Windows 7 not taking up the full screen

valith · 12th August 2012, 5:43 PM

I got a new PC today and I installed Windows 7 and everything went fine but when I logged in and I was taken to the home-welcome screen the screen wasn't at the full resolution - it wasn't taking up all of the screen. When I tried to change the screen resolution to 1920x1080 (my monitor's native resolution) it wasn't listed. It looks like there is a black border a few inches wide around the edges of the screen.

I plugged the DVI-D cable into the monitor and the first GTX 460 using the connector port on the left hand side.

Would installing the graphics card drivers do the trick? I'm positive that I have the cable plugged in the right way as everything is displaying on screen. Should I re-install Windows?

Pics: http://postimage.org/image/nikg8owxr/
http://postimage.org/image/bw8c4wpbl/

Thank you

uaeB · 12th August 2012, 5:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by valith

I got a new PC today and I installed Windows 7 and everything went fine but when I logged in and I was taken to the home-welcome screen the screen wasn't at the full resolution - it wasn't taking up all of the screen. When I tried to change the screen resolution to 1920x1080 (my monitor's native resolution) it wasn't listed. It looks like there is a black border a few inches wide around the edges of the screen.

I plugged the DVI-D cable into the monitor and the first GTX 460 using the connector port on the left hand side.

Would installing the graphics card drivers do the trick? I'm positive that I have the cable plugged in the right way as everything is displaying on screen. Should I re-install Windows?

Pics: http://postimage.org/image/nikg8owxr/
http://postimage.org/image/bw8c4wpbl/

Thank you

You haven't yet? No harm in trying..

valith · 12th August 2012, 5:57 PM

Installing the drivers now, will report in on if they help

Also when I click on "Display" under screen resolution I get: "Generic PhP monitor on standard VGA graphics adapter" - can anyone make sense of that?

broccoli · 12th August 2012, 6:06 PM

Do you have a driver for your monitor? Install that, too.

valith · 12th August 2012, 6:14 PM

Fixed the problem guys

For those that are curious I downloaded the drivers again and it worked.

Thank you to everyone

Davo1111 · 13th August 2012, 10:38 AM

good on you. Just install all the drivers and keep it updated

12th August 2012, 5:43 PM	#1
valith Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 17	Windows 7 not taking up the full screen I got a new PC today and I installed Windows 7 and everything went fine but when I logged in and I was taken to the home-welcome screen the screen wasn't at the full resolution - it wasn't taking up all of the screen. When I tried to change the screen resolution to 1920x1080 (my monitor's native resolution) it wasn't listed. It looks like there is a black border a few inches wide around the edges of the screen. I plugged the DVI-D cable into the monitor and the first GTX 460 using the connector port on the left hand side. Would installing the graphics card drivers do the trick? I'm positive that I have the cable plugged in the right way as everything is displaying on screen. Should I re-install Windows? Pics: http://postimage.org/image/nikg8owxr/ http://postimage.org/image/bw8c4wpbl/ Thank you

12th August 2012, 6:14 PM	#5
valith Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 17	Fixed Fixed the problem guys For those that are curious I downloaded the drivers again and it worked. Thank you to everyone

12th August 2012, 5:57 PM	#3
valith Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 17	Installing the drivers now, will report in on if they help Also when I click on "Display" under screen resolution I get: "Generic PhP monitor on standard VGA graphics adapter" - can anyone make sense of that?

13th August 2012, 10:38 AM	#6
Davo1111 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Syd Posts: 2,639	good on you. Just install all the drivers and keep it updated