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Thread ID: 19085	2002-05-08 08:07:00	Hourglass screen	Guest (0)	Press F1

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47747	2002-05-08 08:07:00	I have a three-year-old Gateway running Windows XP. The display is half its normal width in an hourglass shape - that is, like ) ( rather than the normal ( ). It's a 17' monitor (ie 33cm wide) but the upper width of the visible display is 21cm and the middle is 19cm. What could be causing this?	Guest (0)
47748	2002-05-08 08:25:00	Stephen, I'm guessing your screen is a Gateway also. Press the dial in the bottom of the screen, and then turn it to highlight the setting labelled 'Pincushion', which will probably also show a )( shaped picture. Click (by pressing the dial, not using your mouse) to select that setting, and adjust the sides of your screen. Once you've set that, click the dial again, and turn it around to one of the options with two arrows (left and right, or up and down) and click on one of those to select it, and adjust the width or height of your screen. When you've got it how you want it, turn the dial around to Exit, and press it to exit. I hope this all makes sense to you - I'm not sure if the older Gateway screens work the same way however. I've got a 2001 Gateway screen, as well as an older one and they're both the same, but as you say yours is 3 years old, it may be different. HTH Mike	Guest (0)
47749	2002-05-08 08:52:00	Thanks, but I'd tried all that. And have now tried it all again, without success. All settings are for a normal display. I wonder if the fan has failed and something has fried. Could that produce this effect?	Guest (0)
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