Help! Direct X Screen Problems

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I'm sorry to trouble you all but I have a problem with
direct x and lack the
knowledge to sort it.

When i play certain games (not all) and it is full
screen, the games "lifts"
and i have a large black band at the bottom of my screen.
If there is a full
screen option i can make it windowed and have no problems
but i have to take
back many games because of this. i have tried re-
installing direct x and
have updated everything on windows update and direct x.

It is a brand new flat screen computer with Windows XP so
i cant think it
can be drivers.

Any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Even "brand new" computers dont have all the drivers needed.If its an
intel based board (processor,chipset,etc.) go to intell/downloads for the
drivers,chipset installation utility is #1,then update the video drivers
(chip-
set),if the video is other,go to thier web site.Open system properties,device
mgr,expand the display adapter tree,R.click on it,select,properties.The info
gets shown.After youve updated,go to run,typeXDIAG Direct X diagnostics
become available,run the tests.

"beckyp" wrote:

> I'm sorry to trouble you all but I have a problem with
> direct x and lack the
> knowledge to sort it.
>
> When i play certain games (not all) and it is full
> screen, the games "lifts"
> and i have a large black band at the bottom of my screen.
> If there is a full
> screen option i can make it windowed and have no problems
> but i have to take
> back many games because of this. i have tried re-
> installing direct x and
> have updated everything on windows update and direct x.
>
> It is a brand new flat screen computer with Windows XP so
> i cant think it
> can be drivers.
>
> Any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best Regards
>
>