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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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Lines on screen
Yesterday I cleaned the dust of my computer with a compressed air machine, the computer worked normally for two hours, but then the screen filled with lines and I cant see anything.
It is not a ...
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Horizontal Frequency Out of Range
I've been running Ubuntu on one of my servers for about six months. Recently, every time I turn on the computer it POSTs and then right before it gets into Ubuntu my monitor gives me an error saying:
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Monitors not turning back on after sleep/hibernating inn Ubuntu 11.10
I have three monitors plugged into my Ubuntu 11.10 install. I have it set where if I don't touch the keyboard/mouse after five minutes then it puts the cpu to sleep. When I hit the keyboard/mouse to ...
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Monitor Calibration Software
When I connect my laptop to the TV using HDMI cable, the edges of the screen are not visible (I lose about 20 px in each direction). My LCD TV does not support calibration position/scale.
Is there ...
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LG Monitor's Port Detail [closed]
I have LG's Monitor , Model Number LG536N. I want to know the port's pin detail that connect into CPU. Port Detail mean like first pin hole is for +ve like that. It would be nice if any photo graph ...
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8 monitors system [closed]
I need a system with 8 monitors.
Each monitor 23 inches (or 24 inches each).
I want to connect them with one computer case(desirible).
Configuration should look like this:
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How to use my Linux as DVI/HDMI switch? Where 2PC use 1 screen, depending on priority one PC output gets render
I have done this with triple head Linux (it works!!), which is not my current case, but just to explain.
I have this scenario, which i need to solve with Linux.
How can i take 2PC output and ...
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How to connect a Wii console to HDMI computer screen or through the computer itself?
I would like to play my Wii through my HDMI computer screen if it's possible. My BENQ G2420HD screen has got these inputs:
HDMI
DVI-D
D-SUB
If it isn't possible to run it through the screen could ...
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AOC 931s monitor is dark at the top and bright at the bottom - should I return it?
I just got a AOC 931s monitor, but I have a problem.
When I look at the monitor straight from the front, it's dark at the top and bright at the bottom.
Does this mean there's a production error with ...
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Graphics card doesn't run full screen without drivers
Recently I've purchased new ASUS ENGTX560 DC/2DI/1GD5 and installed it on my ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z motherboard. My motherboard has onboard graphics card with HDMI output as well and before it was ...
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Monitor screen resolution changes when laptop lid is closed
My monitor screen resolution changes depending on wether my laptop lid is open/closed.
The lid being open has a lower resolution than being closed. Why is this ?
In control panel I have :
Laptop ...
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Can I use a portable monitor with my Acer One and completely detach the laptop lid/screen ?
My screen is broken/cracked on my Acer Aspire one. One hinge is gone. It is a mess. Can I buy a Toshiba 14" USB monitor, hook it up, and completely remove the lid from my laptop, snipping the wires, ...
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New Dell UltraSharp monitor flickering
I recently bought a new Dell U2312HM LED monitor and connected it to my laptop via the VGA cable that came with it. I’ve also installed the drivers
Now it’s flickering and the flickering becomes ...
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Why does my laptop's monitor give off a green “flash”?
I often hibernate my computer instead of shutting it down.
I've noticed that when my computer recovers from a hibernate, the laptop's screen flashes green (light green) for a second before the ...
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Power Cord Ratings (Volts, Amps) for Monitor?
I recently bought the HP w2228h monitor on the cheap locally. It didn't come with a power cord and I was amazed at the price of the HP 8121-0739 power cord that originally comes with it.
I am not ...
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why does my Philips monitor come back on when I switch off?
When Iswitch my computer off,the monitor used to go to standby mode,but recently the monitor comes back on and displays the word aging.Everything works properly when I switch back on,so I am wondering ...
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What is the best way to test a webpage on higher resolution than your current screen's resolutions?
What is the best way to test a webpage on higher resolution than your current screen's resolutions? I'm making a responsive website where I need to test my webpage's css, html, javascript rendering on ...
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120Hz in 2D, what's the point?
I've been searching the internet for advice on my next PC/console monitor purchase and come across a good deal on the LG D2342P-PN. It's LED, got all three connectors I want and even 3D in 120Hz, ...
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External laptop-format device for desktop
i am looking for one specific device in the laptop format. This thing must not have an hdd, ram, cpu etc like in standard laptops. It's like a external wired keyboard, but with a screen and in a ...
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Can one damage a PC video card by unplugging the monitor cable?
I have had an argument with a friend of mine, he was trying to prove that unplugging a DVI or VGA monitor cable can cause damage to the video card. I have never heard this before and decided to pull ...
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Good, lightweight GUI-based process monitor for Linux
I'd like a snappy GUI-based (I insist since people still want to propose console-based) application that can show me running processes and allow me to kill them, on Linux. It doesn't need to be as ...
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Dell ST2320L Calibration Oddness
I routinely follow our venerable Jeff Atwood's advice for caliberation when I encounter a new monitor. I had to purchase a new monitor and chose the Dell ST2320L (LED TN sRGB). While doing the Windows ...
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Why are red&green pixels moving around on my screen?
The top left corner of my LCD monitor is acting up. The pixels are colored red and green. Not completely on like a stuck pixel, but variably faded. It's a seemingly random distribution, centered on ...
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Why only external monitor is working on my laptop?
Today I did some cleaning in my laptop as GPU and CPU were overheating (100C). I have done it many times so I was confident in myself.
After putting all together the internal LCD screen was not ...
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Should I replace my Acer Monitor which is missing HDMI input [closed]
I just bought in a Acer V243HL Monitor and realised that it hasn't got a HDMI input so I have connected it to my laptop via VGA cable. Although I like the quality of the display I am still worried ...
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Dual Monitors need setting up after every reboot
My new PC has on-board video with DVI and VGA ports (both ports can be used at the same time).
I didn't have the correct VGA to DVI adaptor on hand so I installed my spare NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 video ...
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I can't turn off widescreen on my LG Flatron W2246 [closed]
I want to know how you can turn off widescreen on an LG Flatron W2246.
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Will the picture from DVI port be different from VGA port?
If I had two identical monitors and a video card with one DVI and one VGA port capable of dual-monitor output, and I connected one monitor to each port, would the displays look the same? (They will ...
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DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Not Working?
I'm trying to remotely troubleshoot a problem with a computer display and having some difficulty.
The end user has a Dell workstation whose GPU has one DVI and one DisplayPort port. The monitor the ...
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Faking monitor EDID information
My monitor is sort of finicky. Sometimes I run a program that cycles through resolutions and the monitor will refuse to give its EDID information for a few days:
(/var/log/Xorg.0.log)
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Splitting one giant monitor as if it was two. Picture in Picture
How can I split one giant computer screen into two screens, so I could stream Al Jazeera in fullscreen mode on one side, while I program on the other side?
Or what about adding a PIP -- Picture in ...
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Why won't Xubuntu let me use dual monitors
ASUS laptop and Xubuntu (11.10) running off the live CD will give me my dual monitors, but when I install Xubuntu I can't set up dual monitors. When I boot from the live CD both monitors come on even ...
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Can't set native monitor resolution in Windows 7
I have a SyncMaster 920nw display hooked up to an HP running Windows 7 with an on-board graphics card.
This has been working just fine until this morning, when I woke up the computer and the screen ...
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Replace a monitor that is humming?
The monitor for my desktop hums/buzzes when a have a white background with a lot of black text maximized. I'm sure it would do it in other cases but this is the most obvious. I usually hear it when I ...
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Cleaning flat screens (laptop, TV, etc, NOT touchscreens) [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to clean a laptop screen?
That's not a technical question, but a practical one : How do you clean your monitor, or modern flat screens in general (laptop, tv, etc.) ...
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Vaio Laptop LCD Not Scaling Lower Resolutions
I have a strange issue here. On my sony Vaio notebook, I have the highest resolution (1920*1280) set as default, but everything too small so I tried decreasing the resolution. After doing this the ...
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Is there software for stress-testing computer displays?
I am working with a monitor in our offices that appears to have a malfunctioning DVI interface. When the monitor is in DVI mode, even with cables disconnected, there is serious ghosting, artifacts, ...
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How to merge monitors using more than one PC?
I have few PCs at my corporation which have monitors attached to them. Is there software (or other solution) that will allow me to use all of the monitors to share a view from one (main) PC.
I've ...
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Samsung syncmaster 2494 HM gives “Check Signal Cable” error in HDMI mode
My Samsung SyncMaster 2494HM is stuck in a "Check Signal Cable" error while in HDMI mode.
The screen is black.
How can I get my computer monitor screen to work again?
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Can't duplicate display on Windows 7
I'm trying to setup a duplicate display on Windows 7, on a Lenovo W520 laptop. The goal is to output the main desktop to both the laptop screen and a VGA projector. I believe the laptop has a dual ...
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Does anyone know of a small travel monitor for laptop dual monitor setup? [closed]
I'm a programmer and I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling. I'll be working on a laptop and would love to have a dual-monitor setup. Does anyone know of any slim and portable dual-monitors which ...
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Desktop PC's DVI-out stopped working
I have a desktop PC with two video outputs — one VGA-out (connected to a monitor), and an extra DVI-out, for which I bought a DVI to HDMI cable to connect to a TV. The cable worked fine after I ...
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Making 3 screens work
I have Lenovo Thinkpad T400.
It is currently on docking station and I have 1 dell screen.
I have 2 extra identical screens that I am trying to arrange on left and right side of my existing main ...
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How do I clear an old monitor's configuration information on Windows?
I replaced my second monitor on Windows 7 64-bit. I removed the old one in the Device Manager, and installed again with the correct .inf file.
Device Manager shows the correct monitor, as does the ...
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New Haans-G monitor show a flickering black screen
I bought a Haans-G HZ201 monitor last week at Newegg during their Black Friday sales. It just came on Friday and my parents suggested that I test it out on my laptop to see if there's anything ...
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Scaling down an LED/LCD monitor's native resolution to a lower resolution with minimal loss of quality
I'm a visually-impaired user so choosing a monitor always takes a little thought to get it right for me.
Background
About 6 years ago, I bought a 30" Dell monitor which has been great for me but ...
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Monitor works on VGA, doesn't on DVI. Not a broken DVI on display
I've got a problem. I've got the following setup:
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 Ti with 2xDVI (dual) and 1xMini-HDMI
Asus VW226 (22", 1680x1050)
Acer V233H A (23", 1920x1080)
I use the Asus as my primary ...
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Windows 7:ATI has monitors backwards, windows has them right
When I go into my ATI Radeon HD5700 Series Properties, and choose Color Management, then Identify monitors, it shows monitor 1 on right, and 2 on left. When I go to Windows 7 display properties, ...
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What did computers use for output before monitors?
How did the early industrial computers, such as UNIVAC, ENIAC, MARK I, etc display output before monitors existed?
Did the first personal computers, like the Altair 8800 or the Simon use monitors, or ...
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How to make VGA display go into standby when no computer/laptop connected
At my work most people use laptops, in combination with a stand-alone Dell LCD (connected through a VGA cable).
Problem: if you unplug your laptop from the display, the display doesn't go to sleep ...
