Problem with Compaq Presario display

Hi. I'm having a problem with my screen, and I hope someone can help.
Basically, the display uses slightly over 1/2 the width of the laptop
monitor and extends down below the actual monitor, and the image is
squished. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's totally
unusable without an external monitor. Another problem is that in the
display settings, the computer thinks it has a max resolution of
1400x1020, but actually the screen has a max of 1280x1024. I've had
this problem occasionally before, when I'd connect the laptop to an
external projector and power down without opening the laptop. In the
past, one or two reboots would fix the problem automatically. This
time, however, the laptop wasn't connected to anything external, and a
zillion reboots hasn't solved it. I'm pretty sure it's not a hardware
problem, and everything looks normal when you connect it to an external
monitor (but that solution isn't so mobile ). I tried reinstalling
the display drivers, but that didn't change anything. Any help would be
appreciated! It's an ATI graphics card, in case that helps. Thanks in
advance.

 

[Art]

I presume you checked the resolution settings on your laptop to confirm that
it has not changed, or tried a lower resoultion?
<mikexcohen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi. I'm having a problem with my screen, and I hope someone can help.
Basically, the display uses slightly over 1/2 the width of the laptop
monitor and extends down below the actual monitor, and the image is
squished. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's totally
unusable without an external monitor. Another problem is that in the
display settings, the computer thinks it has a max resolution of
1400x1020, but actually the screen has a max of 1280x1024. I've had
this problem occasionally before, when I'd connect the laptop to an
external projector and power down without opening the laptop. In the
past, one or two reboots would fix the problem automatically. This
time, however, the laptop wasn't connected to anything external, and a
zillion reboots hasn't solved it. I'm pretty sure it's not a hardware
problem, and everything looks normal when you connect it to an external
monitor (but that solution isn't so mobile ). I tried reinstalling
the display drivers, but that didn't change anything. Any help would be
appreciated! It's an ATI graphics card, in case that helps. Thanks in
advance.

 

oh yes, i tried everything, and in the end fixed the problem. it turned
out the be a hardware issue. i had to completely take apart the laptop
to get to the video card, and i cleaned it and put it back in snugly,
and now it works perfectly again. as an aside, i noticed that the fan
had lots of dust in it, and now that i've cleaned that out, the lappy
is quieter and the fan blows full speed much less often.


Art wrote:

I presume you checked the resolution settings on your laptop to confirm that
it has not changed, or tried a lower resoultion?
mikexcohen@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi. I'm having a problem with my screen, and I hope someone can help.
Basically, the display uses slightly over 1/2 the width of the laptop
monitor and extends down below the actual monitor, and the image is
squished. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's totally
unusable without an external monitor. Another problem is that in the
display settings, the computer thinks it has a max resolution of
1400x1020, but actually the screen has a max of 1280x1024. I've had
this problem occasionally before, when I'd connect the laptop to an
external projector and power down without opening the laptop. In the
past, one or two reboots would fix the problem automatically. This
time, however, the laptop wasn't connected to anything external, and a
zillion reboots hasn't solved it. I'm pretty sure it's not a hardware
problem, and everything looks normal when you connect it to an external
monitor (but that solution isn't so mobile ). I tried reinstalling
the display drivers, but that didn't change anything. Any help would be
appreciated! It's an ATI graphics card, in case that helps. Thanks in
advance.