Comments on: Unlocking intermediate resolutions on Sony Vaio FWs

By: VaioBunny

VaioBunny — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:32:07 +0000

I tried modding the driver again and it seemed to have worked because in the Catalyst control i now have more resolutions but the nearest i get to 1920x is 1400x and i was looking for 1760x or 1600x. Why after modding is it only showing these resolution options?

By: VaioBunny

VaioBunny — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:00:55 +0000

I meant pixel aspect ‘ratio’ not ‘ration’ of course

By: VaioBunny

VaioBunny — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:59:59 +0000

Hi Antonio
I’m having the same problem with my vaio FW51MF/H ATI RADEON 4650 on Windows 7. I’ve chickened out of modding and couldn’t get it to work so was probably doing something wrong. I tried Powerstrip but it only gave me the same resolutions i.e 1920x (native) 1260x and 800x both the latter do not have the same pixel aspect ration so not only are they too big but they are fuzzy. Have I installed the right powerstrip?
I don’t understand why Sony together with ATI haven’t offered other resolutions with the same aspect ratio. Do you know of any reason why there are these limits? Will it damage the graphics card, display or anything?

By: Antonio Cangiano

Antonio Cangiano — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:01:26 +0000

Yes, Geek, it is safe.

By: Geek

Geek — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:54:02 +0000

Hi antonio, thanks for the article. i used the 3rd approach & patched the driver on my sony vaio vgn-fw378j without any issues. question is whether this approach is safe and secure. i mean it’s not a trojan or virus or keystroke logger right? i have apps to check for these but just would like to know if anyone had any issues with this patch. thanks again.

By: berq

berq — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:43:19 +0000

hi guys..

i’m from Turkey and i lived same problems about resolution. I researched a lot and wanna to share to you.

I have VGN-FW5JTF.. It’s 16.4″ screen. Firstly, I used to 1900*1080 full hd resolution. But it has very small text and pictures. it’s not for me.. Than , i modded to ATI Drivers. ( look at 3rd approach. ) I selected to 1600*900. But when i selected this, i have another problem. Text are out of focus, flu. Now, i selected another resolution. it’s 1368*768.

How do i fix this problem ? 1900*1080 has very sharp text and pictures but the others hasn’t any properties.. It might be a solution..

By: dande

dande — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:37:23 +0000

Nice to find out you guys with your helpful information & solutions.
I just bought my Vaio today. And apart changing the fonts size DPI I also installed an Firefox add-on on which you can set the default zoom level of the browser or the default only text zoom to any percentage you wish e.g 120%
This is very helpful in this case as it enlarge every site by this default value.
I really enjoy Internet browsing with huge text and everything enlarged.
Firefox add-on is NoSquint.
Btw my Vaio model is FW41W and has a different processor Intel P8700 2.53GHz and it’s not BD writer only reader.
I really like this laptop!

Thanks

Cheers

By: Storm

Storm — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:33:21 +0000

WOW….I thought I was losing my mind after spending my hard earned cash on such a stylish model VGN-FW 490 and then not having the lush wide-screen real estate even partially used when browsing. I can barely read most websites….your 3rd solution seems like the ticket but I am too chicken to try as I am not that technically savvy.
Thankfully, I am still in my 30 day trial period and I think this beauty is going back to the factory….such a disappointment to have such a nice wide screen and yet it’s never filled unless watching a DVD. Glad I ran across this blog….wished I’d seen it a month ago….would have saved me some time!
Thanks for all of your input on this subject.
It’s either a Dell or Apple for me….

By: Anita

Anita — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:19:00 +0000

Was contemplating returning my sony vaio FW378D because I just couldn’t work with the default resolution of 1920 X 1080. Your 3rd approach worked great but has a drawback that I’m still not sure I want to deal with. When I shut down or reboot it doesn’t remember the resolution. All looks good until something loads, the screen flickers and the resolution is reset to the 1920 X 1080. Now I found if I set my laptop on hibernate it works fine but wondering if anyone has a fix so I can shut down, reboot and have this laptop remember the new default setting as it should?

By: Percy

Percy — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:22:28 +0000

Sean,(with Antonio’s permission) I have got a question or two for you;
To get 1600×900 do I still have to go through Antonio’s procedure or you can do it directly using PowerStrip (which version?)
Did you have any issues using PowerStrip?
and finally I found my VAIO(VGNFW37GYH)not very sharp with normal DVD’s. I think the latest ATI Randeon update did nothing better to improve the quality of the picture. At the ATI website there is a new driver available (ATI Catalyst™ 9.5 Display Driver for Windows Vista (64 bit)) I wonder if it is safe to download it and run it.

I would appreciate your comments.
Cheers