How to get 1920 x 1200 out of the X60s under XP

[optas]

Hi all,

I have some happy news to share: my X60s arrived two hours ago and, as I am typing, it is driving my 2405FPW Dell 24" monitor at its native resolution of 1920 x 1200 via the VGA port

The picture is pretty good (although I think that my Mac Mini which has exactly the same video card but goes through DVI to the monitor is a bit better). The available resolutions also include 1280 x 720 and 1280 x 960.

Here's how I got here (the credit, really, goes to the link below whose only "fault" was not stating that the installer provided might not work):

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 058#136058

If you just care "to do it":

1. Google "IEGD_5_0_WINDOWS.ZIP"

2. Download IEGD_5_0_WINDOWS.ZIP from Intel's website.

3. Extracting the zip file will create a folder named "IEGD_5_0_Windows" which will have a "Driver" subfolder.

4. Update the display driver via Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> Adapter -> Properties -> Driver -> Update Driver

5. Install from specific location, Don't Search, and point to the "Driver" directory mentioned above. Select the only .inf file present, i.e., ssigd.inf

6. Since these drivers are not digitally signed you will get a warning about installing them. Ignore it and continue anyway. When the installation is done, reboot.

7. Enjoy!

Cheers
dimitris

[Zeitgeist]

Good news, indeed. Thanks a lot!

[tx40]

After following the instructions below and updating to the "Intel Corporation 954GM Embedded Graphics Controller Function 0" driver I rebooted the machine. When Windows started up again, my monitor shut off, and I was left with a dark screen.

I rebooted in VGA mode and looked at the display control panel. There were many more resolutions present, including 1920x1200. However, when I selected 1024x768, my monitor went dark again.

I had to roll back to the drivers that came with my x60s (6.14.10.4450).

Please let me know if I missed a step, as I would love to drive my new 2405FPW at its native resolution!

Louis

[Bwappo]

Thanks for the step-by-step! I got a 2405FPW working with an X60.

I'm getting banding that phases in and out when running 1920x1200. I don't know if this comes from interference from something outside the laptop, or from another cause.

Regardless, the driver update provided 1920x1200.

Thanks!

Bwappo

[Ponch]

I tried this driver as well but when installed I get no video on my X60s display. When I hook on a 2nd display I can see the desktop there.
But when I am not able to get a signal on the x60s display(even when setting the driver to 1024 60hz etc.
So this is strange.
Optas, can you tell me what you did to get it work on your ThinkPad?

[alee]

Just to confirm I got my X60 to drive a 24" Dell 2407FPW at 1920x1200 last week using the driver linked in the first post.

Some tips:
1. When 2 heads are active (internal LCD + external display), you will need to apply the driver to both devices in the display properties. The first time you apply the driver to the external display, the Thinkpad LCD display will go blank until you reapply the driver to the other display. From memory, I believe the device manager will refer to these devices as "Function 0" and "Function 1".

2. If you suspend the X60 with both displays active (by shutting the lid), and you resume, the internal X60 display will come on but the backlight will not turn back on. You will need to reboot to get the display backlight active again.

3. (as previously mentioned by optas) setup.exe packaged in IEGD_5_0_WINDOWS.ZIP does not install. Don't bother with it.

[sugo]

I wonder, if this driver contains all the power saving features? Does battery life go down when not using AC power?

[alee]

Well, the good news is that I did not notice any ill effects in terms of battery life. The bad news is, with a primary display as the external 24" monitor, and the secondary display as the internal Thinkpad display, when you shut down, and power up off the dock (e.g. using the laptop as a laptop), everything got wonky.

1. The laptop continued to think there was an external display, so my internal display did not show me a login screen (so basically until I attached an external display, I could not tweak display settings).

2. Once I got the display settings right, power settings were fine. However, suspend and hibernate are useless, because they do not manage the external display drivers correctly.

That said, I admit I have not spent too much time debugging it. Once I get back into the office, I'll see if I can get some sort of workable solution in place.

1920x1200 is worth this aggravation of swapping drivers when I go to undocked mode (esp. if I want to suspend), but clearly the Intel drivers are missing some sort of Lenovo "special sauce".

[robbe-b]

Has anyone tried if this driver works on the X40? Or if there are any corresponding drivers for the X40?

BR,
ROB.

[hilberado]

Robbe,

See: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=27285

[pennello]

First off, I'm new to the forums... so please be gentle.

The installation of the Intel development drivers certainly works on my X60s (1704-69U), but only when plugged into my external monitor (a beautiful Samsung SyncMaster 244T) via the ultrabase.

When I take the laptop out of the docking station, even after reboots, it still fails to drive just the 12" LCD. The funny thing is, when I have it plugged into the ultrabase (and thus, also the external monitor), I can display on both LCDs. It's just when the laptop is running on its own that it can't drive its own LCD.

As it is now, I can switch between the two configurations by just re-installing the IEGD and official Intel drivers, but that requires a restart to use either screen properly.

Has anyone else run into this in particular? alee mentioned a situation that sounds pretty similar, but concluded by saying that more work still had to be done...

Chris

[uweiss]

reporting successful installation, following optas' steps (don't forget to update Intel drivers first)
Thinkpad: X40
External monitor: Dell 2407WFP (widescreen)

[dfumento]

If you are up-to-date on both the BIOS and the video drivers then you should be able to run 1920x1200 by going into settings for video and selecting the second display and it will let you select 1920x1200 at least if you are not using the X6 base. It may also work this way with the X6 base, I just haven't tried it.

I didn't have to update with any special drivers or anything and I am currently using my Dell 2407 24" 1920x1200 as I type. When I get a minute I'm writing an X60 FAQ and this certainly needs to be part of it.

Because the Fn-F7 utility does not include 1920x1200, I always have to go directly to settings in the graphics driver itself to turn on the second monitor at 1920x1200.

[smvp6459]

Because the Fn-F7 utility does not include 1920x1200, I always have to go directly to settings in the graphics driver itself to turn on the second monitor at 1920x1200.

I think I can get you to Fn-F7 recognition of 1920x1200...

Go to Fn-F7 => "manage schemes" => "new"

Set up a presentation manager setting for your external display and choose any resolution for the external monitor. Give it some wild name you'll remember. Don't run the test, just save the profile.

Now go to regedit.

Go to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IBM\NPdirect\Data\Common\Presentation Schemes\{THE NAME OF YOUR PROFILE WILL BE HERE}\01

Go to the key named "Resolution"

put in either:
hex: 04b00780
or
decimal: 78645120

Close the registry editor

Fn-F7 => "manage schemes" => "edit"

Go to the scheme, select the "display" tab, and select 1920x1200 for your external monitor if it isn't already selected.

I think you should be able to apply the scheme now.

[dfumento]

I think I can get you to Fn-F7 recognition of 1920x1200...

Thank you. It worked like a charm!

[asiafish]

I'm not using this combination, but I can suggest that the banding may be caused by a cheap VGA cable. I bought a 19" Viewsonic LCD for one of the PCs in my office, and when I plugged it in with the included cable there was all sorts of banding and moving "waves" on the screen. I thought it was a defective monitor, until I tried it with a leftover cable from a Samsung LCD, and surprise surprise, the image was perfect.

Thanks for the step-by-step! I got a 2405FPW working with an X60.

I'm getting banding that phases in and out when running 1920x1200. I don't know if this comes from interference from something outside the laptop, or from another cause.

Regardless, the driver update provided 1920x1200.

Thanks!

Bwappo

[pianowizard]

I just received an X60s from Tselling and tried to get it to use my 24" Dell 2407WFP monitor as "monitor 2". I used an analog cable and didn't need to update any driver at all.

[akalin]

I installed IEGD_5_0_Windows and managed to get my external display up and running in1920x1200 - thank you very much for the advice! I installed this driver for two display adapters (function 0 and function 1).

However I am still not able to get laptop’s LCD working. I have to re-install original drivers every time I need to use my computer as a stand-alone laptop.

Any advice on this? Thank you in advance.

[alee]

Any advice on this? Thank you in advance.

No need for IEGD_5_0_Windows. Just get the latest driver from Lenovo... they now support 1920x1200 natively.

[thinkx]

Folks,

With the driver for the X60 (Lenovo's version of the Intel GMA driver 6.14.10.4693) I can run my X41!!! at 1680x1050.

But what still does not work with my X41 and the Dell 2407WFP is 1920x1200. That's killing me. First I tried the IEGD 6.1, which makes the external display working at 1920x1200, but it does not allow for using the built-in display only. I tried to generate a driver-inf file with the tool coming with the IEGD 6.1. But it does not work. The built-in display works only, when the external display is connected. I wasn't able to set the built-in display as the primary one.

Has anybody out there a solution proposal?

Thanks in advance,
Thomas

[pianowizard]

But what still does not work with my X41 and the Dell 2407WFP is 1920x1200.

I am surprised. All the specs say the X41 should support a maximum external resolution of 2048 x 1536 with 24-bit color depth. Are you setting up the 2407WFP as an extension of your built-in LCD's desktop? Are you using Dell's driver for the monitor (I doubt it matters though)?

[thinkx]

Principally, I'm as confused as you. But I tried a lot of things with the 2407WFP: As desktop extension as well as separate display. And I also installed the dell monitor driver. Even the report-summary of the Intel driver says that the display supports 1920x1200@60Hz, but this mode is not selectable. The funny thing is that 1680x1050 (16:10) becomes available with installing Lenovo's version of the Intel display driver (6.14.10.4693). Strange is, that with the newer, original Intel version (6.14.10.4764) this mode is not available.

[pianowizard]

Even the report-summary of the Intel driver says that the display supports 1920x1200@60Hz, but this mode is not selectable.

Another thought: Have you tried unchecking the "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" option to see if 1920x1200@60Hz becomes available, and then select it to see what happens?

[thinkx]

Yes, I did, but 1920x1200 does not show up. The driver is obviously reading the allowed resoltuions from somewhere. And that must be manipulable in any way by the driver installation, since this version of Lenovo shows as first driver 16:10 resolutions. All drivers I checked before, nerver showed 16:10 resoluitons.

[rkuo]

I don't have an X41, but updating the X60's bios is the key to getting 1900x1200 support. Didn't have to change drivers away from the standard issue thinkpad video drivers or anything.

[pianowizard]

Another possible solution is to upgrade to Vista. My Dell Dimension desktop's FX5500 graphics card can only get my 2407WFP monitor to show up to 1600x1200 via the DVI port under Win XP Pro, but with Vista RC2, it supports the native 1920x1200 resolution. I tried at least a dozen XP drivers for the FX5500 and none of them worked, and XP refused to use drivers for Vista.

But like rkuo said, if you don't have the latest BIOS, try installing that and see what happens.

[thinkx]

Ok, the BIOS is up to date (january 07, vista support). But that would mean Lenovo is not including this resolution for whatever reason. But I am not sure, if I really like to move to vista. Hopefully, there is a less drastic method.

[thinkx]

It works with the Dell 2407WFP:

http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/ ... 31135.aspx

[jck8r]

With only the integrated 950 and such a huge screen resolution combined with VGA output, what's the quality like? I run 1600x1200 with a dvi card on my desktop system but truly hope that the x60 with vga out can do a similar job, can anyone shed some light on this?

[thinkx]

I can speak for my X41 only, but quality is not worse than using DVI on my desktop PC.