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    Anyone using an external monitor w/ P-6860-FX?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Jordan1, Sep 25, 2008.

  1. Jordan1

    Jordan1 Notebook Guru

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    I've got a LG L246WP-BN 24" WUXGA display I have been using over VGA up until I received my 6860. However I'm having an awful time getting it to work properly over HDMI. I'm just wondering if anyone else is successfully using a external monitor via HDMI->HDMI. My HDTV works fine over hooked up to my laptop, but this monitor is a different story.

    Basically if others are doing HDMI->HDMI (not HDMI->DVI) running a normal monitor resolution (1920x1200, 1680x1050, etc; not 1080i/p) without issues, I might be looking for another monitor.
     
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    I hooked it up to my wife's 37" LCD HDTV with HDMI, just cuzz. No problems. I don't remember the resolution. Just plug&played. I used the TV as the only display (not 2 monitors).

    I've also hooked it up to 24" Samsung at work with HDMI and used mirrored monitors, so it was probably 1440x900 (guessing). Again, no problem.
     
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    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    I use my 32inch LCD sometimes. 1080i looks great in games and doesnt tax the GPU as much. This is using HDMI by the way.
     
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    1080i works on it but looks like crap compared to 1920x1200, which it won't display correctly. The whole screen is shifted to the left and up slightly @ 1920x1200. So basically I can't see a good chunk of the left side and I've got black bars on the right and bottom of the screen. I think I've hit every combination of monitor options but its a no go so far. However, VGA works fine, but don't like the degraded quality due to analog signal.
     
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    royk50 times being what they are

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    do you have ntune installed ?
    you should be able to fix all that you describe with it.
     
    royk50, Sep 25, 2008
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    I haven't been usind HDMI, just vga for 1080P output to the 42" for gaming. I'm interested in maybe using HDMI but that means picking up another cable. The VGA cable I use is connecting the 360 and TV via a KVM switch.
     
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    Yes, I have nTune installed but was unable to fix anything with it.
     
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    I solved the problem. Here is how I fixed it.
     
    Jordan1, Sep 26, 2008
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