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    Two Vaio FE Questions

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by dbarnettuk, Mar 9, 2006.

  1. dbarnettuk

    dbarnettuk Newbie

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    Have just recieved my Vaio FE11H, and am very pleased with it - but I have a couple of things I am having problems with, I hope someone can help...

    1) When connecting an external monitor (using 'dual view' in the NVidia control panel) my external LCD screen gets a picture but is just a full screen of very light grey. It starts black and then fades unevenly to be a light grey all over. Argh.

    2) I cannot get my display brightness to automatically change when swapping from mains to battery use.

    Otherwise great. I expect a clean recovery install will be due at the weekend to clean the system up somewhat.

    Thanks
     
    dbarnettuk, Mar 9, 2006
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  2. DaCheese

    DaCheese Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    1.) I don't have an external so I can;t comment.

    2.) I have the same problem. I am guessing it's an nvidia software or driver problem.
     
    DaCheese, Mar 9, 2006
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  3. matt_h1

    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Just a thought, try the omega drivers rather than nvidia.
     
    matt_h1, Mar 9, 2006
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    dbarnettuk Newbie

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    Strangely, 2) is now working. Hopefully it will stay working

    1) I believe now this is because I am connecting an analogue connection to my TFT. It seems sony supply an adaptor to do this. Maybe it's trying to display a digital output?? :|
     
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  5. matt_h1

    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I had something weird like that happen once, for some reason it was putting the colour down to 8bit and the resolution down to 640*400 For some bizarre reason.
     
    matt_h1, Mar 9, 2006
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