windows 7 - Cause of this display issue?

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2014-07
  • Tom

    Whenever I load one of a few games (Starcraft II, Command and Conquer: Generals, War Rock, etc), the monitor starts behaving like you can see in my link. It flashes through a few different colors, and the sound will continue to play, but I need to Alt - Tab out of the game and exit it. I really don't have much of a clue as to the cause.

    I have an Acer Aspire Z5600, and as far as I know, all of my relevant drivers are up to date. If you would like any more information please let me know.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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  • William Hilsum

    Download a Linux Live CD such as Ubuntu, and see if you can make the resolution go any higher.

    I replace and use hundreds of LCDs in laptops and I only had this issue once when I was shipped ones with the wrong resolution! It is possible that the same has happened.

    If you are able to go to a higher resolution in Ubuntu or your live cd of choice, come back and I will try to help further.

  • caliban

    The LCD is not feeding back the correct information (in this case, the native resolution) to the graphics card.

    You got two options, and I am going to state the better one first :

    1. Identify the LCD manufacturer and model, find a corresponding driver (need not be from the same manufacturer - e.g Dell and Lenovo sometimes uses the same LCD panels), and force-install that driver if necessary. You might want to call whoever replaced your LCD for more information.

    Alternatively, you can try force installing a driver for a monitor that you know have the same resolution as your current monitor, thereby tricking the graphics card to accept that information and output the native resolution.

    1. Use Powerstrip. It's not free, but it is used widely to set resolutions, as well as control the many options related to graphics.