Driver for old Dell monitor

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From: "Jasper" <?@?.com>

| Hi folks,
|
| Is it normal for XP to only display "Default Monitor" in Device
| Manager, Monitors? I have an old Dell D825TM monitor, and I can't
| find how to install this in Control Panel, Add New Hardware.
|
| In Windows 98 and 95 you had an almost endless list of monitors to
| install in Add New Hardware, and the monitor model would be listed in
| Device Manager . Is there some way to install the monitor, or has
| this all changed?
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Jasper

The default may just be a simple Plug 'N Play monitor.
Are you actually having problems displaying in higher resolutions ?
 
Jasper said:
Is it normal for XP to only display "Default Monitor" in Device
Manager, Monitors? I have an old Dell D825TM monitor, and I can't
find how to install this in Control Panel, Add New Hardware.

In Windows 98 and 95 you had an almost endless list of monitors to
install in Add New Hardware, and the monitor model would be listed
in Device Manager . Is there some way to install the monitor, or
has this all changed?
Click to expand...

Is "Plug N Play" not doing it for you?
What is it you are expecting to gain out of having the monitor driver?

The resolutions available to you may be limited by the monitor (in that you
cannot see beyond a given range) but they are provided to you by the Video
Card driver - not the monitor driver (necessarily, although your choices can
be limited - at least in the default view - by the monitor driver found.)

A google search revelas you might get a color profile for this monitor off
the Internet - however - unlikely you will find anything beyond Windows 2000
for a monitor of that age.
 
Jasper said:
Hi folks,

Is it normal for XP to only display "Default Monitor" in Device
Manager, Monitors? I have an old Dell D825TM monitor, and I can't
find how to install this in Control Panel, Add New Hardware.

In Windows 98 and 95 you had an almost endless list of monitors to
install in Add New Hardware, and the monitor model would be listed in
Device Manager . Is there some way to install the monitor, or has
this all changed?

Thanks in advance,

Jasper
Click to expand...

If you're not having any monitor problems leave it, it's standard to use the
"default" monitor. If for some odd reason you need drivers installed for your Dell
D825TM monitor, you'll need to download the drivers from Dells support site for your
specific monitor and install the drivers per their instructions.

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Hi folks,

Is it normal for XP to only display "Default Monitor" in Device
Manager, Monitors? I have an old Dell D825TM monitor, and I can't
find how to install this in Control Panel, Add New Hardware.

In Windows 98 and 95 you had an almost endless list of monitors to
install in Add New Hardware, and the monitor model would be listed in
Device Manager . Is there some way to install the monitor, or has
this all changed?

Thanks in advance,

Jasper
 
More than likely Dell no longer provides drivers for a monitor that old. I
have a friend with a similar problem.
 
well if u r looking out for a video driver for ur dell system..u can go to support.dell.com.click on driverss download..enter the system service tag or the model number of ur dell system ..and u can get install the driver..
 
From: "Jasper" <?@?.com>

| You are right. It would have to be about ten or more years old. I
| search and search the Dell site and found nothing. Anyway, it does
| not matter. It works fine as the default monitor. I was just
| expecting it to be listed in one of the cabinet files on the XP CD as
| a .inf file.
|

And thus a clear benefit of a Plug 'n Play monitor.
No driver needed.
 
You are right. It would have to be about ten or more years old. I
search and search the Dell site and found nothing. Anyway, it does
not matter. It works fine as the default monitor. I was just
expecting it to be listed in one of the cabinet files on the XP CD as
a .inf file.

Jasper
 
Even though they're not needed, if you want the drivers for your D825TM monitor,
the DELLMON.EXE file which has many drivers includes yours and can be download here:
ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/monitors/

The file can be opened with a file compression/decompression app ( at least WinRAR
opens it ) to see the contents.


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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
From: "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake>

| Even though they're not needed, if you want the drivers for your D825TM monitor,
| the DELLMON.EXE file which has many drivers includes yours and can be download here:
| ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/monitors/
|
| The file can be opened with a file compression/decompression app ( at least WinRAR
| opens it ) to see the contents.
|

Good research Brian !
 
David H. Lipman said:
From: "Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake>

| Even though they're not needed, if you want the drivers for your D825TM
monitor,
| the DELLMON.EXE file which has many drivers includes yours and can be download
here:
| ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/monitors/
|
| The file can be opened with a file compression/decompression app ( at least
WinRAR
| opens it ) to see the contents.
|

Good research Brian !
Click to expand...

Have browser, will travel. <s>

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
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