Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic monitor stretched out? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]the watchtower[/m] at 9:39 am on Jan. 9, 2009[quote]depends if it's yer video card or the monitor. video card? not much you can do. monitor? try resetting your monitor to default settings.[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Wunarmdscissor Posted at 9:37 am on Jan. 9, 2009 My computer monitor will randomly look stretched out. Like today I turned on my computer(windows xp hp laptop) and the monitor was stretched out from left to right. Later the screen went black and went back to normal. Why does my computer screen do this sometimes and can I stop it from happening?

Replies Hoebag Posted at 12:09 pm on Jan. 9, 2009 If your screen looks stretched I suggest you look into control panel -> Appearance -> Screen resolution. The options to make your screen wider or shorter are in here, you can fiddle around making it wider until you find the right setting you need. A good solution to this would be to update your graphics card or at least check the right drivers are installed. The way to find what graphics card you have is to right click on your desktop then Properties > Settings > Advanced > Adapter. Here should tell you what graphics card you have and you can google drivers for the card you have, not having updated drivers may be your issue. the watchtower Posted at 9:39 am on Jan. 9, 2009 depends if it's yer video card or the monitor. video card? not much you can do. monitor? try resetting your monitor to default settings. biSEXual Posted at 9:38 am on Jan. 9, 2009 its old i think. All 3 previous replies displayed.