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Strange compter resolution
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20 Sep 2010, 01:13
Mama2One
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I am having this really odd computer resolution problem..I can't seem to fix it no matter what I do...I have tried rebooting, I have tried shuttin down and starting up..I have tried driver updates, I have tried to fix the resolution settings (which it only gives me 2 to choose from, 1024x768 and 800x600). I have a Gateway M-7356u and am running Windows 7. Any help you can give would be GREATLY appreciated. Photobucket
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20 Sep 2010, 01:15
Mama2One
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That is a shot of how it looks.....see it's off by a few inches. This happened after I restarted. My power supply came unplugged during the restart because it got stuck on the foot of my bed....would that be a cause of this? I don't know what to do anymore and it's getting really frustrating. Please help, if possible. Thanks :)
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20 Sep 2010, 01:16
Are you able to see the start button? I can't really tell by your picture.

When my desktop does that, usually hitting the auto-adjust button on my monitor itself fixes it.
I'm not sure if a laptop has anything like that, though. But that's where I'd start.
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20 Sep 2010, 01:19
Jessica [Private]
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blah, my bad. That was me. :]
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20 Sep 2010, 01:33
Mama2One
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Yes I can see the start button. I can see the whole screen..it's just much smaller than it SHOULD be...It's like I have a 13 inch monitor or somethin instead of a 15. And nope, not that I can find for the auto-adjust.
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20 Sep 2010, 07:38
*Forever Changing*
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My computer used to do that, I cannot remember how I fixed it.
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21 Sep 2010, 04:03
Doc
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It might be a function key setting on your keyboard that changes the display from 4:3 wide to whatever the other one is. My widescreen desktop monitor can do that too for some odd reason.
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21 Sep 2010, 04:11
Doc
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http://support.gateway.com/s/tutorials/Tu_839529.shtml
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21 Sep 2010, 04:20
Doc
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Try holding the Fn key and pressing F4. It should switch between the LCD and the port where you can plug in an external display. Pressing it again should go back to the LCD. That might reset it. Still searching though.
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21 Sep 2010, 04:25
Doc
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ALso try pressing the screen rotation button.
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21 Sep 2010, 04:27
Doc
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I did find this...

There are standard 4:3 ratio resolutions (e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280 x1024) and sometimes wide screen ratio (e.g. 16:9 ratio; 1280x768) resolutions to choose from in Windows.
The monitor display is either the standard 4:3 ratio display (if it is more than about 4 yearsold) or a widescreen ratio display (if it is newer than about 4 years old).
If you choose a standard resolution for a widescreen display, either the display will look stretched horizontally, or there will be black areas right and left.
If you choose a widescreen resolution for a standard display, either the display will look stretched vertically, or there will be black areas top and bottom.
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21 Sep 2010, 04:37
Doc
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Can't find anything else.... good luck though. :( Has to be a setting somewhere.
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