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    just got my new monitor...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Sirius_GTO, Mar 20, 2007.

  1. Sirius_GTO

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    I FREAKING LOVE IT! it's gorgeous at 1680X1050 resolution from Dell.

    Just got a couple questions. I want to be able to close my laptop and just use a wireless mouse and keyboard, but when i close it, it shuts off the 2nd monitor as well. Anyone know how to fix that? thanks
     
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    another problem im having....

    does anyone know when i have an opened mozilla web browser, the window is bumping up and down like as if it's bumping to music!

    it's really crazy...

    does anyone know what it is?
     
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    Try setting the Second monitor as primary when it's hooked up? I am not at my laptop, so that's the only thing I can think off the top of my head.

    Also, you have "Close Lid" set to "Do nothing" right?
     
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    ahhhhh ok i found out how to change the close lid settings, it's confusing with vista :( that's my excuse.


    but now what about this bumping stuff?

    thanks
     
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    No idea on that. Last time Firefox jumped around on me it was something embedded/encoded into the page I was viewing. A joke, if you will.
     
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    hmmmm I'm thinking the same thing as well....
     
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    it's still bumpin guys! anyone?
     
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    Reinstall Firefox?
     
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    i'm going to reinstalling the driver and restarting the computer. i hope this helps. thx saiyanman!
     
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    I'm uploading a video right now so you can see it.
     
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    anyone????
     
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    It's bumpin' alright!

    Weird... :confused:
     
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    lol i know ...

    tell me about it. I NEED HELP SOMEONE OMG I'M DYING HERE LOL
     
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    You could install some air bags under your chair....Does this only happen in firefox? If so its most likely a problem with the program itself.
     
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    lol, you and your quality jokes! :rofl:

    Yeap, it only happens with mozilla. I uninstalled and reinstalled several times and it still does it.

    I guess I'll just either put airbags like you said and bump along or... stop using mozilla.

    in the meantime I've installed Opera. Works fantastic. :p
     
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    Hmm, I can't look here at work, but I'll take a gander when I get home tonight and see if I can think of anything.
     
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    It doesnt happen to me under a dual LCD desktop vista setup, or with my laptop, though its still running XP. Its got to be a sftware issue, if it was hardware, the whole screen would be doing it, like a continuous auto adjust.
     
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    thats exactly what I thought too. I just uninstalled mozilla and left it at that...

    if anyone have any opinions or comments let me know.
     
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    im starting to suspect it's due to my video card overheating from playing cs source on the 22" monitor. Could this possibly be it?
     
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    I wouldn't think so, unless something else was wrong (like a fan seated wrong).

    Nvidia cards will send out a warning or throttle down if they overheat; if I am not mistaken that is.
     
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    I don't mean overheating to that point. But it does get hot where I'd see the tiles on the floor of de_Dust2 upper basements to be purple and the walls to show rainbow coloring.

    I'm sure that's a sign that the card is getting pretty darn hot.

    i might be mistakened.
     
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