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VIA and the Band

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I am having some of the instability problems I would read about i.e. Infinite Loop, lots of BSOD, etc. So I read that loading the new VIA 4.37 Drivers in the hope they would solve some of my stability problems. They did, but as a side-affect. I now have a "band" on the left side of my screen.

 

The band exhibits the following characteristics:

 

- The band runs from top to bottom.

- It contains , what appears to be the same options as the "My Documents" folder.

- These options include "Folder Tasks," "Other Places," and "Details."

- There is no other lettering on the band.

- Right-clicking on the band, reveals no menu to close it.

- Left-clicking on the band, reveals no menu to close it.

 

As a side-effect to this or because of this my "Taskbar and Start Menu" icon under the control panel is ineffective. But the icon does work under "SAFE" mode.

 

If I go into the Desktop Properties, the background picture appears normal. But when I go to the actual desktop, the desktop picture is obscured (instead of repositioned) by the band.

 

Reloading old VIA drivers has no-effect.

 

I have searched the following Websites for information with no luck:

- Microsoft

- VIA

- NTCompatible

 

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

 

My System Specs:

 

OS: WinXP Pro - All current updates installed

Processor: AMD 1.4 Athlon

RAM: 768 Mb

Sound Card: SB Live Latest Drivers

MB: Soyo Dragon - Latest BIOS update

Video Card: Asus Geforce 3 - Drivers 21.83

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does the band appear to be moving and look like the contents of what was on your computer at the time thins happened? (like a rolling desktop?)

 

if so i would say you monitors refresh rate or screen size is to blame

 

 

on some cheop old computers i have gone to set the screen size up to 800x600 and i loose all on screen exept for a big band rolling down the screen

 

to give pc a bigger better monitor and check the settings lower the refresh rate done close down windowz and put old monitor back

 

see what happens

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