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    Toshiba Satellite Notebook Display Help Needed!

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by ewilli12, Jan 12, 2009.

  1. ewilli12

    ewilli12 Newbie

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    LCD Display Help Needed!

    I own a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4084. It’s an older laptop, but I’d like to keep it running for the near future. The notebook has a 15.4 LCD Display in widescreen and a resolution of 1280x800 (WXGA).

    I recently replaced the LCD screen (as my old screen was stepped on). I ordered a new LCD online and installed it myself. The quality of the screen works great. However, the notebook screen display has been changed. Before the replacement, the display was in widescreen. After the replacement, the display has been reformatted to a standard size (leaving a black bar about 3 inches wide on the right side of the display).

    I have tried modifying the aspect ratio, resolution, and refresh rate. I have tried updating the display drivers. I have tried updating the Intel 945 Express Chipset Family. Nothing has successfully corrected the display back to a widescreen format.

    Today, I put the old LCD back into the computer (which had previously always displayed in a widescreen format). Indeed, the old LCD was now in standard size as well and I was unable to change it to widescreen either.

    Any ideas? Is it a driver issue? Or is it something that I need to change in the hardware? Thanks for your help.
     
    ewilli12, Jan 12, 2009
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  2. Jernkar

    Jernkar Notebook Consultant

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    Is there someting in the bios to adjust? Sometimes you can enable/disable LCD stretch in the bios.
     
    Jernkar, Jan 12, 2009
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  3. ewilli12

    ewilli12 Newbie

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    I have not checked into modifying the BIOS. However, should I expect that the BIOS would be modified when I simply replace a LCD screen?
     
    ewilli12, Jan 14, 2009
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    ReD2847 Notebook Consultant

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    hey sorry i know this is not the right thread to ask this but im new to this forum and just need help with this laptop i got so here it goes...

    ok so my question is I have a satellite L300 toshiba laptop.its running on the T3200 intel processor and intel 4 series chipset. toshiba makes it clear that this laptop can ACCEPT PC6400 ram but does not say if it actually runs it at 800mhz or downclocks the DDR2 ram to PC-5300 to run at 667.

    I need to know if this machine can support 800mhz ram or not so I can finally know if i should buy 800 or 667 mhz ram.

    Of course I dont want to waste money on 800mhz ram only to get it downclocked if its not supported.

    It seems intel sats the 4 series chipset (GL140 here) supports 800mhz ram yet my FSP on this processor is only 667mhz.

    So im very confused and need help on this,thanks.
     
    ReD2847, Jan 15, 2009
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