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UT: Will try that, tomorrow. Sleepy time now.

My reasoning was that: in order to move the amount of air that a PC fan is designed to move, it moves at the RPM it is designed to operate at. It is designed to spin at that RPM for a reasonable lifetime (number of revolutions). If you accelerate the RPM of the device x1000 by blowing an air compressor directly into the fan, it stands to reason that you are exceeding the RPM it is designed to operate at, as well as "adding years to its life" by burning through a bazillion of the revolutions the manufacturer designed it to complete before failure.

Therefore, if using an air compressor to blow out a PC, stick a pencil or something in the fan to hold it in place so you don't wear out the device unnecessarily. Maybe you can use a more correct mechanical terminology to describe why that is.

I think your concerns are unfounded, but your method can't hurt anything, as long as the fan gets cleaned.

Your FACE is unfounded.

I'll spin your fans so fast they'll melt.:p:

Fanboys. Sheesh...

As UT suggested, I d'loaded the driver he posted. I didn't pay close enough attn, and didn't see that the driver he posted a link to was for 32-bit Win 7. I got 64-bit, so, when I installed it, I got the window in the first pic. I went and found the driver for 64-bit Win 7, d-loaded & installed it, rebooted, and got no love what-so-ever. Nothing changed. There is still no joy in Mudville.

Now, I don't expect you guys to do all the lifting here, but, if any of you have any more clues that point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it. I don't want to have to go w/out my 'personal confuser' for the week or so it'll be in the hospital if it comes to that.:sniff:

Have you tried messing with the menu on the monitor itself?

This sounds very frustrating, and I really can't help, other than to offer up the rather snide YGWYPF cliche.

I'd still try another monitor on there first

My only other monitor is a square-ish one, so I would think that the resolutions not available now, w/my widescreen, wouldn't be available anyway.

I'll have to hook up the other monitor and see if its resolution is off as well. If the resolution is wonky on the other monitor, that will pretty much guarantee a trip to the 'puter hospital for the box.

Yep. No love.

Thanx.

If you haven't found a fix yet, try turning the computer and monitor off, unplugging the monitor for 5 minutes, to let its capacitors drain, and then plugging it in and turning everything back on. I just fixed a similar issue that way. It may not be the same issue, though, because my monitor actually is 4:3, but I was being restricted to 1024x768.

Strangest damn thing. All my 'puter stuff is on a plug that is controlled by a wall switch. If the weather goes south on me I just flick the switch (I know that prolly won't help). Well, the other day the weather went all bumpy on my ass, so I flicked the switch. After a couple hours I flicked it back on, booted up and, Viola!, my monitor is running at it's recommended resolution. Everything is beautiful. In it's own way.

You are no longer pumpkin-heads!

Thanks for the input HappyMonkey. (Happy belated B-Day, also!)

Do you normally shut down the system first, or just flick the wall switch?