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Resolution Streching on Startup

zolo30
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I am at work and one of our office monitors on start up stretches the resolution. I have been manually resolving this by just adjusting the display options...but anyone know of a fix that on startup the correct resolution properly fits the display? The native display is 1440x900 and the monitor is an Emachine......

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5 minutes ago, zolo30 said:

I am at work and one of our office monitors on start up stretches the resolution. I have been manually resolving this by just adjusting the display options...but anyone know of a fix that on startup the correct resolution properly fits the display? The native display is 1440x900 and the monitor is an Emachine......

By startup you mean POST and BIOS splash, and OS boot, or startup as in logging into the user account?

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2 minutes ago, zolo30 said:

 

Logging into the User account

Anything during boot could be due to the fact the drivers haven't loaded. But once inside the the OS, it shouldn't be that way. Is this monitor connected via HDMI, DVI, or VGA?

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4 minutes ago, zolo30 said:

 

VGA

It may potentially be that. Although VGA can technically support larger resolution, it'll also be limited by the GPU on the board (assuming you're using integrated, not dedicated). I'd try DVI if that is an option.

 

However, if you're able to manually change get it after logging in, then it might not be that. My second suggestion would be to look at Event Viewer. The GPU might be dying or having driver issues. You're going to want to look for warnings and alerts for a display driver failure or reset after logging in, or even potentially after booting.

 

You can try forcing driver updates to see if that works too, but event viewer with help also to determine possible hardware failures as well.

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