Screen shrinkage

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:15 pm

So O.K., here I come again, hat in hand for advice.
Screen size will suddenly narrow by half but elongate such that I cannot access command at the top or bottom (such as when in microsofts Word).Screen is also much darker. When I reboot screen is normal and stays that way for varying amounts of time. When the screen is narrowed, I cannot use the monitor controls by pusing the monitors control button.
I'm thinking either the monitor is going (yet when the screen is normal and I go into control panel/settings all is normal) or the vid card is dying.
Any thoughts before I start swapping things out? (this involves a spare computor so time is not a critical factor)
Win xp pro is O.S.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:39 am

Try swapiing the screen and use the PC for awhile. If it continues try the card.

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:34 am

when the fault appears use the print screen key, it can
help sort out what the cause is, video card or display.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:44 am

Someone should close and or delete this thread since it is a duplicate. Also eddie, I hope you were joking because that is one of the more silly responses I have seen to date for a monitor problem.

De Rigueur · Post by **De Rigueur** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:57 am

I seem to remember a Seinfeld episode that was about 'shrinkage.'