Dell 2408 WFP issue

[joaquimjssoares]

Hi guys,

This is my first post here, and first of all I want to thank the help that this forum gave me on the decision of my new monitor. Yesterday I bought the DELL 2408 WFP. Although the monitor looks really nice, I noticed something strange. I have to confess I didn't pass much time investigating what this issue can be, but I note some distortion in all the pictures I have on my pc. For example the photo of the same person is completely distorted if we rotate the picture horizontally or vertically. I don't know if I'm being clear...

Also the windows logon icon looks a rectangle instead of a square...

Could this be due to a wrong driver of the graphic card?

I'm connecting the monitor to my notebook and I can't see this problem on the lcd of the notebook.

Also, it is possible to have the notebook lcd with a certain resolution (let's say 1280x1024) and the monitor with other (1920x1200)?

Thanks for your help

JS

 

[oozish]

Sounds like your monitor is stretching your desktop because it's in 'fill screen' mode; set the display to 1:1 or keep aspect ratio and it should fix it; also make sure your resolution is set correctly in windows under display properties.

 

[Betauser]

i have my 2407 HC and it's connected from my laptop and it doesnt give me the option to use 1:1 or aspect ratio. He might have the same issue, but mine doesnt look distorted at all. I hope you can fix your problem.

 

[HotShotMedic]

sounds like the monitor is not running at its default resolution, which is 1920 x 1200. confirm settings in display properties?

 

[joaquimjssoares]

Hi again,

Oozish was right, and now I've corrected the distortion problem.

Thanks for your help guys.

JS