First post, by VileR
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A friend is asking my advice on a problem, and I can't figure it out for the life of me.
Some specs first:
- CPU: 2.80GHz i5 760; RAM: 4GB
- OS: Win7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit)
- Video: GeForce GTX560, latest drivers
The GTX560 is driving a dual display setup:
- Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster B2440 over DVI
- TV: 37" Samsung 550 series LCD, over HDMI through a Yamaha RX-V3900 digital receiver (audio goes on the same cable)
Both are running at 1920x1080 (the native resolution for both).
Problem: some DirectDraw apps refuse to enter full-screen mode on the TV, as long as it's running at 1080p. They do it just fine on the monitor, in exactly the same resolution.... but for whatever reason, to make them happy on the TV, it has to be taken down to 1280x720 or lower.
Issue persists even if the TV is set as the only display (with the monitor disabled).
3 emulators that exhibit this problem:
* Fusion 3.6: says "DirectDraw Init Error: #2 - unable to set Display Mode"; reverts to windowed mode
* Gens 2.11: says "Oups... Error with lpDD->SetDisplayMode"; reverts to windowed mode
* Jnes 0.6: says "DirectDraw: Unable to set full screen mode"; reverts to windowed mode
The obvious first test would be to plug in the TV directly, without going through the receiver, just to eliminate that variable. But in this case, that would mean moving a mountain of furniture and untangling a forest of cables (and him being visually impaired doesn't help with that). So I thought I'd ask here first, maybe there's something else we're missing.
Any ideas?