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    Really Frustrated - Messed up External Monitor Res

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by masterchef341, Feb 9, 2010.

  1. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    Somehow, I set my external monitor to a resolution that it doesn't support.

    Now, any time I plug in my external monitor, my laptop display instantly goes off (expected behavior)

    and my external display instantly goes off (unfortunate expected behavior)

    How do I fix this!?!

    I have an nvidia GPU w/ the latest non-beta drivers, and I am running windows 7 x64 (technically windows server 2008 r2, but it's all the same)

    what is sick is that I can't seem to figure out how to change or reset those external monitor settings without actually having the thing plugged in.

    FAIL.

    HELP!
     
    masterchef341, Feb 9, 2010
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Did you change the settings from the Nvidia Control Panel?
     
    flipfire, Feb 9, 2010
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  3. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    i think so...
     
    masterchef341, Feb 9, 2010
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  4. Don Quixote

    Don Quixote Notebook Geek

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    I think you should start from not turning your laptop display off first. Win+P and select "Duplicate" or "Extend". Then connect your external monitor, and change resolutions of the second display.
     
    Don Quixote, Feb 9, 2010
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