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  • Topcat
    The Boss Stooge
    • Oct 2003
    • 16956
    • United States

    #1

    Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

    Ok, I ran into a bit shit sandwich that I had to take a big bite out of yesterday. I sold a Dell SX280 to a friend of mine, and I mated it up with a Dell IN1910N 19" 16:9 widescreen monitor. Low & behold, the driver for the onboard Intel video doesn't support its native resolution of 1366x768. 1280x768 looked ok on it, but in my mind, it just wasn't right...... It's been years since I've had to write/hack a driver to make something like this work, but after a few hours of tracking down this monitor's modeline and converting it to hexadecimal, and then hacking it into the driver, I got a quick refresher course on the topic... The driver I used was the latest driver provided by Dell from their site. Before you ask, yes, I tried the latest driver from Intel as well, to no avail.

    Anyway, since I went through all the hell of making this, I figured I'd share it with everyone. Nobody needs to go through the 2 hours of bullshit I went through to make this...so here it is. This driver will work on any Dell SX280, GX280 (thats using the onboard video), and any other Dell board using this video chip.

    https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1342499453

    Just unRAR it, and execute the setup.exe like you would do for a normal install, nothing special is required to make this driver install or work right, 1366x768 will be in the resolution setting slider. This driver should work for other model monitors using this resolution for their native as well, but bear in mind, it hasn't been tested on any other monitor except the Dell IN1910N (which it works beautiful on). Its written for win2k and XP pro.
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  • i4004
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2006
    • 2029

    #2
    Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

    long time ago adding resolutions boiled down to adding number(s) to driver's ini file...
    still the same?
    (adding the monitor model aside)

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    • Topcat
      The Boss Stooge
      • Oct 2003
      • 16956
      • United States

      #3
      Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

      ^
      Yes, still basically the same. The hex conversion of the monitor's native resolution's modeline is what was a pain in the ass, as the string needs to be in hex before added to the INF. Even more of a pain in the ass was actually finding the monitor's modeline, as moninfo utility wouldn't bring it up for some reason. The actual modification of the driver only took a few seconds.....it was all the BS that had to be done in order to make that modification.
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      • msasasgs
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        • Mar 2012
        • 1
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        #4
        Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

        Hi Topcat
        I have tried opening the RAR archive to get to the setup.exe file but the folder that is unRAR'd is empty. RAR file shows a packed size of 3914KB
        Using Powerarchiver is unRAR the file.
        XP Pro

        Any suggestions?

        Thanks for any help in advance

        SS
        Last edited by msasasgs; 03-25-2012, 01:38 PM.

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        • Th3_uN1Qu3
          Believe in
          • Jul 2010
          • 6031
          • Romania

          #5
          Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

          Opens fine with WinRAR here.
          Originally posted by PeteS in CA
          Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
          A working TV? How boring!

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          • Toasty
            Badcaps Legend
            • Jul 2007
            • 4171

            #6
            Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

            Originally posted by Th3_uN1Qu3
            Opens fine with WinRAR here.
            ...and WinZip and 7Zip...
            veritas odium parit

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            • RJARRRPCGP
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              • Jul 2004
              • 6304
              • USA

              #7
              Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

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              • Th3_uN1Qu3
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                • 6031
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                #8
                Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

                Well NOW i get a 403 as well. Could have to do with moving to the new server perhaps?
                Originally posted by PeteS in CA
                Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
                A working TV? How boring!

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                • shovenose
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                  • Aug 2010
                  • 6575
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                  #9
                  Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

                  Yup I get a 403 as well.

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                  • c_hegge
                    Badcaps Legend
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 5219
                    • Australia

                    #10
                    Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

                    403 here too
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                    • Topcat
                      The Boss Stooge
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 16956
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                      #11
                      Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

                      fixed
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                      • Uranium-235
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                        • Aug 2007
                        • 5042
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                        #12
                        Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

                        when someone gave me this toshiba laptop, the wifi card is actually a realtek 8187 USB chip /w a usb-pcie controller and they changed the hardware ID to 8197. With XP, this did not work. I had to DL the latest 8187 from a realtek site (not the offical one) and hack the HWID's. worked perfectly.

                        i've heard of hacking resolutions in inf file, I think I actually did it once or twice many many years ago.
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                        • henwy
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                          • Aug 2012
                          • 1
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                          #13
                          Re: Intel 915G (dell sx280 & gx280) Custom video driver

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                          Last edited by henwy; 08-20-2012, 04:54 AM. Reason: Human Error - Hack is Ingenious

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