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    Dell Latitude 630 Screen Cut off

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by samiamnot, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. samiamnot

    samiamnot Newbie

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    Hi everybody, first of all, happy new year! I'm having an issue with my dell laptop. When I boot it up, screen is cut off like 3 or 4 inches from the right, so it just looks like a black rectangle and that portion is not useable.

    Any ideas on how to get it fixed? I've tried looking for a driver but haven't found the right one. Plus since it's my work pc I don't wanna download something which is going to get my pc even worse than what it is right now

    Thanks, leo
     
    samiamnot, Jan 2, 2009
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  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Does the screen look fine once you are booted into Windows?
     
    atbnet, Jan 2, 2009
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  3. samiamnot

    samiamnot Newbie

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    No. In fact, the screen gets cut off right from the moment I boot it and it stays that way. In the past the only fix was to keep rebooting (last time it took me 10 times) until it'd come up good. I don't know.

    Thanks for replying, though
     
    samiamnot, Jan 2, 2009
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  5. Jessica L

    Jessica L Notebook Enthusiast

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    If the screen isn't working right from boot, it sounds like a hardware issue, not a driver issue.
     
    Jessica L, Jan 2, 2009
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  6. qhn

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    Hook the laptop to an external monitor. If it is ok, then your LCD is failing, if not, your gpu is shrott

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 2, 2009
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