Black bars around monitors?

[MCSuddenDeath]

So just today these black bars appeared around both my monitors. I have an asus strix gtx 970. The monitors are set to their native resolution. Does anyone know any possible fixes for this?

I've tried:

- Rolling back my graphics driver then reupdating it

- Scaling to full screen in the Nvidia settings

Although the bars are not large I can't seem to not notice them and it irritates me.

[Geek-9pm]

Has it always been this way?
A normal screen will have about a 1 or 2mm band around the image.
Does your monitor have an adjustment for vertical size and Horizontal size?
What kind of monitor?

[MCSuddenDeath]

No, only the last few days.

Okay.

What do you mean?

I have a vg248qe and a S20C300BL.

[MCSuddenDeath]

Has it always been this way?
A normal screen will have about a 1 or 2mm band around the image.
Does your monitor have an adjustment for vertical size and Horizontal size?
What kind of monitor?

No, only the last few days.

Okay.

What do you mean?

I have a vg248qe and a S20C300BL.

[Geek-9pm]

Have you consulted the user manual?
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/LS22C300HS/ZA
see page 56

[MCSuddenDeath]

First off I've posted somethings relating to certain issues like having a black bar around my screen but haven't gotten much help. I'd very much appreciate if anyone would help me with this.

This is my pc:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/6dhPqs

My monitors are not running the same resolution and 1 is connected to single link dvi and the other dual link.

So basicly, my computer has been acting very strange in the last few days. These are problems I've been having:

- Gtx 970 not running properly (low fps) (It seems this is fixed)
- 144 hz not displaying properly sometimes
- Small black bars around my both my monitors
- Programs set to default settings (For example I opened Skype and it showed the default startup screen when you open Skype for the first time, and another program set to default)
- Skype not opening anymore
- Even my monitor setting were set to default with my icc profile being deleted.

I've tried:
- Running virus scans with avg, adwcleaner, and MalwareBytes. (No luck)
- For the black bars around my monitor screens I tried going into nvidia settings and scaling it to fullscreen. (No luck)
- Installing the latest drivers of my graphics card and then reinstalling it.

Can anyone please please please help me with this?

[MCSuddenDeath]

I'd like to mention I have also
- Installed the latest drivers of my graphics card and then reinstalling it.

[Allan]

I merged your new topic into your existing one. Please do not start multiple threads for the same issue. Thank you.

[Allan]

Also, you might want to try a different display adapter - it sounds as though the one you have is not working properly.

[Campbbr101]

Also have you tried changing your video resolution settings? Sometimes monitors don't recognize the width/height and may change to default on another setting.

[Geek-9pm]

All the information points to a partial  failure of the Graphics card. You hare to try another card. Contact the vendor to see if he will give you another card. The card has known issues.
You said it is a Gtx 970 - Right?

Look here:
Nvidia slapped with class-action lawsuit
over GTX 970 memory issues [UPDATED]

Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, hasn’t directly responded to the class-action lawsuit allegations, but he has written a blog post responding to the larger situation. Said post isn’t likely to win many converts to Nvidia’s way of thinking, since Huang refers to the memory issue as a “feature,” noting that “Instead of being excited that we invented a way to increase memory of the GTX 970 from 3GB to 4GB, some were disappointed that we didn’t better describe the segmented nature of the architecture for that last 1GB of memory.”