My Widescreen Monitor Now Thinks It's Square(ish)

[GunMaster357]

You should go have a look into the "display proprerties" to check if you didn't disable one property or another regarding display resolutions

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

There's no monitor driver; it would be the video driver that could be updated, but this sounds like you bought the shittiest monitor available and got burned. To test the theory, plug any other monitor in and see what happens.

But just for shits and giggles, you should first make sure the cables are attached well and the video card is seated well in the computer.

Monitor driver, , I misspoke. I checked the cables (I giggled, but I didn't shit) & they're ok, I always use those little safety screw-type things if the plug has them. As for anything inside, I'll let the Geek Squad crack it open the first time, so my little sticker stays intact, along w/my warranty. I guess at least a tech call may be in order, as well as taking the box in next time I go toward Best Buy.

Will go for the alternate monitor trial just as soon as I scrape the lazy off me...

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

You should go have a look into the "display proprerties" to check if you didn't disable one property or another regarding display resolutions

First place I went. That's how I knew my resolution choices had changed. Oddly, there is no longer a 'recommended' resolution in the list of available resolutions, and the originally recommended resolution, 1440 x 900, is not available.

I don't know if this is due to Win7, or caused by my problem, but, there are no "Default" settings available anywhere concerning monitors, video drivers, displays, etc...


Has anyone heard of a virus doing this sort of thing? When I ran AVG, it went through the scan pretty quickly, it usually takes close to an hour.

Deep down, I want Facebook to have caused this...it was the last site Momdigr was on before this happened.

[Gravdigr]

Also: Windows 7 identifies this monitor as a 'generic non-plug-and-play' monitor. I'm almost certain that when I plugged this thing up Windows said 'Hang on, something's new here. Oh, you got a new monitor, we got you covered, carry on.' My stupid may show, but, isn't that kinda what 'plug-n-play' is?

Thanx for the suggestions, btw.