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Fullscreen is acting odd
Hey All-
When I built my computer I used lots of old peripherals to cut down on costs. Usually this is quite effective, but my old Gateway2000 Vivitron15 monitor was starting to die. Luckily, while browsing a local thrift shop, I surprisingly found the exact same make and model of monitor for 10 dollars, except in 17 inches, and it's in far better condition. I switched them out and tweaked the screen via front panel and everything seemed fine. What doesn't work properly, however, is full screen. When switching in, instead of content going to each edge of the screen, it simply occupies a box, which is suspiciously similar in size to my old monitor. Any suggestions? Windows XP Pro Radeon 7000 w/ 64 meg RAM 512mb DDR SD-RAM 1.33 GHZ AMD Thunderbird -Jon |
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"jonba" said in :
Hey All- When I built my computer I used lots of old peripherals to cut down on costs. Usually this is quite effective, but my old Gateway2000 Vivitron15 monitor was starting to die. Luckily, while browsing a local thrift shop, I surprisingly found the exact same make and model of monitor for 10 dollars, except in 17 inches, and it's in far better condition. I switched them out and tweaked the screen via front panel and everything seemed fine. What doesn't work properly, however, is full screen. When switching in, instead of content going to each edge of the screen, it simply occupies a box, which is suspiciously similar in size to my old monitor. Any suggestions? Windows XP Pro Radeon 7000 w/ 64 meg RAM 512mb DDR SD-RAM 1.33 GHZ AMD Thunderbird -Jon Well, you'll need to adjust the monitor's sizing controls to expand the screen to the edges of the monitor's face (and probably have to adjust the positioning controls, too, as you do the resizing). -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 03:55:56 GMT, "jonba" wrote:
Hey All- When I built my computer I used lots of old peripherals to cut down on costs. Usually this is quite effective, but my old Gateway2000 Vivitron15 monitor was starting to die. Luckily, while browsing a local thrift shop, I surprisingly found the exact same make and model of monitor for 10 dollars, except in 17 inches, and it's in far better condition. I switched them out and tweaked the screen via front panel and everything seemed fine. What doesn't work properly, however, is full screen. When switching in, instead of content going to each edge of the screen, it simply occupies a box, which is suspiciously similar in size to my old monitor. Any suggestions? Windows XP Pro Radeon 7000 w/ 64 meg RAM 512mb DDR SD-RAM 1.33 GHZ AMD Thunderbird -Jon I suspect that when you go "fullscreen", it's changing resolutions. That monitor has a memory for each resolution, so when it changes into fullscreen mode, you need to THEN use the buttons under the bottom hatch to adjust it. Likely the previous owner (or the default settings) were for a different refresh rate, so be sure you've set the desired refresh rate for the fullscreen resolution before using the buttons, else you'll just have to do it all over again after you change that fullscreen resolution's refresh rate. Or, perhaps the monitor has a problem, this is why it was retired. |
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