Re: Black Border Around Display
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Originally Posted by
mDust
I would uninstall the video driver for the MB...and all other video drivers that might still be installed. Remove CCC. Install and run
CCleaner, specifically the registry cleaner. *Don't forget to backup the registry before doing so. It should prompt you.* Download the latest driver and CCC setup from
here. Install them and let us know if it's working. Then play some games.
To be certain, I can uninstall the drivers through the Device Manager, can I not? I noticed that when I removed my old video card from my computer, the motherboard's video chipset appeared as a device, despite having never been present prior to that, and after I installed my new video card, the onboard video again disappeared, so I hope that locating and removing the drivers for the old video card and the motherboard's integrated video shall not be too difficult of a task. I am familiar with CCleaner, and use it on a regular basis on my computer to keep it free of unnecessary files and registry entries, so using it shall likely be one of the least difficult stages of this entire process.
Also, would it be best to perform this operation in Windows safe mode, so that no unnecessary programs are loaded and the drivers that I need to remove are not being used? Finally, as a side note, if I were to upgrade my sound card, should I remove the drivers for the old sound card before installing the new sound card, as I shall do with my video card?
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Originally Posted by
mDust
By the way, DVI (I forget which flavor specifically) and HDMI are the same digital signal...just different connectors. So if you can't get it to work for whatever reason, no big deal, just keep the DVI and buy a new HDTV for that unused HDMI cable...no sense in letting it go to waste!
Yes, that is true, but the connectors on DVI cable that I have are bulky in size and a shade of white that I find to be unattractive (an off-white, not a pure white, which I would not find to be unattractive), while the connectors on the HDMI cable are sleek, smooth, and black and red in color, which I find to be far more aesthetically appealing. Plus, I wish to support this new connection standard, to help it become more widely adopted.
Now, as one final question, what may have caused Catalyst Control Center to stop functioning originally? I wish to avoid causing the problem to occur again, if I need to re-install Windows when I upgrade to a different motherboard and processor in the future.
Re: Black Border Around Display
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Originally Posted by
DemonDragonJ
... I hope that locating and removing the drivers for the old video card and the motherboard's integrated video shall not be too difficult of a task. I am familiar with CCleaner, and use it on a regular basis on my computer to keep it free of unnecessary files and registry entries, so using it shall likely be one of the least difficult stages of this entire process.
Use Driver Sweeper to remove unnecessary drivers and CCleaner to remove registry trash. They're both very simple tasks.
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DemonDragonJ
Also, would it be best to perform this operation in Windows safe mode, so that no unnecessary programs are loaded and the drivers that I need to remove are not being used?
Yes, that is a good idea.
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Originally Posted by
DemonDragonJ
Finally, as a side note, if I were to upgrade my sound card, should I remove the drivers for the old sound card before installing the new sound card, as I shall do with my video card?
Yes. It's not as much of a concern as it was in the days of yore, but it's still a good idea to remove unnecessary drivers to keep potential conflicts to a minimum. A couple years ago I had some outdated video drivers that somehow screwed up when I installed the new one over it...I had no onboard video and thus no video at all. It wasn't fun.
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Originally Posted by
DemonDragonJ
Now, as one final question, what may have caused Catalyst Control Center to stop functioning originally? I wish to avoid causing the problem to occur again, if I need to re-install Windows when I upgrade to a different motherboard and processor in the future.
Who knows... AMD/ATI and nVidia are notorious for bad drivers and support software. They don't have any other competition so they can get away with releasing lousy drivers and patches. When it breaks, just uninstall it and get the latest version...or the last known working version.:rolleyes: If that doesn't work, you'll have to google for a solution.
Re: Black Border Around Display
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When I reinstalled my windows, at first the Catalyst Control Center would not open up. After installing latest .NET it began working again. So maybe you should check that you have the latest .NET installed.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa496123
About the black border. Go to Catalyst Control Center, "My Digital Flat-Panels", scaling options. Adjust the overscan parameter so that the black border disappears and hit apply.
Overscan is some old thing that comes from how CRT displays used to work.