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U3011 Moves And Resizes Windows After Log Off Or Lock
I have a U3011 that seems to be working perfectly--no buzzing, stripes, rattling, full resolution available, no DisplayPort lockups, etc.
So all is good, except... this weird thing.
I place my browser window, email windows, etc. where I want them. Then I log off (or the system times me out due to inactivity). When I log back in (or unlock the screensaver), the windows have been resized and moved.
I said it was weird.
It's completely reproducible. The system has never done this before. It started the day I hooked up the U3011.
DELL-Chris M
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July 6th, 2012 05:00
This doesn't sound like a monitor fault. It sounds more like an operating system video card configuration issue. Moving this thread.
jimshowalter
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July 7th, 2012 16:00
It only does this when I turn off the monitor. If I leave the monitor on and just let the screensaver lock the PC, I can log back in and the windows are in the correct locations. Does that still sound like a video card problem? Seems like a monitor problem if turning off the monitor causes the problem.
sysdawg
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July 11th, 2012 14:00
I have the same problem. The windows typically get resized to nearly square in shape, and roughly 1/8th the size of the screen. Very annoying, and I tried updating my video card drivers (GTX580-based) to no avail.
jimshowalter
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July 11th, 2012 22:00
Misery loves company. I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce GT 430. What card are you using?
jimshowalter
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July 11th, 2012 22:00
I should mention that we have two U3011s, connected on two different PCs to the same kind of card, and both exhibit this behavior.
jimshowalter
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July 12th, 2012 00:00
Can we get a response from Dell about this problem?
sysdawg
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July 12th, 2012 05:00
I use an MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme. My problem isn't as consistent/repeatable as yours, it happens maybe 30% of the time for me.
sysdawg
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July 14th, 2012 17:00
jimshowalter,
Have you tried using a DVD-D cable instead of Displayport? I would like to try it but can't find the cable that came with the U3011.
sysdawg
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July 15th, 2012 12:00
oops typo, the above should have read DVI-D (i.e, dual link DVI)
jimshowalter
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July 15th, 2012 12:00
I'll dig up a cable from storage and give it a try.
sysdawg
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July 23rd, 2012 17:00
jimshowalter,
Any luck using DVI-D? Or did you find some other fix?
jimshowalter
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January 21st, 2013 14:00
This turns out to be inherent in the DisplayPort spec. See www.monitortests.com/.../Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU for details.