Display size has shrunk

Question

I have an Inspiron 9100 with SP SP2.   My son was playing a 256 colour game when the battery went low and the latop went into suspend mode.  He plugged the power in and came out of suspend mode, it went to the XP login screen and the font size was huge.  When he entered the account password, it then re-entered windows but then the window/screen size immediately shrunk and now we have a small window in the middle of the monitor.   I fiddled with the display settings but couldn't fix the problem.  I re-booted and the display is ok all they way to the XP login screen.  After login, it shows the desktop picture, then the desktop icons, something runs in the middle of the screen runs for half a second and then the viewable area of the monitor shrinks to a small window in the middle of the monitor.   Any ideas on how to fix this???

bacillus · Answer

Seeing that you already fiddled with the resolutions I can only suggest you try Fn+F7. If the above fails then I suggest you uninstall the video driver then reinstall it.

shafiqak · Answer

I've tried Fn and most buttons....I've tried re-installing the driver and getting latest driver from ATI.  I've also reported to ATI and they don't support laptops!   I also tried changing the display resolution to the maximum 1640 x something and this went full screen but now the icons etc are that much smaller.  I just want to get back to full screen with 1280 x 768.  Any thoughts?

userflw · Answer

Thanks for the solution! My screen size shrunk when I started to reinstall the operating system on my laptop. The reduced size appeared as the reinstall cd opened! I could not figure what caused this problem.

Since Dell as become so "stingy" with support, all of us who use the Dell product need to share our knowlege and experience to help each other where Dell is now lacking!

I really appreciate the help!!!

diesel12889 · Answer

while playing a game my battery died on me and when i plugged in the notebook the screen had shrunk an inch on both sides. how do i fix this?

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