Computer illiterate people who think they know things V8: Mandrith appreciation Station. - Hardware & Software

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A few pages back, some people showed broken screens. My dad broke his laptop screen now... [img]http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc350/Hentsu/SP_A1492.jpg?t=1295531900[/img] [img]http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc350/Hentsu/SP_A1491.jpg?t=1295531896[/img] Anybody knows how I would be able to use an external monitor with it? It doesn't reqognize it automatically.

[QUOTE=tratzzz;27541206]A few pages back, some people showed broken screens. My dad broke his laptop screen now... [img_thumb]http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc350/Hentsu/SP_A1492.jpg?t=1295531900[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://i526.photobucket.com/albums/cc350/Hentsu/SP_A1491.jpg?t=1295531896[/img_thumb] Anybody knows how I would be able to use an external monitor with it? It doesn't reqognize it automatically.[/QUOTE] Close the lid. Find the LCD panel you need and replace it, too.

[QUOTE=Shadaez;27541245]Close the lid. Find the LCD panel you need and replace it, too.[/QUOTE] It was only open, because I wanted to know how it looks like that... Meh, it is probably going to warranty, or father buys a new LCD panel and replaces it.

Closing the lid should make windows use the external. Start the PC then close it immediately.

[QUOTE=GrabbinPills;27468035]your computer is still processing the information. you just can't see it because it is not converting the frames to a viewable format and then transmitting them to your monitor[/QUOTE] Actually it's still converting them, you just can't see it. Your GPU isn't some omnipresent being that can tell when a monitor is plugged into it. [editline]20th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=B!N4RY;27479559]Mine idles on 51 with MX-2 thermal paste and a custom fan profile.[/QUOTE] I have a 480 with an 8800GTS 320MB right underneath it, but my 480 idles like a boss, quiet too. [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9038221/smugness.png[/img] :smug:

[QUOTE=Shadaez;27541319]Closing the lid should make windows use the external. Start the PC then close it immediately.[/QUOTE] Just tried... Didn't work. Dangit. I should try again a bit later, when I have more time. Edit: Tried again. Didn't work. Laptop is HP Compaq Presario CQ60

[QUOTE=tratzzz;27541431]Just tried... Didn't work. Dangit. I should try again a bit later, when I have more time. Edit: Tried again. Didn't work. Laptop is HP Compaq Presario CQ60[/QUOTE] On all the laptops ive seen, theres a function key that cycles between built in and external monitors. such as on mine it is Fn+F8. Should be a screen shaped symbol or something.

[QUOTE=tratzzz;27541276]It was only open, because I wanted to know how it looks like that... Meh, it is probably going to warranty, or father buys a new LCD panel and replaces it.[/QUOTE] There should be a little function button on there with a screen-looking thing on it. Hold Fn and press that until your external monitor comes on. [editline]20th January 2011[/editline] :ninja:

[QUOTE=tratzzz;27541431]Just tried... Didn't work. Dangit. I should try again a bit later, when I have more time. Edit: Tried again. Didn't work. Laptop is HP Compaq Presario CQ60[/QUOTE] Windows key+P

Haven't laughed this hard for a while.

Also, the story about my fathers broken laptop screen is funny. My sister walked put of her room, only to step in my cats puke. She was scared and screamed. My father didn't understand what is going on, tried to stand up with his laptop on his lap and guess what? Laptop fell into a table. Or onto the corner of a table. And I didn't even know what was happening. I was sleeping then. Meh, Is it cats, sisters or fathers fault? :v:

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;27538501]I found this sitting in a pile of junk, [img_thumb]http://www.pinondeer.com/images/Dell5150_Big.jpg[/img_thumb] should I take it?[/QUOTE] You should take all computer related junk

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;27543233]You should take all computer related junk[/QUOTE] I want to do this at my local dump some time, but I'm not sure about the laws here [editline]21st January 2011[/editline] Like, build a rendering franken-farm :v:

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;27543233]You should take all computer related junk[/QUOTE] Had a look and it was gone, sad face. Plus I would not be able to carry a 5XXX series Dimension a mile home

Tried FN +f4 (Monitor logo or smth) and Windows + P like you said. Didn't work. Tried with VGA and HDMI. Meh, Dad is getting a replacement monitor for 150Euros. That includes changing the screen.

you know it's gonna be totally booted to work right?

[QUOTE=Legend286;27541353] I have a 480 with an 8800GTS 320MB right underneath it, but my 480 idles like a boss, quiet too. [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9038221/smugness.png[/img_thumb] :smug:[/QUOTE] Mine runs at a slower fan speed than yours AND have a GTX250 on the bottom, and yet it's only 2 degrees higher after cooling down from playing a graphics intensive game. [editline]20th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=codenamecueball;27543281]Had a look and it was gone, sad face. Plus I would not be able to carry a 5XXX series Dimension a mile home[/QUOTE] Call a taxi or something

[QUOTE=tratzzz;27543331]Tried FN +f4 (Monitor logo or smth) and Windows + P like you said. Didn't work. Tried with VGA and HDMI. Meh, Dad is getting a replacement monitor for 150Euros. That includes changing the screen.[/QUOTE] :effort:

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;27543355]you know it's gonna be totally booted to work right?[/QUOTE] Yes.. I know that I need to wait... I waited too. [QUOTE=VistaPOWA;27543413]:effort:[/QUOTE] What?

Oh right, just checking

When you guys say dumps what do you mean?

[QUOTE=ineedateam1;27543783]When you guys say dumps what do you mean?[/QUOTE] Taking a shit

When something has to make a stack dump it usually means the programmer did too

[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;27532803']A ps1 Ps2[/QUOTE]:love:

[QUOTE=leach139;27545480]When something has to make a stack dump it usually means the programmer did too[/QUOTE] So a stack overflow means the toilet clogged?

[QUOTE=ineedateam1;27543783]When you guys say dumps what do you mean?[/QUOTE] A dump is the really the dumping of all the data contained in the RAM pertaining to a certain program.

You guys are dumb, they were talking about garbage dumps to get old PCs that have been brought to be recycled.

Lets begin: SNES Nintendo 64 PS1 PS2 PS3 Xbox Xbox 360 Two Nintendo DS Two Gameboy SP Gameboy Advance Old Compaq My current "gaming rig"(Gateway M-7315u) 2005 eMac Two 32" TV's (Haier is mine, Westinghouse for my parents. Both in the same room) Old Dell Dimension Some HP Printer iPod Touch(2nd Gen) Zune 80GB Pink Zune 8GB(moms) iPhone 3(moms) iPhone 4(mine) HTC Tilt(step dads) Blackberrys. LOTS AND LOTS OF FUCKING BLACKBERRY PHONES. Commodore Amiga Step fathers "gaming" rig from 1998(unknown brand. It's old and currently being used as a door stopper) Commodore 64 somewhere in my shed. Wii DVD Player(Venturer) with 5.1 surround sound. 3 Fuji Advanced point and shoot cameras MXL .006 Condenser Microphone My 2.1 speaker system Free Dell laptop I got for fixing my friends sisters laptop IBM Thinkpad(Windows 98, chyea!) Acer Laptop That's all I can think of.

Rate me box or wrench if you're able to clock your monitor to 5GHz or higher. Rate heart or rainbow if you don't know how to do that but want to.