I've had one of those weeks where haven't had much time for testing, nor getting back to this, but I have found that bypassing the KVM we still have the issue, the hardware model is a HP 8300 SFF, we are running the latest WinPE, yet for some reason on this model the res is just going wacky, I will hopefully try setting the x/y rest in default on Monday and get to test it, but it is very much up to the BizTalk and samba gods
From: Roger Truss Sent: Saturday, 12 July 2014 2:07 AM To: [email protected] How old is your KVM? My 4 port had to be replaced once we really started rolling out win7 as it would behave quite erratically. Even now my kvm has the occasional issue with usb mice not working through it but plugged directly in the pc it works fine. Thank You, Roger Truss [email protected] h (920) 456-8302 c (920) 203-0625 On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Harry Mavromatidis <[email protected]> wrote: In MDT under the default heading set these to the resolution desired: [Default] XResolution=1280 YResolution=1024 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 9:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Setting Screen Resolution for the WinPE Session Newer WinPE will set the native resolution of the display. (IIRC v4.0 and newer) From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Keith Garner (Hotmail) [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 7:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Setting Screen Resolution for the WinPE Session Stream of consciousness questions… J: Not clear to me *where/when* this is happening… On which machines (uefi? Make/Model), and what the problem scenario is. Is this happening during WDS boot menu selection? During the Kernel loader? Or when WinPE has fully started? MDT and OSD both put their dialogs at the center of the screen, so that can’t be the problem. Does the problem go away if you connect to a CRT (not flat panel) monitor, Yes, I know it’s 2014, but still… Or are you talking about the sync range of the monitor? Specifically what resolution is it running at? (Typically monitors will say what the offending resolution refresh rate is). BY default in MDT, the unattend.xml file is set to 1024 x 768 x 32bits x 60Hz: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Templates\Unattend_PE_x64.xml Your machine could also have driver problems and/or a BSOD, I once had a problem with some uEFI Intel Prototype motherboards where the screen would go black, the symptoms appeared to be just like a BSOD, however the machine wouldn’t reboot. The only way I knew for sure that the machine was still working was that I had to type blind into my WinPE image: F8 à wpeutil shutdown when the machine actually shutdown, I was able to rule out BSOD, and I could work on other scenarios. It turned out that the display driver was just not working, and *NOTHING* was getting sent to the display driver, it was *not* a refresh issue, but a uEFI firmware issue. -k From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of steven hosking Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDT-OSD] Setting Screen Resolution for the WinPE Session Hi Guys, we have an odd one where when building the new computers from PxE or media the screen we have attach goes out of range (Yes yes before you ask we have change the screen out, but still having the issue as a result of the KVM we think) and then blank so if our guys aren’t quick enough selecting the TS they want to build with they have to restart the screen, it’s a mild annoyance but just wondering if there is a way to define the Resolution for the WinPE at the initial boot time where you get prompted for the password and to select the TS? any advice would be great. Cheers Steve
