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Just turned on my desktop PC to find the screen is just a strip down the middle of the monitor with black edges. I'm a bit confused about this as i haven't changed anything since i last used it. The bit that's working is approx. 2/3 of the screen in the middle. Tried refreshing it. tried hitting it.
is it ****ed?
I can't tell, turn it around so I can see it...
Escuse me?
is it a wide screen monitor set up in display setting as a standard resolution? worth checking. It sounds a bit 'tidy' to be a ****ed screen. You could try recovering your system to a few days ago when you know it was OK. Sounds like settings to me. Sometimes you can change stuff without realising (certain key combination etc).
no its just a normal monitor. not a flatscreen one - big type. tried system restore and nothing changing 🙁
also tried settings on the monitor itself and no joy 🙁
Either someone's been playing with the horizontal size option (see your settings for that monitor), or, it's FUBAR...
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube ]CRT[/url]tubes use an electron gun that is 'aimed' at the screen. Obviously this has a vertical and horizontal component. If the horizontal component is on the way out it'll possibly shrink the horizontal picture.
It's the same (but the vertical) issue with rolling screens etc.
A big hit might help it, but might not.
Anyway, more typically, you'll see the picture compress into a single pixel width in a complete failure.
Remember how old tv's used to 'blink' off - scrunching up to a dot in the middle - this was the horizontal and vertical control being turned off whilst electrons still being fired. Wiki explains all..
Thanks expat i was thinking along the lines of hitting it myself but it didn't work 😆