A computer needs an output device to display the user interface so that the user can interact with programs. This is the monitor. There are various types of monitor: CRT - Cathode Ray Tube, which uses an electron gun and various filters to produces an image. LCD - Liquid Crystal Display, which ...
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D-Sub port not working on Windows 7 (Intel onboard gigabyte)
Iv been using my HDMI slot to run a 24" monitor and all was well. I borrowed a 17" monitor from work to run a dual screen set up, plugged it into the d-sub port and nothing happened. Checked the new ...
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Is there a way to check if my monitor is switched on through a program?
I need to know if my monitor is switched on, through a program so i can check when i am using a system through a remote session.
I've been playing around with chrome remote access, and a few other ...
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Can a monitor get damaged due to rotating?
Can a particular monitor(-type) get damaged when it gets rotated while it's powered on?
(like a screen-holder such as this allows)
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Are higher-resolution displays always better? [closed]
The new iPad has a higher resolution than the vast majority of monitors. Is it beneficial?
I want to get a 1920 x 1200 monitor. What other specs should I look for? I mainly want it for reading ...
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Solution for a 35 monitor user case
I have a question about a multi-monitor solution for a school. They have some statistics that they would like to be displayed over no less than 35 monitors. Does anybody know of such hardware?
The ...
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Displaying random pixels on LCD
Will it damage my LCD screen if I display a stream of continuously changing randomly colored pixels, at the monitor's refresh rate, for a long time? As in, will it damage it any more than displaying a ...
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Connecting two computers to one monitor
My monitor has three input sources: VGA, DVI-D, and display port.
My first computer is connected using DVI port and is working properly. I tried to connect another computer to the same monitor using ...
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Add custom resolution to Control Panel in Windows
I have an ATI Radeon HD 4800 graphic card, when I open CCC I can select many different resolutions. When I open Control Panel > Screen Resolution, I only get few resolutions (1920x1080x, 1280x1024, ...
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Is there any software to automatically change or save the resolutions for my 22“ and 19” monitors when playing the same game?
Everytime I switch to primary monitor which is 22" then I must select resolution to 1920x1080 again when first starting the same game on 19" secondary monitor with 1280x1024 resolution.
Is there any ...
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Installed Graphics Card Failure
I just bought a refurbished Radeon HD 4650
My power supply says 250w and according to the Radeon website - "400 Watt or greater power supply (550 Watt for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode) is ...
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Notepad++ Document Monitor with Remote File
I am trying to use Notepad++ to monitor a log file using the plugin Document Monitor. This works great on local files but does not work on remote files.
I have tried both mapping the remote drive and ...
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Adjustment For A Dell M992 Monitor
I don't know if this is the right forum to be asking this - I just got a monitor that a friend gave me. It is a Dell M992. The problem is, The screen doesn't fit the screen (does that make sense? ...
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shortcut to put monitors to sleep [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Turn off display in Windows 7 without additional software
I have windows 7 installed with two monitors connected to it.
I want to create a shortcut that will put both ...
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No Input Signal
I was playing a game 'Sniper Elite v2' on my system, when all of a sudden the computer froze up and started hearing a repeated noise (reloading the gun over and over again). I couldn't get any of the ...
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eMachines monitor shows faded moving lines [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does my monitor show faded black lines moving everywhere?
I recently got this monitor from one of my friends because my other monitor broke. I have an eMachines ...
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Preventing legacy non-flat-panel monitors from taking a computer with them when they blow?
I've lost an old machine or two to legacy CRTs that "snapped". Are there any devices that can be hooked between a computer and a monitor to keep a computer safe in the event that a legacy monitor ...
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Stuck or dead pixel?
I can't tell if one of the pixels on the screen of my 2011 Macbook air is dead or just stuck. The pixel is usually black while displaying most colors, but it changes to white if I'm looking at a ...
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Connecting 24 monitors to one PC
I need to connect 24 monitors to one PC. The requirement is to run different web browsers windows on each monitor for exhibition purposes.
Is there any way to accomplish this mission?
Does anybody ...
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On syncmaster - why does “auto adjustment” and “screen” in the menu are disabled
on my samsung syncmaster 2330 the menu options -
picture -> auto adjustment
and
picture -> screen
are disabled.
Why is that ?
Thanks.
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Monitor displays fuzzy text on Windows 7
I have just bought a SyncMaster 2330HD and installed it as a second monitor.
With 1920x1080 resolution (60 Hz refresh rate) I have two problems:
the text appears with a bit of an aura around it.
the ...
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ASUS “DVI no signal” or “VGA no signal”
I have an ASUS monitor attached to an HP desktop. This configuration has been working every day for a couple of years. When booting up today, the HP boots up (or seems to). The monitor flashes the ...
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How to control 2 similar monitors from Samsung with Logitech Harmony?
My Problem
Yesterday I set up a new Samsung T24A350 for my PC. The monitor has a build-in TV receiver and a remote control.
Unfortunately I also have a Samsung TV and whenever I use the monitors ...
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widescreen resolution
I have just changed my monitor from square shaped TFT monitor to widescreen lcd monitor but the problem I am getting is that the window screen is still square shaped it is not going wide. The window ...
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no POST while booting. monitor not displaying anything
The monitor not displaying anything.
I don't hear the POST signal as well. ( the beep while booting )
Things that I have tried.
Connected MONITOR to laptop ( which I am using currently ), ...
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Will rapid screen refresh hurt its life?
I sometimes use a script I wrote to invert my screen's colors as fast as the screen will refresh to make it like a strobe light for raves. Will changing the colors on my monitor this fast take way ...
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How can I tell if my graphics card will take advantage of a 120Hz monitor?
My specific hardware setup is that I have a GeForce GTX 580M in my laptop, and I'm considering buying an Iiyama Prolite G2773HS monitor. However, I would hope that answers to this question would be ...
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Is the X Server refresh rate same as the monitor refresh rate?
Is the refresh rate that we set using monitor properties ( in say ubuntu) the actual number of times X will refresh the screen in 1 second ? Or is it just some configuration of the hardware and has ...
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quad monitors and DWM resource errors
For a couple years now I've been wrestling with a multi monitor setup, to clear the Desktop Windows Manager resource errors. Currently I'm running 3x1900x1200 and 1x1900x1080 driven by 2xHD5770, on a ...
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network traffic download and upload links and paths
I want to get details of my pc's network traffic in details.. i.e. the urls of the uploads and the downloads.. all the network traffic monitors that I tried show the receiving and sending bytes and ...
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Why does my monitor show faded black lines moving everywhere?
Issue Example:
Specifications:
Monitor: eMachines E15T4
So my issue is like the image I posted above – I have faded blackish lines moving all over the screen (kind of a fuzziness). It will ...
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Netbook screen display is garbled (has black/white & horizontal line patterns, screen freezes, and/or wrong display position)
Upon powering my netbook on, its screen turns into a garbled display (has black/white patterns, horizontal line patterns, screen freezes and/or wrong display position). This distortion happens even at ...
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How to run kubuntu 12 without monitor
I'm trying to setup home build server. I'm not experienced in linux thus I want to have remote access to GUI desktop. I installed the kubuntu 12.04 (because I'm most familiar with it) and setup ...
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Laptop monitor being very dark, no backlight?
I'm asking for a diagnose of what is probably the problem. Here goes ... laptop monitor (hp 6715s) went dark. I'm using also an external monitor with the laptop, and since it kept its picture, I'm ...
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Macbook Air's display won't turn off when lid is closed with external display
This highly annoying problem started recently on my MBA: when I connect it to my external display and close the lid, the screen doesn't turn off. The same occurs if I wake it up from sleep into this ...
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Dual 17“ vs dual 24” - monitor choice [closed]
I'm in the process of purchasing new monitors since my current ones are getting old.
I'd choosing between two 17" monitors or two 24" monitors. They're going to be used for programming, designing and ...
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What´s the reason for a monitor/TV (lcd) to turn off the view
My current Monitor/TV (Flatron M2794DP by LG) suddenly started to turn off the image after 2-3 sec. You can view everything from every possible source until it turns black. This happens on all ...
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How to selectively filter or block non-http/s traffic?
I know that it is possible to filter web content, say, with Squid+ICAP Server.
But, is it conceptually as well as practically possible to monitor, filter, and programatically transform arbitrary ...
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Red dots on LCD screen
My laptop is about 2.5 years old. Now I am starting to see red dots on certain shades of colour (mainly dark colours, blues and blacks), and it is not limited to certain pixels, because when you move ...
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Can you make Windows treat an external display exactly like an internal one?
I have Windows 7 Home 64-bit and a monitor attached to my desktop over DVI. Is there any way to make the system think that there is no external display attached or to make it think that the display ...
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HDMI output from motherboard [closed]
If I want to use the HDMI port for graphics instead of buying a separate card, what monitors are there that are equipped with "HDMI in" instead of/as well as VGA.
MY 22" LG doesn't have this option.
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My monitor made a noise and is now dimmer - can I repair this myself?
I have a Samsung SyncMaster T190 LCD monitor which I've had for about 5 years. It hissed slightly then went dim (readable but the top half of the screen is less bright).
I'm pretty sure that after 5 ...
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Is there Windows utility to find out which process is sending UDP packets?
The problem is: Using Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4, I can know which process created a TCP connection, but Microsoft Network Monitor cannot report which process sends UDP packets.
I'm a network ...
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3 monitors using graphics card plus onboard graphics? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I run 3 monitors with onboard plus discrete graphics card?
I have an ATI Radeon HD 6850 which has 2 DVI ports, 1 HDMI and 1 DisplayPort. I also have a MSI 880GMA-E45 ...
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Monitor keeps entering power saving mode
I've been using additional monitor with my laptop for a few weeks (extended setup), and today it started entering a power saving mode with no apparent reason. Laptop's monitor keeps working fine, ...
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Remote access not working without connected monitor
I am trying to configure a Windows Server 2008 as a Home Server for my personal use (mainly for storing documents, hosting source-control, etc.).
The "server" consists of an Intel Atom 2700DC board ...
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1answer
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New files Log monitoring?
I want to install (setup.exe) a software but before I go this, before I do this I want to know where it will install and what it will be changed.
Is there a software log new files and change?
Also ...
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Kubuntu multi-single display issue
I have kubuntu 11.10 with an ATI Radeon graphics card and fglrx installed. At work I have a dual monitor setup that works just fine. The monitor on top of the laptop's display with the taskbar at the ...
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How to get rid of disturbance on LCD monitor?
I have an Acer G195HQL LCD monitor and recently I've been noticing a lot of disturbance on the screen. They appear to be like flickering horizontal white lines. These lines are more apparent on dark ...
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Refurbished vs. Used monitors [closed]
I am looking for additional monitor, I'm trying to save some money by looking on used and refurbished ones.
Used monitors are usually noticeably cheaper, but it is quite difficult to find something ...
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Display colorimeter support in Win-7 guest on Virtualbox
I'm currently running a dual-boot Linux Mint / Windows XP Pro setup. I plan to migrate to a Linux only PC that runs Windows 7 64bit as VM in Virtualbox. I use the Win-7 VM to run Photoshop and other ...
