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    HDMI Issues Laptop & TV

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Voodooi, Mar 9, 2012.

  1. Voodooi

    Voodooi AFK for a while...

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    HDMI used to work 100% fine with my laptop/TV. As soon as I'd plug it in, I'd get the same screen on both my TV.

    Now when I plug it in, my laptop screen goes black and the screen is carried over to the TV and when I unplug the HDMI cable, my laptop screen turns vertical (from right to left).

    I tried toying around with every possible display option but can't get it to function properly. Each time I select an option, a few minutes later it reverts back to the original option and it's incredibly frustrating.

    It seems that it's randomly selecting display settings at will. I've never had any issues before and have been using HDMI TV+laptop for months.

    My goal is to get the same exact image between my laptop and TV as I previously did. Not an extended screen. Not one of two screen operational.

    Any tips?
     
    Voodooi, Mar 9, 2012
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    Try messing with your GPU's control panel and forcing it to clone and see what happens, if it still flips to whatever it wants to, try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers for it.
     
    Kuu, Mar 10, 2012
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  3. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    does your laptop have a function key toggle (Fn+F1 or similar)? Some laptops do and it allows you to toggle the output.
    ie: [LCD <> external <> both]
     
    Primes, Mar 10, 2012
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  4. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    This ^^

    It sounds like you altered something in the set up configuration?
     
    Krane, Mar 10, 2012
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  5. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    That about sums it up. Random parameter change strikes again.
     
    olyteddy, Mar 11, 2012
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