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Old October 12th 04, 09:55 PM
Ted
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I've recently replaced my hard drive and reloaded Windows and all of my
drivers. My new video driver has some issues which I can't seem to figure out
(I have the nVidia Riva 128 and have downloaded the appropriate driver from
their website since for some reason my old one wouldn't work any more). With
some applications (games primarily) going full screen causes everything to
garble, a lot like I'm watching scrambled cable. This happened before the new
drivers were installed, but ONLY with the Windows blue error screen. I have a
Gateway computer and their solution was a new motherboard, which never solved
the problem. What's funny is that after 6 years, I actually have my blue
screen back, but now other programs have this problem. Taking a screen shot
and opening it in Paint shows the picture perfectly.

Another issue is when going full screen with any application, everything
shifts approx 1/2 inch off to the left. Makes it tough to see anything on
that side of the desktop without adjusting my horizontal position and it's
only after a restart that it will come back into place.

Any ideas out there? Thanks
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Old October 12th 04, 10:23 PM
Jeff Richards
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You are driving the video adapter card in a mode that the monitor doesn't
support. Look for a setting for refresh rate and see if you can select a
lower rate.

The image shift is the same problem - your monitor is not adapting properly
to the new display rate. Most modern monitors remember the horizontal
setting specific to each display rate, so they automatically adjust when the
rate changes. Either your monitor is faulty or it does not have this feature
(or perhaps there is a procedure you need to go through to force it to
remember a particular setting for each different display rate).
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Ted" wrote in message
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I've recently replaced my hard drive and reloaded Windows and all of my
drivers. My new video driver has some issues which I can't seem to figure
out
(I have the nVidia Riva 128 and have downloaded the appropriate driver
from
their website since for some reason my old one wouldn't work any more).
With
some applications (games primarily) going full screen causes everything to
garble, a lot like I'm watching scrambled cable. This happened before the
new
drivers were installed, but ONLY with the Windows blue error screen. I
have a
Gateway computer and their solution was a new motherboard, which never
solved
the problem. What's funny is that after 6 years, I actually have my blue
screen back, but now other programs have this problem. Taking a screen
shot
and opening it in Paint shows the picture perfectly.

Another issue is when going full screen with any application, everything
shifts approx 1/2 inch off to the left. Makes it tough to see anything on
that side of the desktop without adjusting my horizontal position and it's
only after a restart that it will come back into place.

Any ideas out there? Thanks



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Old October 15th 04, 02:37 AM
Ted
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Thanks a lot Jeff! Works great now. -Ted

"Jeff Richards" wrote:

You are driving the video adapter card in a mode that the monitor doesn't
support. Look for a setting for refresh rate and see if you can select a
lower rate.

The image shift is the same problem - your monitor is not adapting properly
to the new display rate. Most modern monitors remember the horizontal
setting specific to each display rate, so they automatically adjust when the
rate changes. Either your monitor is faulty or it does not have this feature
(or perhaps there is a procedure you need to go through to force it to
remember a particular setting for each different display rate).
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Ted" wrote in message
...
I've recently replaced my hard drive and reloaded Windows and all of my
drivers. My new video driver has some issues which I can't seem to figure
out
(I have the nVidia Riva 128 and have downloaded the appropriate driver
from
their website since for some reason my old one wouldn't work any more).
With
some applications (games primarily) going full screen causes everything to
garble, a lot like I'm watching scrambled cable. This happened before the
new
drivers were installed, but ONLY with the Windows blue error screen. I
have a
Gateway computer and their solution was a new motherboard, which never
solved
the problem. What's funny is that after 6 years, I actually have my blue
screen back, but now other programs have this problem. Taking a screen
shot
and opening it in Paint shows the picture perfectly.

Another issue is when going full screen with any application, everything
shifts approx 1/2 inch off to the left. Makes it tough to see anything on
that side of the desktop without adjusting my horizontal position and it's
only after a restart that it will come back into place.

Any ideas out there? Thanks




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Old October 15th 04, 05:10 AM
Jeff Richards
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Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
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"Ted" wrote in message
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Thanks a lot Jeff! Works great now. -Ted



 




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