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    the screen size of my notebook got strange

    Discussion in 'HP' started by kissson, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. kissson

    kissson Newbie

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    it is old old Compaq Armada 3500
    the size of the screen shrink to the centre of the whole screen

    i got few shots with it,
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    anyone can give some help or idea, fixing it whatever ?
    thanks so much
     
    kissson, Aug 22, 2007
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  2. coyoteunknown

    coyoteunknown Notebook Consultant

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    Looks like it's using a lower resolution than native and it's programming it to display it pixel-to-pixel, instead of stretching it. Have you tried changing the resolution back to native?
     
    coyoteunknown, Aug 22, 2007
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  3. kekinash

    kekinash Notebook Guru

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    or you need to reinstall the video drivers....
     
    kekinash, Aug 22, 2007
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    hr_phenom Notebook Consultant

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    The video drivers should have a setting to allow you to stretch the desktop to the native screen resolution. I had it on my old laptop which had an intel onboard graphics chipset and intel drivers. Look for this.
     
    hr_phenom, Aug 22, 2007
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  5. chrisL2

    chrisL2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    some program that you installed or used may have corrupted the driver, if you cannot slide the bar for the screen resolution, most probably you need to reinstall the video driver.
     
    chrisL2, Aug 22, 2007
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  6. kissson

    kissson Newbie

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    it definitely not a hardware problem , right ?

    the native resolution, is it a setting in bios ?
    the driver, still finding the driver cd, why dont standard-vga got everything ok
    omg
     
    kissson, Aug 22, 2007
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  7. Mickey Alberto

    Mickey Alberto Notebook Geek

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    Try the FN-F4 key. I remember this happening to one of my old Dell Laptops. Seems it got confused as if an external monitor was attached.

    --Mickey
     
    Mickey Alberto, Aug 22, 2007
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