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$70/month

Jesus Fucking Christ.

?!

Compared to not working for an hour? To have email high centered, or the sales database unavailable? It's pretty easy to get our return on that investment each month.

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 682320)

Wanna try it? Send me a pm.

Thanks anyway, but for now my needs are taken care of by RDC. The only thing I use it for is remoting into my work machines from home.

Sounds like a nifty tool, though.

No prob.

I use it for that purpose, in both directions. Sometimes it's nice to be able to see one's network from the outside. I forgot to add it has file transfer functionality, chat tools, diagnostic tools, and it's reversible. I could connect to you, then reverse the connection and you could see *my* screen. Also a notes feature and the ability to reboot (and reconnect) normally and in safe mode.

Just use servers you can ssh into. Never a problem.

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato (Post 682232)

Right click on the desktop.
Choose properties in the menu.
Choose the Settings tab.
Click on the Advanced button.
Choose the adapter tab.
Make sure the adapter is what you expected. If you're not sure look in the documentation that came with your computer.
Now choose the monitor tab.
I suspect that somehow your monitor driver got changed. (Yes there is a monitor driver - at least that's what ms calls it.)
Click on the properties button.
You'll have to poke around in this area. I've never had to fix up a situation like this. Roll back driver, and uninstall look potentially useful.
You might also try calling the SVA people to see if they've got a monitor driver file for your monitor.
All of the above assume XP, but later versions should be similar.

Actually, did you check in your stuff to see if you got a cd with the monitor? I did when I got my samsung.

Good luck.

Right clicking the desktop gets me pic 1, when I click 'Graphics Properties', I get pic 2 (none of these options apply except Display Settings), when clicking 'Display Settings', you guessed it, pic three. Again, no real love. Highlighted is my current resolution(strrretched to fill my wide screen). Aspect Ratio changes nothing. Refresh is 60hz. Color Quality offers 16 or 32 bit. Video Settings only let you tweak colors etc.

No disc. I thought about checking their site, but was putting it off as most manufacturer's website's help systems only make me angry(er). Circular logic infuriates me.

I did see a "rollback driver" box somewhere in my wanderings, but, it was unavailable and grayed out.

Thanks for the input everyone.:thumb:

BTW: Was looking at Dwellar's pics last night...you are all punkin' heads.

Bwahahahah!

I do love the screen shots when disgnosing, Digr, thanks.

"Intel graphics driver: Unable to use the native resolution, such as 1920x1080, 1680x1050 and 1440x900"

I bet that's it right there. We'll need to figure out which Intel graphics accelerator you have. But first try rebooting your system with the monitor already turned on. There may be no reason to turn the monitor off at all, as newer monitors use a tiny trickle of power when not displaying stuff.

Am I reading this right: you used to be able to display at this resolution, and now you can't? I would do a full hardware check. Is the video card overheating, under-powered, not well-seated? Edit: If your video comes directly off the motherboard (no "video card") please ignore this whole post.

shut down PC and remove power cord to the PC's power supply
open up the case, maybe take it outside and spray out the dust bunnies with some canned air
an air compressor works even better...but: DON'T SPIN THE FANS (you'll wear the bearings out) . . . DO NOT USE A VACUUM CLEANER
find the video card and make sure the fans/heatsinks aren't gunked up with dust and fibers
unsecure any latches or anything holding it in place and remove it, then put it back in (checking that it is "well seated")
if power is pulled from the power supply (as opposed to directly off the motherboard) make sure the right things are plugged in
take your clean PC back inside and plug everything back...sometimes an unplug/replug, unseat/reseat "magically" fixes mystery problems

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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 682422)

We're guilty of never turning the thing off since it uses almost no power in standby/off mode.

UT: That almost has to be my salvation, doesn't it? Does this pic contain the info needed to ID the driver I need? It says

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Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

, but, doesn't say which one. The drivers that contain my fix look to be different for the G31 & the G33 (the download addresses are different, anyway). If I d'load and install the wrong one will it do bad things, or, will it just not work?

Oh, and, Flint: It's a slim case computer, so I'm assuming it's on/in the mobo. Thanks tho.

But I still won't know why it decided to change in the first place.:mad:

If not an unplug/replug or an unseat/reseat, how about an uninstall/reinstall?

As gratifying as it is to be Sherlock Holmes and uncover the clues that reveal the mysterious cause of the problem, I find it even better to do some simple, brainless task which fixes the problem. Who cares why it fixed it? If it never happens again, you'll never need to know. Total time investment: 10-15 minutes. If it doesn't work, THEN go beat your head against a brick wall...to your heart's content.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...&DwnldID=18383

Download and go. Win 7 G31/33 driver that is supposed to fix your problem.

Quit fixing it that way. You didn't put a multi-meter on it.

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Originally Posted by Flint (Post 682490)

[*]an air compressor works even better...but: DON'T SPIN THE FANS (you'll wear the bearings out)

Really? I don't know much about computers, but quite a bit about bearings, and I'm curious how you came up with that?