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| Thread ID: 108570 | 2010-04-02 20:33:00 | Monitor issues | Mike (15) | Press F1 |
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| 872262 | 2010-04-02 20:33:00 | I got up this morning and turned on the monitor to find the image on screen kinda screwed and a Windows 7 error message (ie 'Windows recovered from a serious error' or whatever). I wasn't thinking and clicked OK on the message without reading what it was... anyway, I now can't adjust the display dimensions - I had the display set to fill the screen, but when I turned it on I found I couldn't see the top of the picture, and the bottom was about 3-4cm above the bottom of the screen. I tried adjusting using the screen setting buttons, but it wouldn't let me drop the picture down... I thought maybe it was a Windows thing, so I turned everything off again, and after a couple of minutes turned it all on... the display had shifted, but too far in the other direction - now there's a big gap at the top of the screen of about 3cm, and I can't shift it up. Using the monitor setting buttons, the shift setting just makes it wider or narrower (weird considering it's supposed to just move it up or down)... When I restart, the image displayed during POST is also shifted down. Anyone know what's happened? Any suggestions on how to fix? Monitor is IBM P202 21" CRT... I've never had any issues with this screen - it's been great, the picture is fantastic.. just out of alignment now... I've included a photo for example... sorry about the kid's fingerprints all over it :D Cheers, Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 872263 | 2010-04-02 20:37:00 | What happens if you go into Safe Mode? Although the fact the screen is wonky during POST suggests hardware. [edit: you mention the "image" during POST. Is this the splash screen or the white text that scrolls past?] Your video drivers may have gone AWOL hence the initial Windows fatal error. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 872264 | 2010-04-02 20:45:00 | Hi Jen, Sorry I forgot to add, I have updated the latest drivers to see if that made a difference... it didn't. And yes, it's screwed in POST... I don't get the text scrolling through, just an image with Press Del etc. at the bottom... in fact when the computer is off and the screen is on it comes up with a message to say there's no signal (expected) but that message is now down and to the left of center... so sounds like the monitor is screwed... just seems odd that there was a windows error message on the screen too... coincidence? maybe... When I first was trying to figure it out I Shut Down, and it tried to install updates... surely they couldn't be related (esp not if it's screwed when the PC is off)??? Updates were for SQL server and Visual Studio... Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 872265 | 2010-04-02 20:45:00 | You can always try and see what the error was -- click start, type in reli select View Reliability History, When it opens, have a look at the day ( today) that the error occurred, there should be a red circle with a white X, click it, and below should hopefully be the cause of the error (s). Have you tried the degauss on the monitors settings, it should be in the OSD or maybe even on the external controls. sorry about the kid's fingerprints all over it Touch Screen is it :p |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 872266 | 2010-04-02 20:51:00 | You can always try and see what the error was -- click start, type in reli select View Reliability History, When it opens, have a look at the day ( today) that the error occurred, there should be a red circle with a white X, click it, and below should hopefully be the cause of the error (s). Have you tried the degauss on the monitors settings, it should be in the OSD or maybe even on the external controls.Yes I've tried a degauss, and a range of other settings in the OSD :) I hadn't thought of looking in the Reliability History... There's a number of updates (successful) and two Critical Events. First batch of updates were 2am-3am, the second batch were around 8:30am (must have been when I first shut down). The critical errors were at 7:55am and 8:22am (just before I found it I think) 7:55am error: Windows Stopped Working - The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000044 (0xfffffa800443da50, 0x0000000000000eae, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 040310-24960-01. 8:22am error: Shut down unexpectedly (no other info given) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 872267 | 2010-04-02 21:09:00 | Looks like 0x00000044 is a driver prob (maybe the soundcard driver). Looks like Everquest can also cause this stop error | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 872268 | 2010-04-02 21:11:00 | Windows Stopped Working Dont ya just love that message -- No kidding :rolleyes: You can have a look at Some of the reasons (social.msdn.microsoft.com) for the error 0x00000044 - This is only a guess from the error message codes, Try running system restore back to before the updates of SQL server and Visual Studio. Looking at the error message, a lot are to do with server functions. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just install SQL Server ?, if so was it express or the full package. The dump file may give more details, sometimes they do , sometimes not. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 872269 | 2010-04-02 21:15:00 | Looks like 0x00000044 is a driver prob (maybe the soundcard driver). Looks like Everquest can also cause this stop errorHmmm... sound drivers haven't been touched for a while - no issues shown in device manager, and sound working OK... Don't know what Everquest is - don't think I have that... A search didn't find anything about everquest on my PC. Maybe a power surge screwed my screen and caused problems with Windows... although everything else seems to be fine. Time for a new screen I think :( Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 872270 | 2010-04-02 21:17:00 | Please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just install SQL Server ?, if so was it express or the full package.I installed SQL Server yesterday... including several restarts and updates and no issues running and using it yesterday and last night... Looking back through the Reliability monitor, the updates weren't for SQL Server, but for Visual Studio (which has been on my machine for months)... that said though, they are tied quite closely together... could be related... but shouldn't screw my screen so bad it displays wrong at POST... should it?!?! Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 872271 | 2010-04-02 21:21:00 | MM have you installed any drivers recently then? Is it Windows 7 32 or 64 bit? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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