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    m1330 "Rotate Display" problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by santos., Apr 16, 2008.

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    santos. Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys, long time no talk.

    I'm having an issue rotating my display. When I select and apply any option besides "No rotation (landscape)" in the NVIDIA control panel, the screen just flashes quickly and nothing happens. I've tried it on the laptop display, on an external using both VGA and HDMI, with multiple different drivers, and recently replaced my motherboard (still have the CPU whine...) to no avail.

    Search turned up nothing, anyone have any ideas?
     
    santos., Apr 16, 2008
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    When you installed the other drivers, did you completely remove the older ones. Generally what happens is settings from the older drivers are left in place even when you install newer ones. Its because of nVidias whole "unified driver architecture", which means instead of replacing all the files and settings, it gets smart and only updates what needs to be updated unless ofcourse no drivers are there in the first place.
     
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    Honestly I can't remember. I'd like to believe that I did, but it's been too long. Will try.
     
    santos., Apr 16, 2008
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    Nope... Didn't change anything.

    Anyone else?
     
    santos., Apr 17, 2008
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    Bumping this up.
     
    santos., Apr 17, 2008
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    And again.
     
    santos., Apr 18, 2008
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    Thanks for the tip, but didn't work for me. Here's what I did: I edited, as the webpage indicated, the nv_disp file in notepad, changing that one value from 4 --> 16 and adding the other line. I then re-ran the installer, but still getting the same thing. Did I do something wrong?

    Glad I'm not the only one to experience this at least...
     
    santos., Apr 18, 2008
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    Up we go...
     
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    Did you do this part too?
     
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    Yep, did everything the post said to do :(
     
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    Anyone...?
     
    santos., Apr 19, 2008
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    You have to use regedit, I believe editing the .inf is wrong. so you better clean reinstall the driver and run 'regedit', go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and search for 'RotateFlag' (better use Ctrl-F) and change the value to 16 decimal..
     
    themaiday, Apr 20, 2008
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    Yes! There were 5 instances where 'RotateFlag' came up in the registry, and 3 of them were already set to 16, but 2 were still at 4. Once all were switched to 16, I restarted, and voila! Thanks maiday, good call. If only I could understand how it changed and what significance 16 has over 4.

    Rep for you.
     
    santos., Apr 21, 2008
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    You're welcome
     
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    I am in vista, I have the same problem. How do I get to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ?
     
    dnino, Sep 11, 2008
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