I have an Averatec laptop running Windows XP and just bought an Acer X221 22" widescreen monitor. When I plug the monitor into the laptop, it stretches everything to fit the wide screen. I found a Vista driver for the X221, but not an XP driver. Is there a way to get my laptop to support the monitor, or a way to get my monitor to not use the widescreen (I'd be happy even if I had black bars on each side of the content)? Thanks!
2007-11-01 08:28:55 · 3 answers · asked by RyanP 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
I have an Averatec laptop running Windows XP and just bought an Acer X221 22" widescreen monitor. When I plug the monitor into the laptop, it stretches everything to fit the wide screen. I found a Vista driver for the X221, but not an XP driver. Is there a way to get my laptop to support the monitor, or a way to get my monitor to not use the widescreen (I'd be happy even if I had black bars on each side of the content)? Thanks!
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Sorry--I should have noted that in my Screen Settings, there is not a resolution for widescreen (the best I can do is 1024 X 768). So part of my question is, can I add resolutions to that somehow?
2007-11-01 08:42:54 · update #1
There should be no reason why the laptop would not support a widescreen resolution on an external panel.
Try getting the latest video drivers from the laptop manufacturer's web site. If those do not work complain to the laptop manufacturer, the problem is in the video drivers for the laptop, not the monitor drivers.
2007-11-01 09:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by Simon T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds as if your video driver, built into the mother board is your limiter here. You cannot get a video driver that has a max resolution of what you have to go higher than it can drive.
2007-11-01 11:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your display preferences. You should be able to set separate resolutions for each screen
2007-11-01 08:37:08 · answer #3 · answered by PHormality 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋