Thinkpad T42 Vista Business only 50Hz refresh

I have installed Vista Business on a Thinkpad T42. The display driver for
the ATI Radeon is reporting 50Hz max refresh rate and that is the max I can
set under Vista. It really is flickering. Any idea how to get it > 50?

Thanks,

Wait for final release drivers from ATI and/or Lenovo.

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"RichE" <RichE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:843483A2-BB86-4E5E-9000-3CFDE99BC941@microsoft.com...
>I have installed Vista Business on a Thinkpad T42. The display driver for
> the ATI Radeon is reporting 50Hz max refresh rate and that is the max I
> can
> set under Vista. It really is flickering. Any idea how to get it > 50?
>
> Thanks,

Make sure the monitor selection is correct -- I've found that the monitor
driver has more to do with what refresh rates are available than anything
else. -Ron

"RichE" <RichE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:843483A2-BB86-4E5E-9000-3CFDE99BC941@microsoft.com...
>I have installed Vista Business on a Thinkpad T42. The display driver for
> the ATI Radeon is reporting 50Hz max refresh rate and that is the max I
> can
> set under Vista. It really is flickering. Any idea how to get it > 50?
>
> Thanks,

[mitalum]

All,

Just found the solution to the t42 vista refresh rate issue, where refresh rate is stuck at 50Hz.

Use regedt32 to set the create the following key

HKLM/Software/Microsoft/DirectDraw
ForceRefreshRate DWORD 0x0000004b (75)

That's it!

Enjoy

mitalum <mitalum.3bus8d@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>All,
>
>Just found the solution to the t42 vista refresh rate issue, where
>refresh rate is stuck at 50Hz.
>
>Use regedt32 to set the create the following key
>
>HKLM/Software/Microsoft/DirectDraw
>ForceRefreshRate DWORD 0x0000004b (75)
>
>That's it!
>
>Enjoy

Thanks. We'll file that away in case we get a T42 some day and have a
problem with the refresh rate.

Moron.