RESOLVED Dell Latitude C810 Screen Shrunk

MomToEli · 05-20-2007, 11:50 AM

I have inherited a Dell Latitude C810 loaded with Windows XP Pro. When I boot it up, it appears to load okay, however the windows display is narrowed down to about 3" x 5", right in the middle of the screen. The icons appear to arrange themselves so I can see some of them completely, but the number I can see is limited to what will display in the smaller space. When I click the start button, I get a message that tells me that not everything can display, and it displays the Log Off and Shut Down options. I then will get only enough of the shut down dialog box showing that I could select the drop down box and select my option. I have to hit the enter key to shut down, but I can not see the command buttons.

I hope this makes sense.

MomToEli · 05-20-2007, 01:02 PM

Never mind ... after messing with it a whole lot, I was able to adjust the setting. Couldn't tell you to save me what was wrong or what I did to fix it, but it is working now!

Thanks anyway!

**TheMatt** · 05-20-2007, 04:39 PM

Your graphics card was probably set at a lower resolution than that of the monitor.

Obvious_troll · 06-22-2008, 12:25 PM

Sorry to bump an old thread. I'm having this same problem. You can fix it by setting the resolution to 1600x1200, though I actually want the lower resolutions for my games. Playing games in a 3x5 box is rather annoying. I tried downloading the latest drivers for my graphics card and still everytime I lower the resolution I get that annoying shrunk box effect. I don't see an options in the graphics properties to stretch low res to full size and there isn't an option in BIOS that I see. I even flashed to the last released BIOS.

My old gateway laptop does the same thing but there is an option in BIOS to scale low res graphics to full screen. Does anyone know a workaround or even have an idea what to try next?

05-20-2007, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
MomToEli Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Win XP Pro	RESOLVED Dell Latitude C810 Screen Shrunk I have inherited a Dell Latitude C810 loaded with Windows XP Pro. When I boot it up, it appears to load okay, however the windows display is narrowed down to about 3" x 5", right in the middle of the screen. The icons appear to arrange themselves so I can see some of them completely, but the number I can see is limited to what will display in the smaller space. When I click the start button, I get a message that tells me that not everything can display, and it displays the Log Off and Shut Down options. I then will get only enough of the shut down dialog box showing that I could select the drop down box and select my option. I have to hit the enter key to shut down, but I can not see the command buttons. I hope this makes sense.

05-20-2007, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
MomToEli Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Win XP Pro	Re: Dell Latitude C810 Screen Shrunk Never mind ... after messing with it a whole lot, I was able to adjust the setting. Couldn't tell you to save me what was wrong or what I did to fix it, but it is working now! Thanks anyway!

05-20-2007, 04:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
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06-22-2008, 12:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Obvious_troll Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro sp3	Re: RESOLVED Dell Latitude C810 Screen Shrunk Sorry to bump an old thread. I'm having this same problem. You can fix it by setting the resolution to 1600x1200, though I actually want the lower resolutions for my games. Playing games in a 3x5 box is rather annoying. I tried downloading the latest drivers for my graphics card and still everytime I lower the resolution I get that annoying shrunk box effect. I don't see an options in the graphics properties to stretch low res to full size and there isn't an option in BIOS that I see. I even flashed to the last released BIOS. My old gateway laptop does the same thing but there is an option in BIOS to scale low res graphics to full screen. Does anyone know a workaround or even have an idea what to try next?