Problem with display

[jakub.deka]

Hi!

I have quite unusual problem. I will take you throug it and hopefully you
can help me with this.

1. My computer
I have Acer Aspire laptop running Windows XP Home.
Spec: AMD Turion 64 ML-28
15.4'' LCD Screen
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI Express 128MB
512 MB RAM
Some pieces of software. I am using driver provided by Acer for my graphic
card.

2. Problem
It is quite strange. It happened few days ago. Every time I turn my computer
off and put it on again my display is not detected correctly. Normally my
screen is detected as plug and play monitor. If I am having a problem it is
detected as LCD panel (1024x768).

What happens - I am unable to set my screen to correct resolution (1280x800)
and part of it (about a quarter) is black. There is a black strip on the
right and small strip on the bottom. I can't move cursor there as well.

When I start my computer I get an Acer logo. If the error is going to happen
logo is affected as well (quarter of screen missing).

I tried reinstalling drivers and flashing BIOS, didn't help. If it is not
working I just try to reinstall graphics drivers. Sometimes it helps...

Any ideas what to do with this? Maybe my default windows driver for my
screen got corrupted?

I would be grateful for any help.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

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physical connection problem at the hinge. Take advantage of any warantee you
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"jakub.deka" wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have quite unusual problem. I will take you throug it and hopefully you
> can help me with this.
>
> 1. My computer
> I have Acer Aspire laptop running Windows XP Home.
> Spec: AMD Turion 64 ML-28
> 15.4'' LCD Screen
> ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI Express 128MB
> 512 MB RAM
> Some pieces of software. I am using driver provided by Acer for my graphic
> card.
>
> 2. Problem
> It is quite strange. It happened few days ago. Every time I turn my computer
> off and put it on again my display is not detected correctly. Normally my
> screen is detected as plug and play monitor. If I am having a problem it is
> detected as LCD panel (1024x768).
>
> What happens - I am unable to set my screen to correct resolution (1280x800)
> and part of it (about a quarter) is black. There is a black strip on the
> right and small strip on the bottom. I can't move cursor there as well.
>
> When I start my computer I get an Acer logo. If the error is going to happen
> logo is affected as well (quarter of screen missing).
>
> I tried reinstalling drivers and flashing BIOS, didn't help. If it is not
> working I just try to reinstall graphics drivers. Sometimes it helps...
>
> Any ideas what to do with this? Maybe my default windows driver for my
> screen got corrupted?
>
> I would be grateful for any help.

 

[jakub.deka]

I don't think that this is a problem. I would have my computer on the desk
and one minute is working and after I turn it off and on again it is not
working... :/

Btw don't have warranty any more and Acer is not responding to my support
requests...