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CCC problems, Graphical card updates and a messed up screen resolution
Computer information: Alienware Aurora ALX
OS: Windows 7 64bit
Prossesor: Intel i7 2.80GHz
Video Card: ATI Radeon dual HD 5800 series
At first I did not know how to update my video card drivers, so I basicly looked online and found Cataclyst control panel, and it was supposed to update my drivers (I now found out I can update them via the device manager too). My screen resolution was 1920x1080, but after the update the screen pretty much shrank to about 1776x1000 (making a large black margin around my screen) and making all my icons smaller. When I right click on my desktop and I chose Screen Resolution it says its already on its highest (1920x1080) while in fact as I said above it is smaller. Although when I set it down one bit to 1776x1000 the black margin around the screen remains the same, but the icons become of normal size as I would have seen it in normal 1920x1080. This is ofcourse not a solution for me because I want to use my full screen. I have included a file where I took a screenshot of my desktop and painted abit around it to show you what I see when looking at my screen.
I have a theory that you can change this resolution in the CCC, however as things are never made easy the CCC won't open when I try to start it up.
A forum I found before may descibe my problem abit too: How can I fix my messed up screen resolution.
This has happend before, but I managed to reverse it and get my screen back to normal, but I pretty much didn't update my drivers sinse I bought the pc with the fear that the screen would go small again. Now I can't seem to reverse it anymore.
I have updated the drivers via device manager and installed (and deinstalled and installed it again multiple times) Cataclyst on my pc. So maybe if I roll back the drivers in the device manager, and then delete Cataclyst on my pc and reboot I can get my normal screen back, but I still want to be able to update my graphical cards.
So basicly, how to I open the Cataclyst control panel? Is the CCC the solution to my resolution? If not how to I reverse this?
I'm not very good with long detailed complex answers so keep it abit simple, and try not to make me destroy my pc :).
Thanks in advance
Sensen