Weird Video Issue

[spacejamz]

This issue popped up a few weeks ago on my 37" Westy monitor...

When connected with a VGA cable, there is a 1" black bar at the top (none at the bottom or sides - see red lines in the image below)...This happens when using a 9800GT or GT640 card with the latest drivers.

When I connect using a DVI cable, the black bar is gone...

If I do screen print, it captures the whole screen. This is a PITA because if I run a window at full screen, I cannot see the 'X' in the top corner to close the window or move the window around by grabbing the title bar.

I have gone into the NVIDIA control panel and tried all 3 scaling options (aspect ratio, full screen, no scaling) and none of them fixed it.

Another weird piece to this is that I am using a KVM switch to connect my work laptop which an ATI card. It also had the black bar, but if I check Composite Sync option in the Catalyst Control Center, the black bar goes away. I could not find this option in the NVIDIA control panel.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I would rather use the VGA cable as it makes life a bit simpler with the KVM switch...

 

[spacejamz]

It this appears to be an issue with the Westy...I connected the VGA from the KVM to another monitor and the bar is gone...

MODS, you can lock this thread....thanks..

 

[Tweak155]

That's a TV isn't it? TV's and monitors don't work the same.

 

[spacejamz]

That's a TV isn't it? TV's and monitors don't work the same.

It does not have a TV tuner if that is what you are asking...

It has 1920x1080 resolution and has 1 HDMI/2 DVI inputs/1 VGA input/Component/S Video/composite inputs...

I have been using it as a PC monitor for 5 years now without any problems...this issue just started happening a few weeks ago...