I never had a Compaq Monitor of my own.

With mine, (a three year old NEC) it sounds like it could
be a couple things.
I have that trouble when I change Video drivers.
I also have that problem when I change Video Resolutions inside
the same driver until I "train" the monitor with the manual (push button)
settings for each screen resolution.
And it could be a bad monitor with some sort of problem.

So questions: Does the Video Driver change when this happens?
Does the screen resolution (although distorted) seem to be set
to the same "size" (800x600, etc...)

They need to see if the only thing changing is what they see, or if
settings are being changed by "something" for some reason.

If the above does not help, I'd switch to plain VGA, and un-install
the Video Card video driver, and then re-install the newest version.

                 Rick Glazier

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary W South" <[log in to unmask]>
> I have a friend who has a Compaq that is only 3 months old. After the
monitor
> is off for awhile, when it is turned back on her screen is shrunk. The top
> and bottom both show about an inch of black. It can be adjusted so it
fills
> the screen but it will often happen again if the monitor is turned off and
> back on. This only started happening about a week ago and doesn't happen
> every time but it does occur fairly often.   Would this most likely be a
bad
> monitor or possibly a bad video driver? Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
>
> System specs are
>
> Windows Me
> AMD Duron 850
> 128 MB of Ram
> I am not 100% sure but I believe Video RAM is shared from regular RAM

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