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Simple Problem. MB only detecting VGA when DVI is used?

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mgh-pa

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After setting up my build, my board is showing my Westinghouse 22" screen as a VGA generic PnP monitor when in fact I'm running it via DVI (MSI H77ma-G43). MSI, oddly enough, only supplies a VGA driver via its website, but nothing else. What driver am I looking for, or why is it not recognizing the input as DVI or the specific brand of monitor? I'm guessing this is the cause of many of my Google Earth plugin crashes, WebGl crashes, and the DirectX plugin errors I'm getting when trying to launch Google Earth standalone.

Super easy and almost embarrassing question, but I'm probably overlooking something again and again.
 
On almost every LCD/LED monitor I have used, there is only a generic driver for the monitor. I just don't think it needs it. The system/video card/monitor knows what kind of port is being used. Usually, the monitor is the place where that is selected. If it is getting a signal, you have the right port selected.

A generic monitor driver would not cause programs to crash. Are you getting program crashes, or Windows crashes?
 
WebGL crashes in Chrome when launching the Earth plugin. Also crashes in FF and IE. When launching Google Earth as a standalone, it's not allowing it to start in DirectX mode, either.
 
I would make sure your flash for Windows and your web browsers, as well as your video card drivers, are up to date.
 
That's the thing. The ONLY video drivers (flash is up to date and I'm running the latest versions of Chrome and FF) are the VGA drives according to MSI's website. Wouldn't it be drivers for the controller itself? I'm just running the onboard video.
 
mgh-pa said:
Yep, Win 7 x64. That's what I found as well. So no DVI support onboard even though there is a port? Confused on that end.
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Don't let the terms confuse you. VGA is just video graphics adapters. DVI is just another type of port on a video card.

Try booting to safe mode and uninstalling hte driver, boot to Windows and reinstall the latest driver.

If the MSI driver is giving you issues, go here:

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx

download the latest from Intel for you model video card.
 
I can almost guarantee that your issue is not related to the monitor "driver", since it's not really a driver but a device settings file that the video driver uses to setup the proper defaults. Your issue is most likely a driver mismatch with the Video card or chip.
 
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