ATI RADEON 9200 big problem...HEEELP!!

[aikoaiko]

Hi to all.

I have a pc with the following configuration:
Athlon XP 1800+
Gigabyte 7N400 - L1 chipset nForce2 ultra 400 dual channel
HDD maxtor 60 gb 7200 rpm
256 DDR pc 2700, 333 mhz
ATI RADEON 9200 64 MB DDR by PowerColor
Monitor Nokia 447Xpro (see technicall descpription at http://www.monitoroutlet.com/475347.html)
The problem is with my ATI Radeon: I am setting the monitor refresh rate at 100Mhz for a resolution 1024x768 pixels, in the monitor properties it says that the refresh rate is 100, but it stays at 60 Mhz!!! (I've made a self test to the monitor and invariable it refreshes at 60 mhz). All theese problem appears with all Bios setting by default. I've tried to upgrade the video driver.. the same; I've changed the bios settings (AGP transfer rate: 8x, 4x; the frequency 50->100 mhz, AGP voltage) The same problem.
I've changed the Nokia monitor with a older one (Siemens-Nixdorf) and all is OK. I've used the nokia monitor on another pc (intel celeron with an riva tnt 2 at 32 mb and all is ok).
What can I do? Do you ever heard of this kind of conflict ever? Please help ! Thanks in advance for any tip.

Bye!
Aiko

 

[rbV5]

Try this:
Go to the advanced display properties, in the displays tab, click on the monitor to bring up the property sheet. Uncheck "use DDC" if its not already greyed out, and input the maximum refresh and resolution values your monitor supports in the appropriate places. Im doing this from memory, I don't have my rig in front of me, but you should be able to figure it out from my directions (maybe
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[Bateluer]

Win2k, and XP I think, have a little bug where the refresh rate will invariably reset to 60Hz. I had thought they fixed it in one of the service packs though.

There are some utililities that can force a refresh rate, Powerstrip is the only one that comes my mind right now though. I believe 3dchipset.com or Rage3d.com may have more.

 

[rbV5]

There are some utililities that can force a refresh rate

ATI catalyst drivers have that ability (you need no utility), in the same property page I described above...but I don't think thats his problem.

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

Did you install the monitor drivers for your monitor? Cause sometimes the PnP doesn't work well...

 

[aikoaiko]

I was forgetting to say that I've installed the monitor with win2k drivers. The OS is win2k professional.