I bought an Asus vg278 27inch 3d computer monitor for £430 on Amazon.co.uk , on 29 december 2012 533pm i begin setting it up but it is not going well ! , heres is step by step all the hassle i have had with it so far. 1st 1 part is broken off it apears to be a cable tidy on the back of the monitor, for now ill leave it but thats not good when your expensive computer parts arrive with damage.
You get a cdrom from asus with nvidia windows display driver installer which you extract to c\nvidia \ display driver\295.73\winvista_win7-64\english so thats version 296.73 they give you, accept the licence , i did express install and i ended up getting
1. nvidia update 1.7.11
2. physx system software 9.12.0209
3. 3d vision controller driver 295.73
4. hd audio driver 1.3.12.0
5. graphics driver 295.73
6. 3d vision driver 295.73 , that all shows in a window on your monitor by 539pm thats done
my pc was still on when i attached the hdmi cable but that didnt work so i tried the vga cable , i just saw the desktop background picture i use , no desktop icons or anything else, i unplugged hdmi cable ( that id bought on ebay for about £2 as asus dont give you one ! ) then i began to see desktop icons etc. by 559pm a few software programmes i use had crashed..a memory freeing tool , a way to count data i download/upload and open office documents were not responding, also enumerating display devices phase 1 had the hour glass spinning round ( 1st time ive seen that message)
then microsoft.net framework unhandled exception occured in your application i clicked continue to try and carry on, at that point i decided to shut down the pc as too many things had gone wrong !
when i restart i try with just the hdmi cable in but im told vga no signal. so i read the monitor quick start paper guide, that shows buttons on monitor to use to switch from vga , dvi or hdmi inputs , i see windows starting up ok , i press the button a few times and you see its switched to hdmi input so great im now using just an hdmi cable from monitor into my nvidia graphics card in my cyberpower pc.
later that day by 1113pm ..
next problem is windows update shows and is telling me to get nvidia graphics adapter wdd m1.1 graphics adapter wddm1.2 for nvidia geforce gtx 560 , the update is 226mb but the update fails..as its done before when i made the mistake of buying a philips 3d monitor but they dont work if you have an nvidia graphics card so i sent it back to the ebay seller for a full refund..they failed to say in their advert that the Philips monitor wouldnt work if you use nvidia brand graphics ! ).
next i go to nvidia control panel via control panel in pc m i go to set up sterioscopic 3d on the left in select a task, i check the box to enable it, then nvidia 3dtv play shows up, the test of the glasses didnt work i only saw a triangle on top of a hexagon , they send me to nvidia.co.uk/object/3dtv-play-faq-uk.html#q25 but that doesnt help and wastes yet more of my time..tjhat a bunch of frequently asked questions ( they say theyre faq's but dont prove that by leaving names of anyone who asked those questions),
30dec 210am the nvidia control panel is not responding.this is a real problem nvidia need to resolve as this happens every time i use it..it freezes up.
( my pc is a Cyberpower apollo gt ,cpu i7 2600k quadcore 3.4ghz now at @4.5ghz ..its overclocked by cyberpower ,motherboard gigabyte intel z68 chipset mainboard with intel smart response technology & 7.1 dolby home theatre audio , gb lan , usb 3.0,
graphics.. nvidia geforce gtx 560 1gb 16x pcie video card
,4gb memory ,power.. 850watt
,harddrive 1tb, os,, windows 7 home premium 64bit
front display nzxt sentry lx touch screen dual bay high performance fan control and temperature display..now with all that technology and power its fair to say its nvidias problem and not down to my pc.
the nvidia test says 1920x 1080 is not ok for 3d so try 1280x720 @60hz or 1920x1080@24hz so i changed to a lower resolution, and run the set up wizard but nothing happens !
now do i need 3dtv play software ? i go to controlplanel-hardware and sound-nvidia control panel-enable sterioscopic 3d thats when 3dtv play window shows telling you what youll need to get 3d working ..so buy buying the asus vg278h from here http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005XA2COO/ref=pe_217191_31005151_dp_1 does it come with this nvidia 3dtv play software built in ? it also says you need a 3dtv with supplied glasses and the nvidia 3d driver
hers the faq's nvidia send you to http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/3dtv-play-faq-uk.html#q25
problem now solved videos of solution to this can be found on youtube
You get a cdrom from asus with nvidia windows display driver installer which you extract to c\nvidia \ display driver\295.73\winvista_win7-64\english so thats version 296.73 they give you, accept the licence , i did express install and i ended up getting
1. nvidia update 1.7.11
2. physx system software 9.12.0209
3. 3d vision controller driver 295.73
4. hd audio driver 1.3.12.0
5. graphics driver 295.73
6. 3d vision driver 295.73 , that all shows in a window on your monitor by 539pm thats done
my pc was still on when i attached the hdmi cable but that didnt work so i tried the vga cable , i just saw the desktop background picture i use , no desktop icons or anything else, i unplugged hdmi cable ( that id bought on ebay for about £2 as asus dont give you one ! ) then i began to see desktop icons etc. by 559pm a few software programmes i use had crashed..a memory freeing tool , a way to count data i download/upload and open office documents were not responding, also enumerating display devices phase 1 had the hour glass spinning round ( 1st time ive seen that message)
then microsoft.net framework unhandled exception occured in your application i clicked continue to try and carry on, at that point i decided to shut down the pc as too many things had gone wrong !
when i restart i try with just the hdmi cable in but im told vga no signal. so i read the monitor quick start paper guide, that shows buttons on monitor to use to switch from vga , dvi or hdmi inputs , i see windows starting up ok , i press the button a few times and you see its switched to hdmi input so great im now using just an hdmi cable from monitor into my nvidia graphics card in my cyberpower pc.
later that day by 1113pm ..
next problem is windows update shows and is telling me to get nvidia graphics adapter wdd m1.1 graphics adapter wddm1.2 for nvidia geforce gtx 560 , the update is 226mb but the update fails..as its done before when i made the mistake of buying a philips 3d monitor but they dont work if you have an nvidia graphics card so i sent it back to the ebay seller for a full refund..they failed to say in their advert that the Philips monitor wouldnt work if you use nvidia brand graphics ! ).
next i go to nvidia control panel via control panel in pc m i go to set up sterioscopic 3d on the left in select a task, i check the box to enable it, then nvidia 3dtv play shows up, the test of the glasses didnt work i only saw a triangle on top of a hexagon , they send me to nvidia.co.uk/object/3dtv-play-faq-uk.html#q25 but that doesnt help and wastes yet more of my time..tjhat a bunch of frequently asked questions ( they say theyre faq's but dont prove that by leaving names of anyone who asked those questions),
30dec 210am the nvidia control panel is not responding.this is a real problem nvidia need to resolve as this happens every time i use it..it freezes up.
( my pc is a Cyberpower apollo gt ,cpu i7 2600k quadcore 3.4ghz now at @4.5ghz ..its overclocked by cyberpower ,motherboard gigabyte intel z68 chipset mainboard with intel smart response technology & 7.1 dolby home theatre audio , gb lan , usb 3.0,
graphics.. nvidia geforce gtx 560 1gb 16x pcie video card
,4gb memory ,power.. 850watt
,harddrive 1tb, os,, windows 7 home premium 64bit
front display nzxt sentry lx touch screen dual bay high performance fan control and temperature display..now with all that technology and power its fair to say its nvidias problem and not down to my pc.
the nvidia test says 1920x 1080 is not ok for 3d so try 1280x720 @60hz or 1920x1080@24hz so i changed to a lower resolution, and run the set up wizard but nothing happens !
now do i need 3dtv play software ? i go to controlplanel-hardware and sound-nvidia control panel-enable sterioscopic 3d thats when 3dtv play window shows telling you what youll need to get 3d working ..so buy buying the asus vg278h from here http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005XA2COO/ref=pe_217191_31005151_dp_1 does it come with this nvidia 3dtv play software built in ? it also says you need a 3dtv with supplied glasses and the nvidia 3d driver
hers the faq's nvidia send you to http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/3dtv-play-faq-uk.html#q25
problem now solved videos of solution to this can be found on youtube
