When you first turn on your computer it (depending on the video card
default) will normally start in VGA (640 X 480) or SVGA (800 X 600) or
XGA
(1024 X 768) resolution at 60 HZ refresh rate. Once Windows takes
control,
via drivers, of the video card the resolution of the adapter is adjusted
to
whatever is set when windows is running. The monitor's image placement
is
normally set once Windows has started but is in a default mode when
Windows
is not running. Most newer monitors will remember settings for various
resolutions and refresh rates.
To set the monitor to show all the information before Windows starts you
will need to "fudge" either the initial bios screen or windows. Since
the
resolution changes quickly you have to pause the screen someway to give
time
to adjust the settings. Try these in the order listed until you get it
reset to where it is supposed to be.
1. Enter into the bios settings and try to change the monitor's alignment
for this resolution. You should read the monitor's instructions on how to
set the resolution's default prior to attempting this.
2. To fudge the bios screen setup.
When the computer is first turned on and the initial bios information
is
displayed on the monitor press the Pause key on the keyboard once. If
the
startup stops at this point (it should so try it a few times if it
doesn't
work the first time), use the monitor's onscreen controls to move the
image
to the desired location.
Once adjusted press the spacebar to continue bootup.
3. If the above methods don't work you will have to set Windows
video
settings to the default of the video card upon initial bootup as shown
above. This will be a trial and error process. Right click on a blank
area
of the desktop then click Properties. Next click the settings tab. Write
down the current settings for later. Change the settings to each of the
resolutions, one at a time, I showed at the beginning and click on OK to
have it adjusted to that setting (of course you also need to make sure
that
on the advanced button, monitor tab, the refresh rate is set to 60 Hertz
each time. (Write down the initial setting before you change to 60.) Ok
out.
If the image moves to the place that you saw upon bootup, change to the
proper alignment per the monitor's instructions. Change the settings
back
to the original settings on the video screen and then exit Windows and
reboot to see if you fixed the problem. If not, go to the next
resolution.
Let us know if this resolves your problem.
It's been a really long day. I should have included that once windows
is
running all of my programs are centered just fine it's only the
startup,
BIOS
and safemode screens that are shifted to the left leaving a wide black
margin
on the right.
"Brian Gregory [UK]" wrote:
I have an HP Pavilion 8860, board: asus A7V 1.02, Phoenix Tech LTD
2.05
12/21/00, 1000Mh AMD Athlon, 512Mb memory, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420,
running
XPSP2 upgraded from ME. I have all security updates and good
anti-virus/
spyware protection. In first week of Oct. I reformatted my hard
drive
and
reinstalled xp and my other programs. about the 10th of Oct. I had a
problem
booting (total freeze)and had to do a manual shutdown. When I
restarted
I
got
the "use last known good configuration screen" When I hit enter
everything
seemed ok except that the HP startup screen was shifted to the left
25%.
If I
hit F1 my BIOS screen is shifted to the left also. This results in
not
being
able to see or adjust most anything that is on left side of screen.
HP
doesn't have an answer and with many hours into this I can find
nothing
on
the web. Has any one ever seen anything like this.
You probably pushed the AUTO button on your LCD monitor at an
inappropriate
point when it couldn't see the edges of the pixel area.
See if you monitor has a reset function or try a different monitor.
Brian Gregory. (In the UK)
(e-mail address removed)
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