I cant go full screen

[Hi i am jon]

ok i know some one had a similar post about this, but.......my computer's fan shut off it over heated but some reason didnt shut off like it was supposed to everything kind of melted hehe........so i am now using my uncles lap top.......he gave it to me and said its good for everything but rpgs, when i would load one up eventually there would be multiple lines in the screen and it would lock up.........well ok life goes on, but then one day the monitor just shut off, so i restarted it and when i did the whole thing was a bunch of lines (that still happens somtimes i have to go to settings to reset it.....) but i cant do ANYTHING full screen now, no 2d games, no music videos nothing!......i have no clue what is up with it, im not "great" with computers, thats all my brother he goes to devry :)......but yeah any one know what the hell is up?

PS. When i try to load up full screen things it doesnt use the same excuse, it usually says "Could run video w/e"......i would give you quoted but i kinda went on an uninstall spree?

[Kiros]

Probably a damaged video card due to over heating... or that would at least explain some things, but hopefully that's not it. Otherwise, it might be an incompatablity with the drivers, so try reinstalling your card's drivers and see if that works out.

[Hi i am jon]

yeahh i guess the video card did get fried...thanks for helpin...it sucks, 2nd computer i've gone through due to over heating....on the up hand if i get straight As this quarter my uncle is buying me alein ware :D!!

[Skhorpion]

dont get the pentium 4 alienware get the AthlonFX

[Kiros]

AMD all the way.

[Skhorpion]

AMD all the way.

true dat

[Hi i am jon]

eh ill just let my crazy uncle worry about what he is getting me, i will tell him to customly build it because i dont know anything specific about computers only the basics.....but on his comps he spends about 4k a year keeping his computer up to date......so i think he can hook me up :D

[Kiros]

I wish I had 4k to spend on computers

[Skhorpion]

same here, i get most of my stuff from christmas and birthdays