How to manually add displays to the 3D Vision driver…
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Nvidia can’t seem to be bothered to add the majority of 3D capable displays to their driver so I’ve been wondering if maybe we can do it ourselves? The EDID / CRT hacks work ok for most people but many DLP projectors seem to get stuck at 85Hz (even if they are 120Hz 3D capable) My Acer X1230PK is a good example, it has identical guts to the approved Acer X1261 projector but Nvidia just can’t be bothered to add it to the driver, I’m sure there are many others in the same boat.
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the [b]“nvTimings.iniâ€[/b] and [b]“nvstusb.infâ€[/b] driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Nvidia can’t seem to be bothered to add the majority of 3D capable displays to their driver so I’ve been wondering if maybe we can do it ourselves? The EDID / CRT hacks work ok for most people but many DLP projectors seem to get stuck at 85Hz (even if they are 120Hz 3D capable) My Acer X1230PK is a good example, it has identical guts to the approved Acer X1261 projector but Nvidia just can’t be bothered to add it to the driver, I’m sure there are many others in the same boat.
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Nvidia can’t seem to be bothered to add the majority of 3D capable displays to their driver so I’ve been wondering if maybe we can do it ourselves? The EDID / CRT hacks work ok for most people but many DLP projectors seem to get stuck at 85Hz (even if they are 120Hz 3D capable) My Acer X1230PK is a good example, it has identical guts to the approved Acer X1261 projector but Nvidia just can’t be bothered to add it to the driver, I’m sure there are many others in the same boat.
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the [b]“nvTimings.iniâ€[/b] and [b]“nvstusb.infâ€[/b] driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Nvidia can’t seem to be bothered to add the majority of 3D capable displays to their driver so I’ve been wondering if maybe we can do it ourselves? The EDID / CRT hacks work ok for most people but many DLP projectors seem to get stuck at 85Hz (even if they are 120Hz 3D capable) My Acer X1230PK is a good example, it has identical guts to the approved Acer X1261 projector but Nvidia just can’t be bothered to add it to the driver, I’m sure there are many others in the same boat.
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? [b]If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help[/b]
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? [b]If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help[/b]
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
Great find. I think we need an edid from current supported model and try to compare it to “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†model row to figure out what every value corresponds. Then with that info to create a new one for the currently unsupported model.
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Great find. I think we need an edid from current supported model and try to compare it to “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†model row to figure out what every value corresponds. Then with that info to create a new one for the currently unsupported model.
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Samsung 50" 3DTV Plasma - PS50C7705 (Nordic European version of the North American PN50C8000 and UK PS50C7000)
Great find. I think we need an edid from current supported model and try to compare it to “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†model row to figure out what every value corresponds. Then with that info to create a new one for the currently unsupported model.
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Great find. I think we need an edid from current supported model and try to compare it to “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†model row to figure out what every value corresponds. Then with that info to create a new one for the currently unsupported model.
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Samsung 50" 3DTV Plasma - PS50C7705 (Nordic European version of the North American PN50C8000 and UK PS50C7000)
@M8DNanite - I was thinking about how 3DTV Play would effect things, but I have a bad feeling it might only work over HDMI 1.4 ??? If DLPs work people could just buy cheap DLP link glasses instead of the Nvidia kit, I'm sure they wouldn't allow that???
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
@M8DNanite - I was thinking about how 3DTV Play would effect things, but I have a bad feeling it might only work over HDMI 1.4 ??? If DLPs work people could just buy cheap DLP link glasses instead of the Nvidia kit, I'm sure they wouldn't allow that???
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
@M8DNanite - I was thinking about how 3DTV Play would effect things, but I have a bad feeling it might only work over HDMI 1.4 ??? If DLPs work people could just buy cheap DLP link glasses instead of the Nvidia kit, I'm sure they wouldn't allow that???
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
@M8DNanite - I was thinking about how 3DTV Play would effect things, but I have a bad feeling it might only work over HDMI 1.4 ??? If DLPs work people could just buy cheap DLP link glasses instead of the Nvidia kit, I'm sure they wouldn't allow that???
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the [b]“nvTimings.iniâ€[/b] and [b]“nvstusb.infâ€[/b] driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Cheers,
Nick
B)
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Cheers,
Nick
B)
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the [b]“nvTimings.iniâ€[/b] and [b]“nvstusb.infâ€[/b] driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Cheers,
Nick
B)
It should be pretty easy to add devices manually, just copying the config info for similar devices that are already present. The device profiles seem to be stored in the “nvTimings.ini†and “nvstusb.inf†driver files, just editing these and re-installing the driver should be enough to make the wizard detect the display properly. To find your device ID just open the properties of “Generic PnP Monitor†in device manager and go to the Details tab, look at the device IDs and it should be in there somewhere, my X1230PK was listed as “ACR_3050â€.
I’m still trying to work out how to get the installer to load the patched files, starting the installer and then replacing the files after they are extracted seems to be the best way, but we may need a modified installer. I’ll post more details when I get it working, any help would be appreciated though.
Cheers,
Nick
B)
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
cheers,
Nick
8-)
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
cheers,
Nick
8-)
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
cheers,
Nick
8-)
Does anyone know if any of the officially supported displays use a monitor driver (inf file) I think they all just use the standard windows "Generic PnP Monitor" driver and use EDID to identify themself to the driver. Please someone tell me if I am wrong???
I tried adding a "GENERIC_MONITOR" section to the 3Dvision driver files but it did not work, I thought this might make the driver think that any display detected by windows as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor" was 3D ready and pass the wizzard, but the EDID signal must over-ride this somehow.
I can get my projector working in 3D games using an EDID blocker cable and a customised monitor.inf (or by using a tool called Refersh Force) but I still have one really annoying problem:- 3D mode works perfectly at 120Hz for games but when I play any video (using Nvidia/Stereoscopic player or PowerDVD10) the refresh rate always switches back to 85Hz, I have tried everything I can think of (inf settings, Registry keys etc) but I can not stop this from happening.
The really stupid thing is that when I run the nvida 3D wizzard using a normal VGA cable (not EDID blocked) it actually switches the projector from 60Hz into 120Hz "3D mode" automatically, but then just stops at "No 3D disply detected" ! :angry: I think the only solution is to get the 3Dvision wizzard to accept the display as 3D ready, but if anyone has any other ideas I'd like to hear them.
I am sure this solution would help many other people, many 3D ready DLP projectors that are not officially certified by Nvidia are still being sold on the internet bundled together with the 3Dvision kit, yet there is not way to make them work at 120Hz , I have no faith in Nvidia bothering to add these displays to their driver, in fact they are probably refusing to do it to make people buy the more expensive certified displays, so if we want to get this working we are going to have to do it ourself! :wacko: :D
I will keep trying but I am starting to run out of ideas so If anyone out there has the experience to help I would really appreciate it. If I get it working myself I'll post the details here.
cheers,
Nick
8-)
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? [b]If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help[/b]
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I’ll going to stop talking to myself now…
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I’ll going to stop talking to myself now…
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? [b]If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help[/b]
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I’ll going to stop talking to myself now…
I used an EDID blocker and inf hacks to get 3Dvision working on my trusty old CRT monitor, without these hacks it was stuck at the “Windows7 limit†of 85Hz, but with them it worked great at 144Hz for games and video. My problem is that the same type of hack just won't work on my DLP projector- it works great at 120Hz for 3D games but always switches back to 85Hz for video. I have no idea why this happens?
I think maybe a hacked monitor driver will never fix this problem, I need to find some way to fool the 3D driver / wizard to make it think my projector is a certified model. I think the 3D driver just ignores the inf and checks the EDID device ID against it's internal list of certified devices, (if the EDID is blocked completely it will also fail.) This is why I am trying to find a way to add devices to this list, (in the same way Nvidia do it) I just hope there is not some other check inside the core driver files that we can not edit?
I was hoping to look at a “real†monitor inf from a certified display to get some ideas, if these devices don’t use one maybe we can still get their EDID info from the registry using tools like EnTech MonInfo or Phoenix EDID Editor? If anyone here has an Nvidia certified DLP projector I can send you these tools, it would be a great help
If we can find some way to add new devices it will save many people a lot of trouble, I am mainly thinking of DLP projectors because many models use very similar hardware designs to the certified devices, so we can just clone the settings from them. If all else fails I will have to give up and buy some DLP link glasses just to watch video but there must be a better solution!
I’ll going to stop talking to myself now…
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Samsung 50" 3DTV Plasma - PS50C7705 (Nordic European version of the North American PN50C8000 and UK PS50C7000)
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Or just wait for the official one. With 3DTV Play coming they should add all 3D TV/projector models to there eventually.
Samsung 50" 3DTV Plasma - PS50C7705 (Nordic European version of the North American PN50C8000 and UK PS50C7000)
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Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
Thanks cyberheater, I'll take a look. If I can get an inf / EDID dump from an Acer X1261 I can work out which info from the driver file I need to clone for my X1231PK, the long HEX parts look like timing paramiters of some kind, I think our best hope is just to copy that data and add the device IDs for similar models (that use the same DLP chip etc).
I'm sure this can work and it would save all the hassle of using EDID blockers and custom monitor drivers etc. I have already tried adding my device ID but I must have missed something... There might be some other way to fix my 85Hz video problem but I think this solution could help everyone?
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