Recent content by J_Kepler

Ok guys, well I feel pretty stupid! I figured out the problem - there is no problem. This particular ViewSonic model just naturally has a black border around the edge that looks exactly like the screen itself. It's advertised as "frameless" and I guess they have to compensate for that by making...

Alright, I didn't get as much time to fiddle around as I would have liked due to a power outage, but was able to try some things. I first uninstalled viewsonic's driver software, so the computer recognized it as a generic PnP monitor - this didn't fix it. Then I switched out the HDMI for the DVI...

Well, the windows updates didn't help. All I can think of now is to try a DVI cable instead of HDMI. Kind of frustrating since one of the reasons I chose this monitor over another was because it had HDMI =/.

No, when I right click on the desktop and choose the resolution option there, the highest it lists and recommends is 1920x1080. CCC also has a "maximum reported resolution" of 1920x1080. EDIT: I have quite a lot of Windows updates to go through (122!) so I'm going to let that run and maybe...

Hello, I recently built my first ever computer! The problem I'm having are black bars around the screen, specifically the top and sides. I have: ATI Radeon HD 7870 XT Catalyst Driver v13.4 ViewSonic VX2370 Windows 7 When I first installed the video drivers the bar was around the bottom as...