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November 24th, 2001 08:00

Inspiron 8100 UXGA Display Problem

I got a Dell Inspiron 8100 and I had the same Nvidia GeForce 2 Go driver problem. Downloading the drivers from the dell site. (15.60) actually corrected the problem so the computer doesn't hang anymore. BUT, now whenever I turn on the machine, my screen takes up about 80% of the display starting at the top left corner. The rest is taken up by black lines and random replications of parts of the main screen. Dell support recommended me upgrading the bios. But that didn't fix the problem. Everything is still the same. Thanks for any help you can give.

Xuster

  • johnallg

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    Posted November 24th, 2001 15:00

    While it is booting and the display is smaller, hit the Fn + F7 keys together and see if that doesn't help. Whenever a new video driver is installed, this happens.

    John

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    Posted November 24th, 2001 20:00

    When the system is booting. The Windows XP loading screen comes up and looks fine. it's after booting from the login screen onwards, the screen is smaller. And it's not centered either. It's on the top left corner. Does this happen to anyone else? Thanks.

    Xuster

  • leodog

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    Posted March 10th, 2004 16:00

    I am now having the same problem. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100, with windows XP. for some reason, the desktop is not centerd. Instead it seems to be more toward the right and down of the screen. When I choose higer resolution, the right and bottom of the desktop extends beyond the physical screen, so I no longer can see the START at the bottom. Please help