HP pavilion TouchSmart 14-n230ed underscan (black borders)

Hello everybody,
I'm having a little problem lately with my new HP Pavilion Touchsmart notebook. A little while ago, my screen suddenly shows this big black borders around my screen.
I believe it is caused by underscan of the graphics chip (Radeon HD 8670M), however neither Catalyst Control Center or the Intel Graphics driver have any settings for these kinds of things. I have tried turning drivers off, reinstaling and updating de AMD drivers but nothing is working and I don't have a clue anymore how to solve this. I am using Windows 8.1. Could anybody help?
Thanks in advance,
Benjamin

Hi,
Was this the download that you tried from AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/mobile?os=Windows%208.1%20-%2064
It should provide the newest version of CCC (catalyst control center). You're looks to be older and could be why it doesn't have the option. Also, what's provided on the HP site aren't new enough.
There is one catch to using the AMD one, your notebook supports both the Intel 4400HD graphics and AMD 8670M, providing switchable graphics. This could disable that feature.
Another option to try is adjusting resolution settings to see if any are impacting it. The problem (as shown in the video) is scaling. The resolution setting isn't scaling to full screen correctly providing that boarder.
You could also, check to see if you have any Intel graphics manager program installed. I'm not sure on its title or where you'd find it as CCC is on the notebook.
The final option would be to contact phone support to see if they have anything else to add or provided.
Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
I hope this can work for you.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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rent0n wrote:I'm forced to move to wmii then, even if it hasn't all the nice features of i3 and configuring it it's quite a mess, at least it seems to manage urxvt perfectly...
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