Onboard graphics overscan help

[gary5000]

hi guys.
First post,be kind
I just picked up a little lenovo thinkcentre to use as a media centre for my living room.The pc is hooked up to and old 50" panasonic plasma with an active display port to hdmi connector and so far iam really happy with it,however iam struggling with slight oversan on the panasonic screen,ive set the res to match but still the edges are cut off.
I have reduced the overscan in the tv service menu as far as it will go but its still not enough.The graphics are an intelQ45/Q43 onboard chipset,and i cant find anything in the display settings that will let me reduce oversan,Do i need to buy cheap nvidea or amd card to get some extra software functionality,like the control centre or catalist to do the job or is there a 3rd party software that can help.
Any suggestions would be great. "Sorry mod,having trouble uploading specs picture"
thanks.

 

[BaroUK2]

Did you try with only hdmi cable? Seems like its not doing 1:1 resolution so that is why you are getting overscan. So before buying graphic card i would try it with a hdmi cable only.

 

[gary5000]

thanks barouk2.
Unfortunately there is no hdmi out on the levono,that why i had to go active display port to hdmi via a converter.

 

[BaroUK2]

Try choosing a lower resolution in Intel HD Control Panel until it allows you to set a custom aspect ratio. When it does click apply and close Intel Control Panel, than right click on desktop and choose 1080p resolution.

 

[gary5000]

hi baro,
i think the q45 chipset doesnt support the intel hd control panel suite,as there is only display settings when i right click on desktop,the latest drivers where from 2013 and are no longer supported.thats why iam looking for some 3rd party sofware.
thanks again.

 

[BaroUK2]

Yea I am sorry i just meant intel on board graphics card control panel lol xD

 

[gary5000]

ahhh ok.
Still stuck though,anyone any ideas for 3rd party soft that might let le resize?
Push comes to shove i could buy a cheap card It wont break the bank but will allow me to download nvidea control centre for it.

 

[David Bisset]

Been a long time since I dealt with overscan but... If you're not on HDMI it may well be your display. Has it got any settings like PC mode, 1:1, pixel match etc? Otherwise getting a discreet GPU will probably work (NP: tho AMD card likely to have AMD's control panel not nvidia's)

 

[BaroUK2]

Yea i guess any cheap card will work, also linking to other retailers is not allowed so please edit your link before moderators notice it xD

 

[gary5000]

hi
thanks for the heads up baro.
yeah looks like a cheap card then.

thanks again.

 

[gary5000]

hi
new low profile card installed,problem sorted.