Screen sizes and my move from Matrox

[bibble]

Well I finally did it. Last night I levered my ageing G400max from its AGP slot and in went the shiny Ati 9700. I held out for years for a replacement from Matrox but maybe in a year or two. Anyway, all went swimmingly (I did a quick benchmark before I took it out and got 30fps at 1024*768 in q3 - 153 fps after - must be limited by CPU as it was 153 for all resolutions) until...

I tried to change the main monitor to my fave resolution of 1152*864. The actual size stays the same as 1024*768 but the remaining parts drop off the right and bottom of the screen so no taskbar.. gah. I was going to go to an ATI forum but wonder if any of you guys can guess whats wrong. Does the same in 98 and XP. Prefer this forum as people are a bit more grown up here...

Is this a job for display mate?

[omegaRED]

Euhm... Adjust the screen size with the monitor controls? Adjust the size w/ ATi control panel? Think they have size/position adjustments...

[omegaRED]

Edit: They HAVE screen adjustments. Display Settings > Advanced > Display > Monitor > Adjustments.

[Kooldino]

If Omega didn't fix it, post pics.

[Gurm]

This happens to me once in a while when the drivers are convinced that my display only goes up to a certain size... or when picking an unsupported resolution.

Gurm_

[bibble]

The G400 had no problem in recognising my max resolution...

ok tried the adjustments but it only moves the image around the screen the resolution looks like 1024*768 still

any more ideas?

the image is 148kb (sorry about that) and shows both screens -the left is at 800*600 and the other... the black line is what is shown on the screen. when i try to adjust the screen size with the ati control panel i get a black border around the rectangle but see no more actual image.

Its a 17" ADI 5p+ with the driver I have always used. As I mentioned - same deal in win 98

[UtwigMU]

I regret to say that I too have the Adi Microscan 5 (which I'm going to beat the crap out of with the Keytronic keyboard that I also happen to have).

It can go to 1280x1024@60

Are you using proper drivers (google or pm me, I might still have them).

[bibble]

nope no luck - i seem to have the latest driver for what its worth... this is annoying - am trying out powerstrip to see if that gets anywhere but no joy

[bibble]

ok this is annoying now - so i set the monitor to 1152*864 and get a screen of 1024*768 which when i get to the edge of the screen scrolls!!!! aargghhh

[Wombat]

Oh, that's better. Sounds like somehow the Matrox drivers (probably) turned on virtual desktops. I don't know much about it myself, but people here do. That was an important piece of info.

[bibble]

hmmm - i did an unistall using the matrox utility. is that not enough?

[bibble]

ok ok I admit it I am trying to install a major component and not have to redo a year old windows installation - silly me... do you reckon thats whats needed?

[Wombat]

Sounds like the monitor profile may be to blame: http://www.omegacorner.com/ati_help.htm

look for "virtual"

[bibble]

nope - gets rid of the virtual so now i dont scroll but the screen is still to big.... could i edit the inf file to add the resolution??

[bibble]

just tried making monitor plug and pray and i get the same deal - aaarrgghh