Widescreen monitor rotation

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hey, i just got the dell 24" widescreen lcd monitor. I'm running it on

a AIW 9800 pro in windows xp pro. the dell cd that came with it didnt
help me, nor did dells tech support (i officially despise dell service)

Anyways, all im looking to do is use my monitor in portrait mode, so
that the operating system orientation will be in portrait mode. I have

the latest catalyst drivers for my radeon, but i still cant figure out
how to get this to work. ive become pretty frustrated, so any help
would be much appreciated.
thanks
 
hey, i just got the dell 24" widescreen lcd monitor. I'm running it on

a AIW 9800 pro in windows xp pro. the dell cd that came with it didnt
help me, nor did dells tech support (i officially despise dell service)

Anyways, all im looking to do is use my monitor in portrait mode, so
that the operating system orientation will be in portrait mode. I have

the latest catalyst drivers for my radeon, but i still cant figure out
how to get this to work. ive become pretty frustrated, so any help
would be much appreciated.
thanks
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The ATI drivers should allow you to rotate the display. The DELL monitor
provides no feedback to the PC to tell it that the position has changed.

I'm running nVidia hardware, so I can't say where in the drivers it is, but
that's where you'll find the settings you need. If they aren't there then
you need a new video card or new drivers.

After shelling out so much for a 24" monitor (I love mine), you should be
able to splurge and spend another $50-$150 for a new video card.
 
hey, i just got the dell 24" widescreen lcd monitor. I'm running it on
a AIW 9800 pro in windows xp pro. the dell cd that came with it didnt
help me, nor did dells tech support (i officially despise dell service)
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Anyways, all im looking to do is use my monitor in portrait mode, so
that the operating system orientation will be in portrait mode. I have
the latest catalyst drivers for my radeon, but i still cant figure out
how to get this to work. ive become pretty frustrated, so any help
would be much appreciated.
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Catalyst can be rather counter intuitive to use.

Set the View to Advanced. In the Displays Manager,
right at the bottom, there is a Rotation option box.
 
Is Catalyst Control Center an actual program that one can open and
change setting in? Anyways, I'm not quite sure where you are referring
to, so I couldn't pull that off. When i right-click the desktop -->
settings --> advanced, i dont see anything dealing with rotation.
 
Is Catalyst Control Center an actual program that one can open and
change setting in? Anyways, I'm not quite sure where you are referring
to, so I couldn't pull that off. When i right-click the desktop -->
settings --> advanced, i dont see anything dealing with rotation.
 
Is Catalyst Control Center an actual program that one can open and
change setting in? Anyways, I'm not quite sure where you are referring
to, so I couldn't pull that off. When i right-click the desktop -->
settings --> advanced, i dont see anything dealing with rotation.


Rod Speed wrote:
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With my gforce 4 in the advanced screen, click at
the "gforce....." button and you get the portrait
option.
So I think it depends on your graphics card.
 
i agree that is must depend on the graphics card, but i just cant seem
to work around the catalyst driver and control center. i installed the
latest edition, but it is impossible to enter catalyst control center
for me. if i try to open it, i get an hourglass for like 5 seconds,
then nothing. if there is any program to do this for me, since
catalyst is giving me such trouble, thatd be cool too.
 
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Is Catalyst Control Center an actual program
that one can open and change setting in?
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Yep, it puts an icon in the systray, where the
clock is, and double clicking on that starts it.
Anyways, I'm not quite sure where you are referring
to, so I couldn't pull that off. When i right-click the desktop -->
settings --> advanced, i dont see anything dealing with rotation.
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I meant doing that inside Catalyst. Start it as I said above.
 
i agree that is must depend on the graphics card, but i just cant seem
to work around the catalyst driver and control center. i installed the
latest edition, but it is impossible to enter catalyst control center for me.
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You should be able to start it from the systray, from the Catalyst
tab in the Screen Propertys/Advanced, and from the Start menu.
if i try to open it, i get an hourglass for like 5 seconds, then nothing.
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It does take a while to start. Try reinstalling it.
 
Rod Speed said:
Catalyst can be rather counter intuitive to use.

Set the View to Advanced. In the Displays Manager,
right at the bottom, there is a Rotation option box.
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You can also right mouse click on the ATI icon in the systray,
select the monitor if you have more than one in used on a dual
head card, and use the Rotate entry in that popup menu.
 
Is Catalyst Control Center an actual program that one can open and
change setting in? Anyways, I'm not quite sure where you are referring
to, so I couldn't pull that off. When i right-click the desktop -->
settings --> advanced, i dont see anything dealing with rotation.
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is your monitor on dvi or vga
 
hey, i just got the dell 24" widescreen lcd monitor. I'm running it on

a AIW 9800 pro in windows xp pro. the dell cd that came with it didnt
help me, nor did dells tech support (i officially despise dell service)

Anyways, all im looking to do is use my monitor in portrait mode, so
that the operating system orientation will be in portrait mode. I have

the latest catalyst drivers for my radeon, but i still cant figure out
how to get this to work. ive become pretty frustrated, so any help
would be much appreciated.
thanks
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Why did you buy a widescreen if you wnat some height on the display?

More sensibe to get 4:3, or 5:4 (like mine)?
 
Bazzer Smith said:
Why did you buy a widescreen if you wnat some height on the display?

More sensibe to get 4:3, or 5:4 (like mine)?
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How is 4:3 better than 9:16?

At 24", any direction should be plenty big enough!
 
Noozer said:
How is 4:3 better than 9:16?
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It can display a wider assortment of image shapes.
At 24", any direction should be plenty big enough!
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One would think so, but as the OP has found it doesn't
work that way in reality, it's only suitable for wide obiects it's
a pretty one dimensional screen ratio.
 
Bazzer Smith said:
It can display a wider assortment of image shapes.
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One would think so, but as the OP has found it doesn't work that way in
reality,
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No he hasnt, ALL he has found so far is that he cant get Catalyst to start.
it's only suitable for wide obiects it's a pretty one dimensional screen
ratio.
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You dont know that yet.
 
Rod Speed said:
No he hasnt, ALL he has found so far is that he cant get Catalyst to
start.


You dont know that yet.
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Well clearly the OP has a need to use it in portait more, so it seems the
wide aspect ratio is a problem despite the 'big screen'. It is fairly
self evident that something wide in 'one dimensional' as by definition it is
lack height.
 
Well clearly the OP has a need to use it in portait more,
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Yes, and the hardware he has can do that.
so it seems the wide aspect ratio is a problem
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Nope, the only problem is getting catalyst to load to set portrait mode.
despite the 'big screen'. It is fairly self evident that something wide in
'one dimensional' as by definition it is lack height.
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Not if you use it in portrait mode.
 
Rod Speed said:
Yes, and the hardware he has can do that.


Nope, the only problem is getting catalyst to load to set portrait mode.


Not if you use it in portrait mode.
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In which case it is not widescreen.
 
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