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    P-6860 HDMI display question

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by hibbs, May 17, 2008.

  1. hibbs

    hibbs Notebook Guru

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    I hooked the laptop up to my 42" Vizio LCD TV (w\ HDMI) and had some trouble. I figured out to use the Nvidia contol program to resize the screen so it would fit the tv correctly, but it was setup as a dual screen which was no good. After switching to a duplicate screen setup (tv mirrors laptop) the option to resize the tv screen is gone... I thought maybe it had to do with some changes I had made. I've even done a restore point and still the option is gone. Also now when I try to switch to dual mode or duplicate mode it says to keep settings yes\no, I click yes and it reverts back anyway.

    I've been on google, here, nvidia forums for like 3hrs and all I can find is people having tons of trouble with the nvidia control programs. It would have worked so beautifully for me if only the setting I needed to adjust didn't disappear!! how can I get my adjustment back? Is there a patch or anything?

    If I can play crysis in 42" HD I can die a happy man the next day!

    Thanks in advance for any ideas\info.
     
    hibbs, May 17, 2008
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  2. cyclist14

    cyclist14 Notebook Consultant

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    Just use the windows display settings and set your HDTV as the primary monitor, the nVidia software is only good for overclocking and color settings.
     
    cyclist14, May 17, 2008
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