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    Issue with poor HDMI on Dell Studio 1749

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bomahony, Feb 22, 2011.

  1. bomahony

    bomahony Newbie

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    I recently got a studio 1749 and have been pleasantly surprised with it. however i do have one issue.

    I am connecting it to a Samsung B2430H 24" monitor for watching stuff, and playing games.

    When i connect via VGA everything is fine. Proper colors etc.

    However when i use the HDMI cable to connect to the monitor, the graphics are extremely poor, and bitty. I am using a feault Win7 theme, and instead of the bottom being blacky/grey at the end its a pale blue/grey. The picel and color quality seem to be very poor.

    This is my first time using HDMI to connect a laptop, so i reckon im probably not configuring it right, but any options i seem to change in CCC (it has a Radeon 5650) doesnt seem to improve the output.

    Im just wondering if anyone has any pointers to get this fixed?
     
    bomahony, Feb 22, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Have you tried reinstalling CCC?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 22, 2011
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  3. bomahony

    bomahony Newbie

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    Nope will give it a lash when i get home later.

    First time using a laptop with HDMI, so was at a loss on what to do. Thanks for the pointer.
     
    bomahony, Feb 23, 2011
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    Eventually got around to doing this. No change.

    I uninstalled the Driver and CC, and reinstalled. No difference.

    However what i did notice was
    HDMI only plugged in. Crap resolution on monitor, grainy, ugly, Black bar (default win7 theme) down the end is light grey.
    HDMI & VGA plugged in, with HDMI active. Resolution seems perfect.

    Now my problem here is i dont have a second cable or a second device to output it too at the moment.

    Is there anything else i can do?
     
    bomahony, Mar 8, 2011
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