I know other people must have this problem because there are tons of forum posts about it all over the place but I have yet to find one that includes a solution. Hopefully this one will...
I have a 37" Sceptre X37SV-Naga setup as my monitor. When connected to it via the HDMI input (HDMI-DVI Cable) the image is centered with a 1" or so black border around it on all sides. I have connected quite a few computers to this thing and the trend seems to be this. Radeon X1000 series or higher cards get the border and older ones dont. I tried all the way back to a 9700pro and it worked perfectly. I have not tried an nVidia card yet but I'm a bit of an ATI fanboy so switching to nVidia probably wont happen even if it works
No matter how much screwing around I do in Control Center I can't seem to get it going. What angers me the most is my old compuer (currently spare) worked perfectly on it with the X1800XT when I first bought the screen. I wish I could remember what driver revision screwed it up...
If I use the VGA input everything shows up fine. I have been living with this for now but it sure would be nice to use the HDMI again.
When I flip the HDMI input to the Picture in Picture location the black bar is still present even when it is just a little screen in the corner.
I have tried the HDMI-DVI cable that came with the screen as well as the HDMI-DVI adaptor that came with my 2900XT.
Here are the main computers I have tried on it.
My main computer at the moment:
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Core 2 Duo E6600
4GB DDR2 6400
Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro
Sapphire Radeon 2900XT
HP Smart Array 641
4x 74GB 10krpm Maxtor U320 SCSI Drives
Audigy 2 ZS Platium
Plextor 16x Slot Feed DVD Burner
The black border is present
My spare computer:
XP Pro
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
2GB DDR 3200
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
ATI Radeon X1800XT
3x 36.7GB Raptors
Plextor 16x Slot Feed DVD Burner
The black border is present
My Media Center computer:
MCE 2005
Athlon XP 2200+
1GB DDR 2100
Abit NF7S2G
Tyan Radeon 9700pro
250GB SATA Seagate
Plextor 8x DVD Burner
The black border is gone
My brothers computer:
XP Pro
Opteron 150
2GB DDR 3200
Asus A8N-E
Sapphire X850XT
74GB Raptor
LG DVD Burner
The black border is gone
I just installed the latest 7.5 catalyst drivers across the board and there was no change.
The resolution I am set at (the native resolution) is 1920x1080 (1080p) @ 60hz.
Hopefully someone out there has overcome this obstacle and its not just a "known issue"...
I have a 37" Sceptre X37SV-Naga setup as my monitor. When connected to it via the HDMI input (HDMI-DVI Cable) the image is centered with a 1" or so black border around it on all sides. I have connected quite a few computers to this thing and the trend seems to be this. Radeon X1000 series or higher cards get the border and older ones dont. I tried all the way back to a 9700pro and it worked perfectly. I have not tried an nVidia card yet but I'm a bit of an ATI fanboy so switching to nVidia probably wont happen even if it works
No matter how much screwing around I do in Control Center I can't seem to get it going. What angers me the most is my old compuer (currently spare) worked perfectly on it with the X1800XT when I first bought the screen. I wish I could remember what driver revision screwed it up...
If I use the VGA input everything shows up fine. I have been living with this for now but it sure would be nice to use the HDMI again.
When I flip the HDMI input to the Picture in Picture location the black bar is still present even when it is just a little screen in the corner.
I have tried the HDMI-DVI cable that came with the screen as well as the HDMI-DVI adaptor that came with my 2900XT.
Here are the main computers I have tried on it.
My main computer at the moment:
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Core 2 Duo E6600
4GB DDR2 6400
Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro
Sapphire Radeon 2900XT
HP Smart Array 641
4x 74GB 10krpm Maxtor U320 SCSI Drives
Audigy 2 ZS Platium
Plextor 16x Slot Feed DVD Burner
The black border is present
My spare computer:
XP Pro
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
2GB DDR 3200
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
ATI Radeon X1800XT
3x 36.7GB Raptors
Plextor 16x Slot Feed DVD Burner
The black border is present
My Media Center computer:
MCE 2005
Athlon XP 2200+
1GB DDR 2100
Abit NF7S2G
Tyan Radeon 9700pro
250GB SATA Seagate
Plextor 8x DVD Burner
The black border is gone
My brothers computer:
XP Pro
Opteron 150
2GB DDR 3200
Asus A8N-E
Sapphire X850XT
74GB Raptor
LG DVD Burner
The black border is gone
I just installed the latest 7.5 catalyst drivers across the board and there was no change.
The resolution I am set at (the native resolution) is 1920x1080 (1080p) @ 60hz.
Hopefully someone out there has overcome this obstacle and its not just a "known issue"...