Toshiba A100-TA9 Resolution Help

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with changing resolution for my laptop screen. It appears that if I go any higher than 1280 X 800, the higher resolutions will not fit on the screen. I have tried looking for solutions to this, I am sure it is just a setting that needs to be changed. Help would be much appreciated.

Also, I accidentally left the laptop to die out on its battery, and have been told that it might damage the hard drive. Something like that.... anyways, everytime I leave the laptop to hibernate, I come back to a blue screen of death. Any anwers?

 

1.) Your computer has a maximum native resolution of 1280x800--you can increase the res, but because the screen only has that many pixels, it will have a "scrolling" effect. LCDs, unlike CRTs are meant to operate at a single *native* resolution.

2.) I don't see how letting your battery die would damage the hard drive unless you were defragging it on battery power or doing some other weird file system changes when the power went out. What does the BSOD say when it comes up?

 

Really? I was unaware of this. My friend has a Acer TM8204WLM and his resolution can go as high as the video card handles. It is odd to see that this laptop can only handle 1280. But thanks for the info.

I don't remember exactly what the BSOD said when it popped up, I will update once it occurs again.

 

Ok, so this is what the BSOD said:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

and then a bunch of rubbish. In the bottom it said:

usbhub.sys - address BA95F368

 

I have also been getting blue screens with BAD_POOL_CALLER

Anybody know whats up?

 

Belatedly, if you're getting this many BSODs, then send it in. Unless you've changed the hardware on your laptop, then it'll still be under warranty.

I had one problem with BSOD, but it was as easy as reinstalling the nvidia driver. Yours looks a little more complex.

 

Like Vespoli said, most 14"-15.4" laptop screens have a maximum resoulution of 1280x800.

Leaving your battery to die with the computer on should be no problem because when you have 2% or so battery left, you should have a power management that automatically shuts down the computer.