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How to connect PC to TV using VGA to SCART?
I am trying to connect my Acer Aspire One to my Philips 32" 32PFL3614/12 TV using VGA to SCART.
First, I have to say that I can successfully connect my PC to my 17" Philips monitor. When this ...
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Can a DELL Latitude E6420 run 3 external monitors?
I am trying t find out if there is a way my DELL E6420 can run 3 external monitors?
I currently run 2 with the laptop screen as the third using a Dell docking station. The docking station still ...
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Use a laptop (OSX Lion) and an external monitor with wireless keyboard and mouse as two computers
I have a MacBook Air running Lion, an external monitor, and a bluetooth keyboard and mic. I'd like to set all of this up as if I had two computers, or at least two separate desktop environments.
The ...
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Trying to build a panic like dashboard. What hardware to use? [closed]
I want to build something similar to the Panic Status Board. In their implementation they are using a wall mounted Samsung LFD Monitor (460UXN-2) which has a built XP Embedded PC that is running a ...
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Desktop background image appearing only when external monitor is on the 'right' of netbook
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. When I attach an external monitor the default is that the new monitor is placed to the right of the samsung n150 netbook I am using. This opens the desktop back ground on ...
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Why does a monitor connected through a DVI-to-VGA connector goes black when booting?
I have a Galaxy GF9500GF PCI-e video card, 1GB. It has two DVI ports and I connect it to a VGA cable using a special connector. When Windows XP SP3 is loading (I can see the progress bar), the monitor ...
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Setup an External Video Card for splitting DisplayPorts
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and, as is known, it only supports one external monitor with its DisplayPort/Thunderbolt port. I've heard of people building external video card enclosures and using ...
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How to use second PC as extended monitor
I have 2 PC's (notebook). Both have Windows 7 32bit. They are cross connected with LAN cable.
How to use PC 2 as extended monitor of PC 1 ?
I want to achieve same effect as I would connect external ...
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ATI Multiple Monitors and Clone Mode?
I own the Radeon HD 5870 and i want to use 2 Monitors with the same resolution in clone mode:
my main display
my TV
.. while also extending to a monitor with a different resolution (so eyefinity ...
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Connecting external screen to a 2007 MacBook with DVI
I would like to buy an external monitor to connect to my MacBook in order to work in an easier and more efficient way in iPhoto.
I understood I need a DVI cable (only 19€ in the Apple Store). But do ...
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Laptop/Monitor KVM switch
I have a Macbook Pro which I usually use via MiniDVI to VGA with an external monitor (plus thsi inbuilt LCD makes 2 displays). I've just bought a new Alienware which I'll be using with two monitors, ...
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Secondary monitor not displaying colours correctly
I have an MSI notebook with a Radeon HD card and Windows 7 installed. I use EasyWorship. The colours on the monitor are correct, but when connecting to a projector the white colour is displayed as ...
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Is it possible to have two external monitors (without using the built in one) on Lenovo G560 laptop?
I'd like to connect two monitors, and run off both of them without using the main laptop monitor (it's too small to bother with once I've got the 17" ones attached).
I have only one monitor port.
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cannot correct color on external monitor
External monitor color is different from internal display.
I have a Lenovo W520, 4270CTO, built July 8th, 2011, Win7 Pro, i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHZ. 8GB DDR3-SDRAM (1333MHz) Samsung memory, laptop ...
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How would speakers work with dual Thunderbolt displays?
If I connect a Thunderbolt MacBook Pro to two Thunderbolt displays, would it output the sound from four speakers, i.e. 49 watts x2?
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How can I force the NVIDIA display to show up on the HDTV as default like I use to?
How can I force the Nvidia display to show up on the HDTV as default like I use to?
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I have an Acer laptop with a broken screen. I removed the screen completely and set it to load up the ...
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Different display arrangements for two identical displays
I have a MacBook Pro running OSX Lion and two workplaces with identical setups: at both places I have an 27" LED Cinema display. At one workplace my MacBook is on the left side of the external ...
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Screen buffer is corrupted when resuming from suspend in Xubuntu
I have a ThinkPad x220 and Xubuntu 11.04. At work I use an external 22" monitor with a VGA cable.
When my day is over, I tell Xubuntu to disconnect from the monitor and only use the laptop monitor. ...
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Acer 5740 G - lid closed issues
I have problem with my laptop Acer 5740G running Windows 7. In power options I have "Change what to do when closing the lid" option, between Sleep, Hibernate and Do Nothing I have set Do Nothing. In ...
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Is it possible to connect an external Monitor to an Apple Thunderbolt Display?
Well the title says it all but still.
Is there a way to connect an external monitor using a DVI->MiniDP converter to the Thunderbolt Port on the Apple Thunderbolt Display?
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Showing video-files from an external HD to a display
What's the best/cheapest devices that you can plug an external harddrive into with USB and play it on an external display via VGA/HDMI?
It should at least support AVI, but would be great if it ...
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Why can't I duplicate laptop's screen To HDTV?
The day before yesterday I bought 2M Sm@rtCom HDMI cable and succeeded duplicating laptop's screen to LG HDTV. Yesterday I tried again but this time the option for duplicating screen did not show up ...
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Linux, Secondary Display Being Covered by Black
I'm using Archlinux with Gnome 3.2 and the "nvidia" drivers. I'm using a 15" Apple MacBook Pro with an Apple Cinema Display attached as my secondary display. After about three minutes, the external ...
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Suddenly getting “Check Signal Cable” when using external monitor with MacBook Pro
I have a VGA cable that I hook up from mac to the external monitor to make dual monitors. This used to work all the time but now when I connect them together it says "Check Signal Cable" what does ...
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Is it possible to send a virtual desktop to another monitor on another computer over the network?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid on an Alienware m15x laptop with the proprietary nVidia drivers. GNOME, Compiz, etc.
First, I have two computers, an Alienware m15x laptop (which is my primary ...
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Is the picture quality much better using HDMI versus using VGA
I have a Samsung SMB2230H plugged into my Apple MacBook Pro using VGA to miniport.
I am considering getting an HDMI cable and HDMI to miniport connector and was wondering if the quality will be much ...
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Sony VAIO laptop stopped recognizing external monitor through HDMI. Problem completely unknown
I have a Sony VAIO F11 running Windows 7 Ultimate. It's only a year old and I have been using an external PnP monitor through HDMI for as long as I've owned it. The monitor is a Hanns-G HH251 (25" ...
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Attached monitor issue with VLC and SOPcast
I'm sure that I have overlooked something obvious...
So my laptop monitor went bad, and I attached an external monitor to it (Dell Inspiron 1501). I designated this monitor as the Primary.
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My Linux Mint install won't keep displaying on my external monitor properly
I installed Linux Mint (although I think I used to have the same problem on the latest Ubuntu 11.04 too) and I only have one problem. I plug an HDMI cable into my laptop to put the display on my ...
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Should I turn off my PC when plug/unplug external display?
Should I turn off my PC when plug/unplug external display? Some people don't do that, but I think this is required to keep safe your equipment. Am I correct in thinking this?
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How do we “freeze” the display on an external display?
I have an external display connected to my laptop. I want to temporarily "freeze" the display on the external display, such that I can continue to use the laptop without changing the display on the ...
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Nvidia, Ubuntu and automatically switching between external and internal monitors
(disclaimer - I'm a windows user recently switched to Ubuntu - so, please, use short words and plenty of examples...)
I'm trying to configure my ubuntu laptop with Nvidia proprietary drivers. I want ...
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How can I switch my primary display used in Windows' Projection Mode?
Windows 7 and Vista has a feature called Projection Mode triggered from Windows key + P.
My problem is that the primary display (connected via DVI-D) is identified as the projector (and has been ...
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Windows 7 doesn't output via VGA connector to projector
My Acer netbook has a VGA connector for connecting to a project. It came with Windows 7 pre-installed and it has a feature in Control Panel that allows to redirect output to the projector.
My ...
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3 displays with Dell Laptop (2 monitors + laptop display)
I have a Dell Latitude 8420. It is connected to a dock.
Is there any way to have two monitors connected to this setup and also use the laptop screen too? I want the desktop extended on the 3 ...
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Controlling window positions in OSX when adding/removing an external display
Is it possible to control the window positions in OS X when adding/removing an external display?
At work, I plug into a 1920x1200 external display; at home, I just use my Macbook Air's screen. Each ...
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MacBook Pro with Intel graphics sends no signal to external monitor only in Windows 7
These is the low end MacBook Pro with Intel graphics. All the drivers are up to date. The display works fine with other computers, and even with this computer in OS X. The Intel graphics control panel ...
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Laptop screen is cracked, external monitor only mirroring the broken laptop screen
I did something stupid. When my Dell Vostro 1000 laptop screen cracked and went all crazy and I couldn't see anything, I attached it to an external monitor and pressed Fn + F5 and it worked.
But ...
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HDMI connection to external display does not work (but VGA does)
I have a Sony Vaio VGN-2950 with a HDMI connection and an external monitor: a Samsung 24A350H with a HDMI input.
If I connect the laptop to the Samsung via a VGA connection, it works fine. However, ...
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ubuntu11.04 blackscreen when external monitor connected
my thinkpad x201i has ubuntu 11.04 installed. i try to connect an external monitor(a HP LCD) to the laptop. it worked at first time, everything is fine. but when i connect the monitor the second time, ...
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Default display switches from external monitor to notebook's monitor after login
I'm using ThinkPad x120e with Ubuntu 11.04. I updated the graphics driver using "Additional Drivers" program (AMD Radeon™ HD 6300M Series Graphics.) When I work at home, I want to use my external ...
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Can I make Windows 7 and the Nvidia Control Panel “forget” external display resolutions?
I'm currently having a problem with my system where the full 2560x1440 resolution of my Dell U2711 monitor isn't well supported by my ASUS G73S laptop (it has an NVIDIA GeForce GTX440M CUDA with 1.5GB ...
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Use different display settings for the welcome / logon screen than my desktop? (Windows 7)
I vaguely recall back in the days of Windows XP that I could set up my display settings as "Administrator" and they would apply to the logon screen. However, once I log in my user settings could ...
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How to fix display on external Samsung Syncmaster shifted to the right when connected to Macbook Pro?
Is there something special I need to do to be able to use external LCD displays with my new MacBook Pro? Do I need extra software, or do I possibly need a different cable?
I'm attempting to use an ...
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Switch monitor configurations on Windows 7
I use one of my PCs for flight simulation as well as for home theater. In case one it has 2 monitors attached, and in case 2 (home theater) a HD TV is being used. All 3 monitors are attached at the ...
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Apply Display Magnification to Just One Monitor [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Dual monitors on Windows 7 - How do I set a different DPI or text size on each monitor?
I recently got a new work laptop. It supports a really high widescreen resolution ...
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if my screen refresh rate is 60 hertz What exactly does that mean?
if my screen refresh rate is 60 hertz What exactly does that mean?
Also, how do i increase/decrease this screen refresh rate?
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1080p - MacOS X - Screen / Font rendering very bad
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009 and a samsung SyncMaster B2230 monitor. I have connected them through the standard display port adapter and a DVI to HDMI connector cable. Now the display resolution is ...
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Secondary monitor shuts off when laptop lid close
I have a new dell XPS laptop. My external Dell monitor attached to my laptop.Everything works fine if my laptop lid is open, but if I close the laptop lid, I lose the display on the monitor attached ...
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Asus Windows 7 laptop's external monitor has a yellow tint
I bought an Asus G73S laptop and plugged in my old monitor but noticed it had a yellow hue. At first I thought it was the cable but figured out that if I went to display settings and used the ...
