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werid screen with right black bar forces a smaller display.

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09-Jun-2008, 08:11 AM #1
Unhappy werid screen with right black bar forces a smaller display.
I would post a picture but it won't show up with print screen.
So my problem is I have a inch or so of a black bar on the right side of my screen. A small copy of around a 2mm of my *normal screen, which is basically a double of that *normal section on the screen, my mouse shows up and everything. After that is maybe 5mm of more black. On the bottom of my screen below start is green and black lines for maybe 3mm. And gray and darker gray lines for the gray part of the bar. That is like a stretched version of the bottom of the screen. So my screen is smaller overall. My computer still runs fine and everything with this weird resolution. Hopefully with the description you guys can figure out my problem. I'll have to check back on this later.
*normal as in what my regular screen looks like.

Oh, and I'm using windows XP on a laptop.

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09-Jun-2008, 09:54 AM #2
I think this could be a monitor problem try adjusting it with the buttons on the monitor.
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09-Jun-2008, 07:53 PM #3
Well...
I'm using a laptop, so I can't really change it that way.
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09-Jun-2008, 08:15 PM #4
Ok I fixed it, I think.
I cleaned out my computer, turned it off and on and the black bars went away. I guess I had to much junk in it.
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09-Jun-2008, 09:05 PM #5
Ok...Never mind. It came back... I bet it's just a broken screen or something...
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