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It could be my display card or the monitor, but I'm not sure which one. When it boots to windows all I get are vertical lines; can see fragmented tiny pieces of the desktop. The video card is a SiS 6326agp. When I look in the Device Manager it appears …

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I am planning on subscribing to iO in the near future (digital cable service) and would like to use it in conjunction with my Apple 23" Cinema HD display, via a tv tuner for the mac. Being as the cable line will be delivering a digital signal, and it is …

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I have a monitor that will not come out of 640 x 480, 16 colors. How do I fix this? The Computer is a Generic brand with a standard VGA card. The monitor is a KDS Tiger 13".

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Hi, folks. I'm obviously new here, but I've read through some posts, and you all look like you know what you're doing. :D I was hoping that someone could give me a little advice. I just bought a new laptop on Ebay (you can see it at: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3435098170&category=42198&rd=1[/url] ) I …

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The interface of my monitor keeps becoming smaller, then getting bigger, but almost never fills the whole monitor anymore. There are black bands down both sides of the screen. They are almost always there now and then the interface goes in even further, then back out again. Does this mean …

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Here's the problem: I am fixing this computer because it will not turn on. Well, I replace the battery in the MB, but now all it does is just turns on; no boot, no display no nothing. Any suggestions?

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I have a old HP paviliion 63XX. Its about 5 years old, 500mhz. It has no video card so I guess its on the mother board. Anyway for no reason the computer starts out fine with the windows logo looking great then when It asks to log on it switches …

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i posted a message a couple of days ago about hardware malfunction and i didnt get any replies so ill put it in simpler form when i put in any new hardware and start up the computer a blue screen comes up while loading windows saying hardware malfunction system has …

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I have a 17" VGA Monitor, bout 3-4 years old. It was connected to my PC which is also about 3 years old, and it was working fine. But when I removed it, and put it on my old Packard Bell the Screen became really wavey. So i thought it …

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I have a 17" flat panel monitor and there semes to be something wrong with it. When I turn it on it looks just fine but after about a sec the light that lights up the screen will turn off. If I shine a light on the monitor I can …

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I have a Leading Technologies Monitor Model #1270A and also a Blue Chip Model #BCM-12G, what type of monitors are they? MDA, TTL, etc. ? I'm trying to buy another monitor that is compatible with either one of these.

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i got a gforce fx 5600 with 256mb video card and my temps are at 56c on the gpu core and i was wondering if that was a bad temp or a good temp if not do you know of any heatsinks and fan for the fx card?

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(edit) Code was too long for forum. I'm splitting it in 1/2 I'm currently working on a Direct3D class that simplifies D3D, so I can use it to make games, applications, etc. I started on it yesterday, got it to work so it draw triangles with a different color on …

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Does anyone know what's the best video card for using today?I have a Riva Tnt 2 32mb graphics card and I can't run games like Blood Rayne or None lives forever 2. Bloody Rayne's read me file says it needs 200 mb of video ram :sad: Should I buy Ge …

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I have a Dell 20" Trinitron Ultrascan P1110 that's about 2+ years old and text objects are starting to get blurred at the edges of the monitor. Text in the middle is less blurred but there still seems to be some lack of clarity. I reset the monitor and degaused …

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when some one buys a pc its easy to check up how good it is but checking its speed ram mother board etc. but when i want to get a new monitor what do i ask for? i want to get a new flat screen monitor(not lcd) so what should …

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Hi Having a big problem here. I have an almost-new Samsung 955DF which has been giving me problems since day one. The monitor initially had a huge brown patch in the center of the screen, almost like dirt. Increasing brightness/contrast did nothing for the picture. In addition focus was very …

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Anyone care to take a stab at a problen I'm having with either my monitor or video card? (OK, maybe driver, but with some testing I think I've eliminated them) My monitor is showing random pixels/dots all over the screen. My text appears broken up because the color of the …

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i found the code to read local ip but i was wondering could it be any smaller then this. #include <winsock.h> #include <wsipx.h> #include <wsnwlink.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { //////////////// // Initialize windows sockets API. // WORD wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(1, 1); WSADATA wsaData; if (WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData)) { printf("WSAStartup failed …

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Hi to everyone.. :) I'm running a ep-8kha+ with athlon 1700. first start seems to boot fine...but nearly everytime I restart , the system hangs for upto a minute or more. it just stops after shutting down , blank screen on monitor and the debug led display on mother board …

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i am in a intro to cs class and need help with a current project. it is a simple project but I seem to be stuck. the program is to read 2 integers for the height and width of a rectangle and then display the rectangle using "#" 's. We …

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I moved to another place recently and in the process I moved my PC as well. The monitor may have been turned up side down or side wards in shifting process. I hooked up the computer at the new place and as soon as I turned on the PC.. There …

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My RasterOps SuperScan MC 801 is getting dark starting on lower rt. corner, which is fixed by degauss button. My question is, I am having to do this almost every other day. Seems like something is going bad with the monitor...anyone have any info on what this can be and …

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ok, i'm new to c++, please bear with me........ i have a program... it asks the user to enter the price, then it asks to enter the interest rate from, and then interest rate to, and then the loan period (> 2 years) The formula used is: result = price …

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My monitor (4 years old) has recently gone completely dead; no power light when switched on, no picture etc. Does anyone know if there is something I can check (say, an internal fuse), or should it be consigned to the scrap heap? Cheers, Cris.

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Hello C problem I am having problems saving a structure to a text file. My structure is below. What is the best way to save this to a file and open it from a file and display it on the screen. I have tried several ways but can't get it …

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About three weeks ago, my Viewsonic P220F screen began jiggling -- shrinking in (1/8" to 1/4" on both sides of the width) and popping back. It's sporadic and totally unpredictable. Seems to do it in all programs and on the desktop. I'm operating Windows 2000 Pro on a P933, Asus …

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Hi All in windows 2000, if you open the 'my network places' folder and nav' to the list of computers, you can display them by name or by comment. does anyone know how to add these comments to the computers. my aim is to be able to arange the computers …

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I can boot to desk top without a problem, yet after I've been using my system for a bit and then decide to shut down I can't boot up again because the monitor won't kick on. It tries, but then goes off, so I haver to hard shut down, I …

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Hi, I have a Celeron 300MHz of 1998. Recently I bought an AGP Card to replace the one in it. But when I installed it, it won't work. I checked the AGP card. It is alright and works when installed in another system. I have no reason to suspect that …

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Hi i am facing a problum that there is a Electricity on my monitors secteen ...YES On Glass Secreen .... i dont know what is that problum but when ever i touch my monitors secreen then i face a electrical shock i am sure this is not a static charge …

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hi all, this is my first post so go gentle!! when im opening some web pages im getting the following message your current security settings prohibit running active x controls on this page as a result this page may not display correctly. ive gone to control panel-internet options-security-custom level and …

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Recently, I began working at a small graphics design firm, where I was unluckily given an old 19 or 20 inch monitor (SuperScan Mc 801 RasterOps) which is clearly ailing. It works OK, but for as a graphic designer, it isn't acceptable screen quality. The problem is that there are …

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Hello, I received an Area-51 Alienware computer about two weeks ago, and am having trouble with what I assumed to be the monitor. Everything worked perfectly up until three days ago. At said time, I returned home to find my computer monitor kind of flashing from off-black to on-black. Even …

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I am currently at college, and they require that I install a specific version of IE talored to their network... I have done this. However, when I try to get to one of the sites to register my port (otherwise it will be shut off, dont ask me why), IE …

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Hi, I need some help with this motherboard. first - The bios do not detect my 2 SATA disk drive. I try all the setting in the bios, but I still got NONE in the detection section of the boot. I try to boot in SATA Only mode and in …

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I filed a U.S. Patent Application related to a novel Human Computer Interaction technology(status: Patent Pending). The main idea: to provide a system and method(MultiPointer Manipulating System and Method) for manipulating simultaneously and independently of at least two &#8220;natural&#8221; cursors/pointers on the same display screen of the computer by means …

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Every web page looks like a pop up. I can't get any buttons, address menus or links to display. When I right click all I cam do is move, maximize or minimize The computer was infected with the klez virus, but has since been removed ie 6.0 and win ME …

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Hey All, running vncserver on my linux box, its up and running. but when i use the win client side of vnc all i get is the gray crosshatched screen, am i expecting to much? i was hoping that i would get the gnome desktop display. can any one give …

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For about 2 months now I am unable to display charts at www.fideility.com when I log on using AT&T worldnet and Internet Explorer. However if I log on using MSN and MSN 8 I can display the charts. The charts come up gray with a small square in the upper …

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I have an old Compaq Armada laptop. The display is covered with white horizontal lines, and green red, and blu vertical lines. Kind of like a graph. Does anyone know how to clear this. :?:

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Just curious if anyone else has one of these monitors? Why? Because I do, and it seems that no matter what video card I use, ATI or NVIDIA the screen picture is generally darker that it should be. Especially when gaming. The only odd thing to note, is if I …

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Just wanted to make note to the moderators/sysops, that for myself anyhow, I find that the forums are not sorting properly. Messages are not being displayed from newest (replies or otherwise) to oldest when I enter a forum. The display is random, with newer messages or replies being about middle …

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quick question...i have a vision of what i want to do and i was wondering if anybody knew if it were possible...i want to take the lcd screen off a laptop computer...sink it into the liner of the ceiling of my car and use clasps similar to teh ones for …

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[b][i]Can anybody plz help me with this question for my assingment it is due the 25 june and i can't get this question done......[/i][/b] The manager of a speedy bus company needs to know how many people travel by bus to different regions, which have codes A, B and C. …

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i am doing a software design class for my first year i had a written this psuedocode for a Timer type program type program, my teacher tells me there are errors in it i dont know whats wrong could you tell me please. here it is Program Timer Var mm …

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i am trying to install display drivers on a dell insiron 5100. it uses the radeon M 7500 graphics chipset/card. i removed the winXP and placed on a fresh, and true, version of win2000pro. everything works except the display drivers. upon installing i recieve this error, well similar, "inf file …

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Hello, I am getting a whole new system, I am getting a "mini" pc, a "mini" keyboard, and A "mini" monitor But I cannot find the monitor anywhere, I want one like Jack Osbournes. If you seen the episode with that weird guy with fizzy hair you will notice his …

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