........
Post by: FLS on October 17, 2004, 03:51:21 PM

Use the old Sony driver. You may get a message that it's not certified for WinXP. Just ignore that.

--)-FLS----
Musketeers

Title: Need monitor drivers.........
Post by: llama on October 17, 2004, 04:10:26 PM

You totally do not need one. You can just manually set the maximum refresh rates yourself and you'll be good to go. I must have at least 6 monitors here for which I have no drivers, including a digital projector...

-Llama

Title: Need monitor drivers.........
Post by: DAVENRINO on October 17, 2004, 06:26:45 PM

The only thing the .inf files provide are max refresh rates at supported resolutions to protect your monitor when you check the box saying "hide refresh rates/resolutions not supported..."

Title: Need monitor drivers.........
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on October 17, 2004, 08:37:14 PM

Cool, thanks much for the advice.  :aok