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    A70 screen size problem

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by delerium, Mar 10, 2006.

  1. delerium

    delerium Newbie

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    Strange problem with our Satellite A70 (PSA70C-00V00E): the screen is displaying as if it has forgotten that it has a wide-screen display. At first I thought this was a Windows resolution problem, but it does it upon bootup - even the BIOS screen displays with a black band on the right side, as if it thinks it is a standard screen as opposed to wide-screen.

    In Windows, none of the wide-screen resolutions are shown - they are only the standard ones (eg: 1280x1024). The native resolution isn't even listed (1280x800).

    There is an option in the BIOS to stretch the display and it is enabled, but still no wide-screen display.

    Any ideas as to what might be causing this?
     
    delerium, Mar 10, 2006
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  2. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    Hmm...

    I'd try updating your graphics card driver and see if that helps any. You also might want to do a BIOS update through Toshiba's Software Update system.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Mar 11, 2006
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  3. jtom

    jtom Notebook Evangelist

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    I would call tech support.
     
    jtom, Mar 12, 2006
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