Driver for old Samsung monitor, will it work on 8.1?

[Serfrank]

I upgraded from Win 7 to 8.1 and now my HDD is impersonating an SSD when it comes to booting up.

 

The only problem is that I have an old Samsung SyncMaster 940BW which is now detected as generic non plug and play by Windows, so I can't set the native resolution of 1440x900.

I could install the drivers for this monitor, but they are very old (march 13th 2007) and I'm not sure if they'll work correctly with 8.1.

 

So now I've got 2 options:

1. Try to install the driver (what would be the worst case scenario if it's not compatible with the OS?)

2. Set a custom resolution, in this case native 1440x900, but I have no idea what's the best way to do that without messing up.

 

When I click "set custom resolution" in the NVIDIA control panel, there's a whole bunch of warnings that it might make my monitor useless, mess with my BIOS, blow up my computer, create a black hole, etc, so I'm a bit scared. As long as I set the native resolution the monitor is intended to use, there shouldn't be any problems, right?

 

Here's the monitor page by the way: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/940BW#

[TheSLSAMG]

Just set the resolution within the NVIDIA Driver. It will not have any adverse effects.

[Arty]

i have never had any problems with windows 7 drivers on 8.1

[DamnTarget]

You can try, Windows 8.1 does support some older drivers.

[bry.yyyy]

just use your GPU Driver

i have SAMSUNG Sync Master 18 inch and windows 8.1 64 Bit pro

install your GPU Driver and leave that Monitor Driver

after that settings your monitor on Your NVIDIA Control panel

[bry.yyyy]

You can try, Windows 8.1 does support some older drivers.

many my old driver not supported

[DamnTarget]

What display interface are you using to connect your monitor to your PC?

[Serfrank]

What display interface are you using to connect your monitor to your PC?

I'm using VGA, sorry I should've said that before.

[DamnTarget]

That may be your problem rather than the driver, try using a digital interface like DVI-D, HDMI or DisplayPort.

[Serfrank]

Yeah, I have no DVI cables, damn 

 

I'll just try and install the driver for now...

 

i have never had any problems with windows 7 drivers on 8.1

This is not even a windows 7 driver, it supports up to Vista. If it worked on 7, maybe it should work for 8.1

[Serfrank]

Says driver installed, still can't set native resolution. Maybe a reboot will do the job.

[DamnTarget]

Yeah, sorry, I thought you already tried the driver  . Be sure to report back here if it works. I don't like unresolved issues.

[Serfrank]

The installer gave me 2 options: Analog and Digital. I clicked on analog because I'm using VGA.

My monitor is now detected in device manager, but I still can't set the native resolution  <_<

[Serfrank]

Tried setting custom resolution via NVIDIA control panel. Test was successful, it worked! 

[DamnTarget]

Glad it worked for you!