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September 8th, 2003, 03:07 AM
#1
Screen Size
I just got done putting XP pro back on my laptop after I screwed it up with slackware. My laptop screen size is a 15 inch, but its like windows is only using 12 inches of it. All around the edges is black. Kinda like when you have to resize a screen on a regular monitor to make it fit better.
I can't figure it out to resize the Windows screen to where it uses all of my monitor size. Any help would be good
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September 8th, 2003, 03:15 AM
#2
Senior Member
Hmm
Check your device manager in XP and make sure the drivers for the video card are installed. Or go to the web page of who made the laptop and see if they have an updated driver for XP to allow the display to work properly. The only other thing I can think of it try to adjust your refresh rate. Sometimes if it's set to high it yanks away some of your screen.
Another thing is some laptops have a Function key which you press down and hold and it will let you adjust the brightness and contrast on your screen. See if there are any ways to change the size of the screen.
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September 8th, 2003, 03:16 AM
#3
what kind of laptop is it?
do you have all the latest video drivers from the manufactuer?
mine did that at first, but i got all the lastest drivers from dell and
the problem was gone
hope this helps
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September 8th, 2003, 03:48 AM
#4
yeah your right.
I reinstalled XP using the OS disc not the recovery disks. I didn't want a bunch of compaq junk on my laptop.
But anyway, XP is using its default driver for the video. It should be a ATI video Card Driver but its just what XP provides. So thats probably my problem.
Thanks for your help
btw: tokeafatty its a compq presario 2500. P4 2.4 512 MB DDR Ram, ATI 64MB Video card, etc etc.
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September 8th, 2003, 03:54 AM
#5
Senior Member
cheyenne1212:
I don't blame you at all for using the regular OS disk. Whenever I do a reload on a laptop I do the same thing, all that Compaq junk is **** (to put it bluntly).
Nice laptop btw. Those ATI cards they are putting in them kick ass.
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September 8th, 2003, 04:00 AM
#6
I bought the laptop for college. I was wanting it for word processing, but also wanted it for gaming to. I know it wont play games as fast as my desktop or anything but it sure will help me get through my algebra class, english class, and history class. All I have to do is sit in the back and find a plug in for power and ethernet
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September 8th, 2003, 05:45 AM
#7
I agree with tokeafatty420. It's a driver problem. Download the drivers from Compaq and there'll be an option to stretch the screen. Problem solved. :-)
AJ
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September 8th, 2003, 03:34 PM
#8
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