Q:How do I add or remove the black border around the screen?
A: If a resolution is used which is lower than the maximum (optimal) resolution your LCD is capable of displaying, the fonts may appear blocky or blurry and difficult to read. Your video driver allows for the video card to display such a resolution in a compressed format. By placing a black border around the outside of the screen, fonts will become smaller but readable. To toggle from this Compressed Mode into the larger Expanded Mode press the Fn and F7 keys at the same time. If your Inspiron uses the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go video adapter, and pressing the Fn and F7 keys does not resolve the issue, follow the procedure below:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. The Control Panel window appears.
3. Double-click the Display icon.
4. Open Display Properties, and go to the Settings tab.
5. Click the Advanced button.
6. Click on the Geforce XX tab (where XX is your video card)
7. Click the Device Settings button and click Screen Adjustment.
The screen should now be stretched to cover the entire LCD, regardless of the resolution.
This can be found on the top of the forum. It's posted by one of the moderators.
Its not possible - the card cant do it....You bought the lowest end laptop Dell sells (thats not a judgement I'm making, just a fact), and with it have some limitations, including that it cant stretch lower resolutions.
i have an 1100, and there is no way. You cannnot upgrade the video card, the bios doesn't support stretching, and the video card doesnt either. You must set the display at 1024x768. You can make the font dpi larger, or on the appperances tab, change to windows large. You could also use an external monitor and it would stretch.
If you must have a smaller resolution, you need a different laptop.
Don't ask about video card upgrading (that goes for everyone) I and many others have addressed this issue and the chipset doesn't support it.
ethanweku
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April 27th, 2004 17:00
A: If a resolution is used which is lower than the maximum (optimal) resolution your LCD is capable of displaying, the fonts may appear blocky or blurry and difficult to read. Your video driver allows for the video card to display such a resolution in a compressed format. By placing a black border around the outside of the screen, fonts will become smaller but readable. To toggle from this Compressed Mode into the larger Expanded Mode press the Fn and F7 keys at the same time. If your Inspiron uses the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go video adapter, and pressing the Fn and F7 keys does not resolve the issue, follow the procedure below:
1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. The Control Panel window appears.
3. Double-click the Display icon.
4. Open Display Properties, and go to the Settings tab.
5. Click the Advanced button.
6. Click on the Geforce XX tab (where XX is your video card)
7. Click the Device Settings button and click Screen Adjustment.
The screen should now be stretched to cover the entire LCD, regardless of the resolution.
This can be found on the top of the forum. It's posted by one of the moderators.
MikeBi58
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April 27th, 2004 19:00
Hello rodusa,
Welcome to the Dell Community Forum,
The I1100 will only support 1024*768 without having a border..lowering the resolution will cause you to have a border around the LCD.
Thanks,
rodusa
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April 27th, 2004 20:00
I don't have a gforce card my video card is intel video card
rodusa
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April 27th, 2004 20:00
mattcowger
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April 27th, 2004 21:00
rodusa
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April 27th, 2004 22:00
rodusa
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April 27th, 2004 23:00
brian06
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April 28th, 2004 00:00
i have an 1100, and there is no way. You cannnot upgrade the video card, the bios doesn't support stretching, and the video card doesnt either. You must set the display at 1024x768. You can make the font dpi larger, or on the appperances tab, change to windows large. You could also use an external monitor and it would stretch.
If you must have a smaller resolution, you need a different laptop.
Don't ask about video card upgrading (that goes for everyone) I and many others have addressed this issue and the chipset doesn't support it.