PC:<\/b> HP Pavilion Slimline s5545uk-m
\nOS:<\/b> Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Service Pack 1
\nCPU\/RAM:<\/b> Intel Pentium Dual Core (ES400) 2.7 GHz \/ 4GB
\nVideo Graphics:<\/b> Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset (Intel GMA x4500 \/ 1.76GB)
\nMonitor:<\/b> HP S2031a 20-inch Widescreen LCD
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\nHi, I’ll try to keep it short and simple (OK maybe not short but simple). I now have roughly a 1cm Black Bar \/ Inactive area<\/b>, on the right side of my Monitor Screen, it only Appears when I use \/ select the recommended 1600×900<\/b> resolution.<\/p>\n
The problem occured when I opened up the Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel<\/b> and selected Monitor \/ TV Settings<\/b>, then all of a sudden the screen started to Flicker<\/b> and Auto-Adjust<\/b> then it shrinked, that is when the Black Bar \/ Inactive area appeared. I’ve tried different resolutions, the Black Bar appears only on 1600×900
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\nI noticed when ever I select the 1600×900 resolution, the Monitor does not Auto-Adjust<\/b> or Shift<\/b> to correct the size to fit the whole screen as it does with the other resolutions and as it did before the problem occured.<\/p>\n
I tried pressing the Auto-Adjust button on the monitor and manually<\/b> adjusting the position of the Displayed Desktop Image on the screen, through the menu settings on the monitor but when the Displayed Desktop Image is positioned at the center<\/b> of the screen, the Black Bar \/ Inactive area then appears on both<\/b> the left<\/b> and right<\/b> side of the screen.<\/p>\n
I restored the Monitor to its default factory settings, I uninstalled the HP Monitor Software & Drivers and the Intel G41 Graphics Media Accelerator Software & Drivers which led to my computer crashing and having to be shutdown inproperly, I then re-installed the Intel G41 Graphics Media Accelerator Software & Drivers<\/b> and the HP Monitor Software & Drivers<\/b> but still no change, I also unplugged the power cord and VGA cable connected to the monitor but all my efforts have been to no avail.<\/p>\n
This problem is now beyond me, any help will be greatly appreciated. Please, do forgive me if I’ve made any mistakes in explaining or over explaining my dilemma, I’m a newbie when it comes to online forums. Right now it seems, only reasonable solutions are to consult a Technician, completely Restore my Computer to its default factory settings or switch to 1440×900 resolution, which I find visually displeasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":14},"question-category":[47],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1748","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-hardware"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question\/1748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question-category?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question_tags?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}