Display doesn't fill screen (Black square around)

Hi, thanks for reading.
Y restarted my computer and noted that there is a black space between the border of the display and the screen. Is the same problem in this post: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7175451
I already try to restart the PRAM and the NVRAM, change the resolution and disable the universal access.
Even when i boot the gray screen (with the apple) doesn't fill the screen.
Can anyone help me please?

Try the following; in /Library/Preferences find the file com.apple.windowserver.plist and throw it in the trash. Find also in /Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/ByHost the file com.apple.windowserver.xxxxxxxx.plist where xxxxxxx is a string of letters and numbers and yourusername is the name on the main user account and throw that in the trash, too. Then restart and see if the wide screen function returns.

Similar Messages

  • Satellite 4030 CDT display doesn't fill screen

    I have a 4030CDT running Windows ME. The display doesn't fill the sceen . I have updated from Toshiba website to give the latest display driver but display settings cannot be changed from 16bit colour & 640x480.
    Any ideas what I've done wrong?

    Thanks . I've found one on driverguide.com.Just going to download it now .Hopefully all will be solved. I'll let you know. I intend to use the old 4030 when I'm working away from home..not very often.Hopefully I'll succeed & won't have to invest in a new laptop.

  • HT204390 Black squares around icons on ipod

    I was playing around with my ipod and found myself in the general section. I clicked a few buttons and now my ipod is talking to me and there is a black square around every icon I click making it so i have to double click every app i want to go in. I have tried to undo what i had done by going back into general and clicking on settings but i cant scroll down to accessibilitys to turn this off. All helps appreciated

    You have the accessibility VoiceOver feature turned on.
    Triple click the home button and try going to Settings>General>Accessibility and turn VoiceOver off. You may have to use three fingers to scroll the screen to get there. If problems see the following for how to turn off via iTunes:
      iPhone: Configuring accessibility features (including VoiceOver and Zoom)

  • Weird behaviour - logged in twice?  black squares around focused objects?

    Someone else was using my laptop yesterday at work and now I'm getting some odd behaviour. Functionally, everything seems to be okay, but there is a solid black square around GUI interface objects that I focus on in the OS. And clicking on the apple menu lists two instances of Log Out username, Restart, and Shut Down.
    I tried repairing permissions and keychain access but I don't even know what to attribute this behaviour to.
    Any help would be much appreciated..
    Thanks in advance,
    Matt

    Matt
    Welcome to Apple Discussions!!
    Go to System Preferences > Universal Access and check the "VoiceOver" and other settings. You may need to set everything back to default to get rid of the black square.
    Not sure about the doubled menu items …

  • Black square around icons

    when I am on the desktop or in an application, there is a black square around icons and I don't know how to get rid of it. Please help.

    You turned on VoiceOver, probably by inadvertently hitting Command-F5. Just hit it again to make it go away.

  • White boot screen doesn't fill screen

    I'm not sure when this started happening, and it's not too big a deal, but now, when my unibody 17" MBP boots, the white boot screen looks like a 4:3, low-res image with black bands on the sides. Basically, it doesn't fill the screen like it used to.
    I have plugged it into a projector using the Mini Display Port to VGA adapter. Might that have something to do with it? Is there any way to fix it?

    Try resetting the computer's PRAM, by rebooting and holdiing down the options-command-P-R keys all at once. Let the computer reset and chime a couple of times, and then release the keys and allow it to boot normally.

  • Resolution doesn't fill screen

    My new i5 mac mini says it's using my monitors full resolution 1920x1080 but it doesn't fill the screen.
    Using thunderbolt to VGA adapter.
    1600x1200 fills screen but is ugly.
    Any help would be appreciated.

    The native resolution my display is 1080p Full HD 1920X1080 60Hz I use it with the macbook unibody and the mini displayport / VGA Adapter I didn´t test it with the new mac mini

  • Black squares around apps?

    Any time I try to click on an app, a black square appears around the app and won't open. Also I can't switch screens. I just updated to the iOS 5. I've tried reseting it and resyncing it. Anyone else having this issue?

    Sounds like some accessibility features have been turned on. See this article for steps on how turn them off.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3577
    B-rock

  • My iPad won't let me type and has a black square around and thing I touch

    my ipad won't let me type and has a blck square around anything I touch. Have done everything online so far...

    Your Users Guide has a whole chapter (at the end) devoted to what you do when things aren't going well, generally following the sequence of
    Restart - red slider, then boot up again
    Force Quit apps - either via Sleep/Wake followed by Home, or via Recents Tray
    Reset - hold Home & Sleep/Wake to force reboot
    Reset iPad Settings - Settings > General >Reset
    Erase All Content -   same as above
    Restore iPad Software - iTunes or iOS 5 equivalent
    You start at #1 and work your way through until the issue you're seeing goes away. If you get through all of the steps and it still doesn't work, you're pretty much out of gas and have to start talking to Apple.
    So, firs thing to try? Just power it down and then restart. If that fixes it, great; if not, move along and try the rest of the steps in order.

  • Display doesn't fit screen now. Black bar an inch wide on right side of screen on Satellite L655

    The right side of my screen has a blacdk bar about an inch wid.  It is like the display ends an inch before it actaully does on the right hand side.  Also the taskbar is below the bottong of my screen and I cannot see it.  I have tried to adjust the screen resolution and every other option the control panel offers but nothing changes it.  The last time I had my laptop on it was fine.  I turned it on yesterday and have had it shut down and restarted multiple times and every time since yesterday afternoon the screen is showing wrong.   How do I fix this issue?

    I know this is an old thread, but hopefully you'll get my message.  Did you ever sresolve this problem?  I have exactly the same issue. Thanks, Kevin

  • HT204291 Mirroring Doesn't fill screen

    When mirroring, my ipad2 display only fills  up about  half of the screen.  When looking at the "apple tv" screen,  the whole screen is filled.  Is this a settings issue somewhere on my Ipad or maybe on my LCD projector??

    Thanks for your quick response!!   Is there any way to change the 4:3 ratio on my ipad?    I'm messing around with presenting stuff to my chemistry classes using the Ipad and by not using the whole screen, some of the stuff is tough to read for kids farther away.      If I had a newer LCD projector (mine is 8 yrs old), would I be able to set that projector to a 4:3 ratio (probably not a fair question).  Anyhow,  just want to maximize my projected screen size, so any other advice you have would be greatly appreciated!!

  • 1920x1080 TV as monitor not filling screen/black padding.

    I have an LE40C535 Samsung HDTV. I'm connected to it via VGA cable. When I choose 1920x1080 @ 60 hertz, the screen is compressed from the left and right with 2 black vertical rectangles.
    Setting to lower resolutions fills the screen but it looks poorer than my 1400x900 LCD on the MacBook Pro powering my experience.
    Additionally, all resolutions seem to make text blurry. I've tried this:
    defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2
    but it did not seem to help.
    Anyone know what I can do?

    black screen, can see nothing , but f8 and f2 when turning on comp. Once it gets past HP logo, it goes balck with white words saying not supported. Not sure what he changed.

  • Display doesn't fit screen

    I just bought a new MacBook 13 and transferred everything from my MacBook Pro 15" using Migration Assistant.
    So many things in the display don't fit the screen area. I've looked all over for a way to adjust this in "preferences" but see nothing. Even email is half hidden.

    Are you sure that this isn't a one-off migration problem, with applications remembering their window size from your old, bigger, screen? You can test this by moving the window so you can see the bottom-right corner, then dragging this to resize the window so it fits the screen. If the application subsequently works OK then that's your answer.
    I think that you can also test this theory by clicking the green + icon on the window (top left). If that 'corrects' the window then again I think it means that the window just has a remembered size that's bigger than your new screen.
    Best of luck.

  • Safari Display doesn't cover screen

    My Safari displays in Portrait in the middle of the screen. I need it to display in landscape and cover the whole screen when I'm on the internet.

    I am confused. Can't you click on the edge of the window and drag it?

  • Can't wake G5, odd black square on left side

    I've been having intermittent problems when trying to wake my G5. I have a KVM switch and everything has been work with no problems up until the last Security Update. Now, on occasions, when I switch to the G5, the desktop is still showing, when it should be the screen saver. Moving the mouse pops the arrow up to the left side of the display with a icon sized black box around it. The arrow can be moved down, but it jumps by the size of the icon. Requires a hard re-boot. I've repaired permissions several times. The problem is intermittent. I've check some of the logs, but nothing jumps out. Any ideas which log I should look in?

    First, it would be a good idea to determine whether the problem is Software related, or Hardware. If software, then you could possibly remedy by restoration from a backup, or complete reinstall of the OS, if you don't backup.
    Do a screenshot (Shift-Command-3), and view this screenshot on another computer. If it is visible, then it is definitely software related. However, I don't think it is. I think the coincidence wit the connection of a USB key is just that, coincidental. But we must eliminate the possibility before proceding.
    If the screenshot does not show the "bar" or "strip", then you should really consider the problem to be hardware related. As the MBA is not really user serviceable, the next step would be taking it to an Apple Authorized Service Center or Apple Store Genius Bar for diagnosis and repair.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Exporting simple tables in pdf to Excel or word and maintain correct text/column flow.

    Even with a black and white, clear scan at high settings, my exports to Word/Excel result are poor.  Text is recognized but not in the correct sequence for editing.  I find myself using the column select (Alt key) feature and exporting columns one at

  • My vector drawings in illustrator cs3 look pixelated plz see screenshot

    **** Notice the side of the girls hair its very serrated and somewhat blurry as well look down at her arm at the very bottom I am using a mac os x version 10.5.8 and have been using Illustrator cs3 that I purchased for about 2 years and its never had

  • Macbook Stolen . . security question

    My macbook was stolen. I had a password on it; no automatic login, password to wake from sleep and screensaver. How easy is it to crack that password? What do we think? Would the thief want to rifle through my stuff (the thought makes me sick) or wou

  • Address bar disappearing

    I recently had to reinstall Safari because it was crashing every time I opened it. I think maybe something was wrong with my preferences file. Now that I've installed it from scratch (version 5.0.3), I cannot make the address bar stay visible. When I

  • Can I make a 'Contact Form' in Fireworks CS4?

    I would like to inbed a simple 'Contact Form' into one of the webpages that I am creating in Fireworks CS4 so that people could type a message, and then it would go straight to my email. Any help that you could provide will be appreciated! Thank You!