Laptop/monitor help

[vegaslover]

Have just bought a hanns g 23 inch monitor. i have it running as an expansion to my laptop.
The problem I have is that it wont use all of the monitor. About 2-3 inch colunm on the right cannot be used. When I go through my system info it appear that a maximum monitor size of 20" x 11" is supported. Have pasted the info below.
Any ideas on how to solve this???

 
*   Devices Connected to the Graphics Accelerator   *


Active Monitors: 1
Active Notebook Displays: 1


*   Monitor   *

Monitor Name:      Generic PnP Monitor
Display Type:      Analog
Gamma Value:      2.20
DDC2 Protocol:      Supported
Maximum Image Size:   Horizontal: 20.0  inches
         Vertical:   11.0  inches
Monitor Supported Modes:
640 by 480 (60 Hz)
640 by 480 (67 Hz)
640 by 480 (72 Hz)
640 by 480 (75 Hz)
720 by 400 (70 Hz)
800 by 600 (56 Hz)
800 by 600 (60 Hz)
800 by 600 (72 Hz)
800 by 600 (75 Hz)
832 by 624 (75 Hz)
1024 by 768 (60 Hz)
1024 by 768 (70 Hz)
1024 by 768 (75 Hz)
1152 by 864 (75 Hz)
1152 by 870 (75 Hz)
1280 by 960 (60 Hz)
1280 by 1024 (60 Hz)
1280 by 1024 (75 Hz)
1400 by 1050 (60 Hz)
1440 by 1440 (60 Hz)
1600 by 1200 (60 Hz)
1680 by 1680 (60 Hz)
1920 by 1080 (60 Hz)
Display Power Management Support:
   Standby Mode:   Supported
   Suspend Mode:   Supported
   Active Off Mode: Supported


*   Notebook   *

Monitor Name:      Generic PnP Monitor
Display Type:      Digital
Gamma Value:      2.20
DDC2 Protocol:      Supported
Maximum Image Size:   Horizontal: Not Available
         Vertical:   Not Available
Monitor Supported Modes:
1280 by 800 (60 Hz)
Display Power Management Support:
   Standby Mode:   Not Supported
   Suspend Mode:   Not Supported
   Active Off Mode: Not Supported

[Longines]

From memory those Hanns monitors are 1920x1200 which is a slightly non-standard size. If the bar is to the side then the laptop is probably trying 1600x1200 and you have 320 pixels of black. If you force the laptop to output 1920x1080 you should end up with 60 pixels of black top & bottom which will probably be easier on the eye.

The only way you'll fill the whole screen is if the monitor has a menu option to stretch the input. However, that won't be as clear as it effectively has to 'smear' the picture to fill the screen.

[vegaslover]

Hi Longines
It's a full 1080HD. When I try aspect ratio the bar is still on the right side.
It can actually display full screen, when mirroring, or with a low resolution, which obvo isn't any good as I cant tile 12 tables then

[Longines]

Laptop make and exact model no.?

That list of resolutions might be what the monitor reports that it supports. Your laptop graphics card may only support a subset of those.

[vegaslover]

Laptop make and exact model no.?

That list of resolutions might be what the monitor reports that it supports. Your laptop graphics card may only support a subset of those.

Acer Aspire 5720

[Longines]

An updated display driver may solve the problem - try this http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect