An external display is a display device, such as a TV, projector, or extra monitor, that is not the primary display for the computer. Use this tag if your question is specific to the external display, rather than about multiple monitors in general.
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Daisy-chainable DisplayPort Monitors
I am the proud new owner of a MacBook Pro with a mini-DisplayPort. My desk setup used to allow me to position the screen of my old MacBook beside an external monitor, essentially allowing dual-head. ...
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Set Display Refresh Rate in OSX w/o External Utilities
I have an iMac and an LG Flatron connected as a secondary monitor.
The recommended resolution for the flatron is 1680x1050 @ 65.290 Hz (horiz), 59.954 Hz (vert).
For some reason, OSX is choosing a ...
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How to quickly switch monitors on multi-monitor setup? (Windows 7)
At my desktop PC, I have 3 displays hooked up on my Palit GeForce GTX 480 to extend my desktop:
DVI: Samsung SyncMaster T220 (22" 16:10, 1680x1050, as my main)
DVI: Samsung SyncMaster 940BF (19" ...
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Virtually adjusting screen size and position
I'm working on a display piece which is an LCD monitor that is partially covered and needs to be running an application in full screen in the uncovered portion of the screen.
I have tried xvidtune ...
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Windows XP - Setting External Monitor as Primary
I'm having problems using two monitors. I can't set my external monitor as the primary, and extended my desktop to the one on the laptop. I does work if I DON'T extended my desktop to the laptops ...
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NO signal as Windows XP starts while Running absoultly well with Window 98
Introduction
I have been using a PC with a P3 processor (Intel 810E) with 256 MB SD RAM for the last 8 years. I have 2 operating systems on my PC for the last 3-4 years. Windows 98 and Windows XP.
I ...
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How can I make apps launch on an external monitor?
How can I make my apps launch on an external monitor instead of on my MacBook's built-in monitor?
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How to extend my display properly in Mac OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I make apps launch on an external monitor?
I have an external monitor and I have extended the display.
Macbook = Right
External = Left
For some reason all of ...
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How can I fill up the entire screen on my external monitor?
I have a MacBook Pro.
I have an external monitor that I'm using. When I mirror my display there are black edges.
When I don't mirror my display, and use it as an extended monitor the entire screen ...
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Dell Inspiron 9300 Laptop forgets External monitor (Westinghouse LCD TV) resolution setting on reboot
When I hook my laptop up to my LCD TV via the VGA cable it always starts off with a resolution of 1280x1024. I change it to my desired setting 1920x1080 and all is well until I reboot the computer and ...
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How can I make my external monitor the default monitor for games?
When I boot into Windows on my Macbook Pro, I am unable to make the external monitor the default monitor.
So when I play games full screen, they automatically open up on my laptop monitor. I want ...
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Can I connect two other monitors to my Dell Studio XPS?
I currently have a Dell Studio XPS laptop that I connect to an external monitor with the standard VGA output. I have also bought a Display port to DVI connector that I would like to connect to ...
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Secondary Monitor won't Display at Full Resolution with Primary Display Disconnected
I have had a bad day.
Among today's events, the LCD display on my Dell E6500 notebook failed. It had been working with a secondary monitor connected through a VGA cable at 1600x900 resolution until ...
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Windows 7 does not recognize LG E2250 monitor when connected with RGB
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T410 and an LG monitor E2250 (1080p, so should support 1920×1080). I try to connect the monitor using the RGB connector and use it as an external monitor. The problem is that ...
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Can I disable the Macbook's display when the Macbook is hooked up to a big monitor?
That's because I don't want to move the windows one by one to the big display, or accidentally move the mouse cursor over to the Macbook's display and not know where it is.
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Mac and different Spaces: conserving the windows arragement when changing the external monitor
I use Mac OS X Leopard with 4 different Spaces and an external monitor at workplace, which is located above the laptop. On each Space I work on a different project, with different terminal windows and ...
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External Monitor Issues with a Dell Inspiron 1300
I just recently bought a high def tv and I want to use it as an external monitor. The tv tech support told me that the resolution settings that my laptop offers are suppose to work, but maybe my ...
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Macbook pro with old VGA CRT blackness
I'm away from the office and trying to use my 13" 2009 Macbook pro, with an oldish 21' CRT VGA monitor. In Windows 7 it is detected and listed. Through the windows options it will not let me select, ...
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Full Screen Video on Extended Desktop
I am running into a problem getting full screen video to play on my extended desktop (TV connected via netgear push2tv using Intel wireless display technology.) Every time I set a video to play in ...
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Cannot set 32bit colordepth at max resolution
I have a Dell Latitude D830 which has a 1920x1200 display and a Nvidia Quadro 140M graphics card. It runs windows XP professional German with SP3. When I have a 2nd monitor attached an I have both ...
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Screen is tinting blue
"That" monitor is flickering on and off blue tint.
When I Googled it, it seems it's a video card problem. The video card on my d620 is a nVidia Quadro NVS 110M w/ 64MB of memory, apparently running ...
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Resolution 1920 x 1080 is not available for external monitor
I've just bought myself a nice external monitor for my laptop. My laptop's screen has a resolution of 1920 x 1080. The maximum resolution listed for my graphics card is 2048x1536. However when I plug ...
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External Monitor for my Macbook Pro
I've tried to hook up my Macbook pro to my HDTV, but my MBP won't recognize the external display. I've read that you should first power down your MBP then connect it to the external display and then ...
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How to make Ubuntu to detect my secondary (a CRT with a laptop) display?
How to make Ubuntu (10.10, today daily iso build) to detect my secondary display (a 18'' Dell CRT attached to a laptop with Intel 82852/855GM graphics)? Currently it "sees" only one "unknown" 0Hz ...
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MacBook in Clamshell Mode with a KVM Switch?
Hey guys. I just got this KVM Switch that works really well so far. However, I prefer to use my macbook (unibody, early 2009) in clamshell mode so that it sets the external monitor as the primary ...
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External monitor as primary for MacBook Pro
Is there any way to make my external LCD connected to MacBook Pro as primary? So the top menu and task bar will operate on external rather than built in one?
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Can HDMI cable + MDP to HDMI Adaptor support 2048 x 1152 on my Macbook Pro 13in (Mid 2010)?
I'm wondering if I should go with HDMI + MDP2HDMI adapter to get the sound along with video or go with DVI + DVI adaptor... I have the Dell SP2309W which has a resolution of 2048x1152.
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Convert iMac internal LCD panel to external monitor?
My iMac died (power supply issue, out of warranty), so I took it apart to get at the HDD to recover some files. In the process, I managed to remove the LCD panel.
My question is: is it possible/does ...
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Dual Monitor Configuration Confusing
So my external monitor is on the LEFT, and my MacBook is on the right.
I want the laptop to be the main screen i.e. the one with the menu bar on the top, and my application bar on the bottom.
I can ...
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is there a max. external screen resolution in a windows 7 starter netbook?
I have a samsung netbook n220, and when I connect it to my external samsung display t260 (26", 1900 x 1200), the resolutions available in the windows 7 control panel tops with 1680 x 1050.
Is that ...
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Adjust display settings from command line
The external monitor on my laptop doesn't position the image correctly. I would like to write a script that will adjust the H-position when executed.
Is something like this possible? I am a ...
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a external monitor doesn't display all the colors in windows 7
i have a laptop and external monitor setup. the problem is that in windows 7, the external monitor is displaying images really weird(256 colors i think). After the reboot, i see the display clear, but ...
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Ubuntu/Nvidia lists DVI dual cable as single
I have an NVidia Quadro FX 880M graphics card, from which I am trying to drive 2 monitors: my internal laptop montior (15.6", 1920x1080, Nvidia driver says it's running via DisplayPort) and an ...
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can I output 1080p onto an external monitor
I have an hp envy 14 and It has a native resolution of 1600 * 900. I am trying to buy a monitor which its native resolution is 1080p. can my laptop output 1080p to the external monitor?
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Dell Latitude D830 WQXGA support
I've got a Dell Latitude D830 laptop and its docking station, with Vista Enterprise running. I'd like to connect a HP LP3065 30" display externally, but can't see the higher resolutions in the ...
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Prevent laptop from going to sleep when I close the lid, but only if I'm connected to an external display
When I'm connected to an external display, I would like to close the laptop without it going to sleep. When I'm not connected to an external display, I would like to have closing the lid put the ...
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Dell Inspiron 1545 display problem
I own a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. The screen is not working but I get a picture with an external dispaly. I am told that the problem is the invertor. What is it and is there a way to repair it?
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Misconfigured external monitor on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3
I have an external monitor (specifically, an HDTV) hooked up to my 2.53GHz 13" macbook pro. This display works fine and I use it with my mac in clamshell mode (eg. with an external keyboard/mouse and ...
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Is there a way to hook up my may 2010 17" macbook pro to two external monitors? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can the new MacBook / MacBook Pro Support Dual EXTERNAL Monitors
I think having three screens would be cool =)
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Why won't my Acer 5740g display on an external monitor?
I'm having a frustrating time attempting to get my Acer 5740g to display on my external TV/monitor via HDMI when using windows 7 home premium. Basically the problem im having is that although the ...
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Can you use multiple displays with out an extra video card?
Is it at all possible to use multiple displays with only a built in VGA output and no DVI output available?
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Lenovo W500 keyboards locks when connecting to external screen
I have a Lenovo W500, which has dual boot.
When I boot into Windows 2008 R2 and connect to an external screen or projector, the keyboard locks. Sometimes it is just a few of the keys, sometimes keys ...
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How can I turn the LED off whilst using an external display
Is there anyway of turning off the LED screen on my MacBook Pro whilst using an external display?
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59 vs 60 hertz on external display via DisplayPort
Don't know if this is a really specific question or you'll help me out. Please do. I just bought a DeLock DisplayPort cable for my Lenovo T500. Tried to use it with the in-built Intel MHD4500, no use. ...
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Dead laptop screen rewired to external only right from boot-up?
I have a Compaq CQ50-215CA laptop and after a year and 5 months, the screen is completely distorted now. I plan on removing the screen soon, but I realize that the BIOS screen, OS select and Vista ...
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Second display freaks out when waking from sleep
I have two laptops, an older white MacBook and a brand new Macbook Pro. When either computer is on my desk, I connect it to a second, widescreen display (Acer, a couple years old, uses DVI). The ...
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Find whether TV supports S Video
Hello Freinds
I have a TV (some unknown model) which has 3 sockets to insert 3 wires red, yellow and white. A DVD Player can be connected to the TV using sockets and the TV displays that the TV is in ...
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Move a window back into the visible area in Xubuntu?
On my laptop, after I use a higher-resolution external monitor, applications will sometimes place themselves outside the visible area of my desktop. How do I move them back into the visible area?
(No ...
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External monitor image not centered in the screen
I'm using Xorg 7.5 on a Radeon HD4870 with the FOSS radeonhd server on my HP 6830s. The laptop has a VGA connector and I attach it to a 37" panasonic plasma TV. It works fine except for a little ...
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How can I quickly change display settings from dual monitor to single monitor on laptop?
I have my laptop (running Windows XP SP3) at work hooked up to an external monitor.
Whenever I unplug the external monitor (time to go home!) I have to manually change the display settings. This ...
