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    What is the cause of this graphics problem on Vaio SA?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by led20719, Oct 31, 2011.

  1. led20719

    led20719 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This program worked well on Win7 before with Nvidia graphics, but this new SA with AMD it shows up like this:

    Could someone explain what causes this and how to fix it?



    [​IMG]
     
    led20719, Oct 31, 2011
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    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    What exactly are we supposed to be seeing or not to be seeing here!? The misalignment in the window?

    Are both computers you compare with the same resolution?
     
    Gracy123, Oct 31, 2011
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    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    Large fonts is causing this. Switch to normal size fonts and reboot.
     
    beaups, Oct 31, 2011
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    led20719 Notebook Enthusiast

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    the program does not allow resizing of the window,so it should normally all fit

    resolution does not seem to affect this problem
     
    led20719, Oct 31, 2011
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    led20719 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how do i do that?
     
    led20719, Oct 31, 2011
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    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    Start--->Control Panel--->Display Choose small (100%) for font size
     
    beaups, Oct 31, 2011
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    led20719 Notebook Enthusiast

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    did that already, no difference
     
    led20719, Oct 31, 2011
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    dump it and move on!

     
    electronicsguy, Oct 31, 2011
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    rebooted already?

    Which program is this? I may be able to help.
     
    jeremyshaw, Oct 31, 2011
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    It's the font size. Did you choose SMALL or NORMAL? You need to choose small. and you need to reboot.
     
    beaups, Oct 31, 2011
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    it's small and I rebooted

    other software has the same problem too (only with this new SA)
     
    led20719, Nov 1, 2011
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    It sure looks like font issue to me. What other software behaves this way?
     
    beaups, Nov 1, 2011
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    led20719 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Even changing to Classic Windows Theme doesn't change anything.

    The software I showed is Sonic Stage Mastering Studio. I have Vaio computers running Vista/XP that have an official copy and a Win7 1st gen Z with an "unofficial" copy which works fine.

    I have been having other problems with this computer since I got it yesterday (see my other post about the battery). I wonder if I should do a recovery?
     
    led20719, Nov 1, 2011
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    Try the "Fn" key along with F9 or F10. That's the magnifier function. You can also try to change the Advanced appearance settings from Control Panel - Personalization and switch to a different font like Microsoft Sans Serif for example.
     
    TwiztidKidd, Nov 1, 2011
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    ^What resolution are you running? If set too low, some programs will misbehave.
     
    beaups, Nov 1, 2011
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    highest possible
     
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    I returned the SA3 and got an SA2.

    Same problem so it must be the AMD chip.

    I know nothing about programming, so how can change the .cab or .bin files in the program itself to change the default window size within the program so the fonts aren't too big?
     
    led20719, Nov 15, 2011
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