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PC TO TV DISPLAY

Jul 25, 2010 1:51AM PDT

HI,

I HAVE A 50" PANASONIC PLASMA CONNECTED TO MY GATEWAY COMPUTER(VISTA)

WITH A

VGA CABLE. MY COMPUTER HAS ONE VGA CONNECTOR SO I TAKE OUT THE

COMPUTER'S CABLE AND PUT IN THE TV'S. EVERYTHING USED TO WORK FINE

UNTIL THE CABLE BROKE AND I MESSED WITH THE SETTINGS OF THE TV AND

COMPUTER THINKING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. SO NOW WHEN I GO TO PC

ADJUSTMENTS ON MY TV, THE TV DETECTS THE PC RESOLUTION OF 1024X768

AND I CAN SEE MY COMPUTER'S ADDRESS BAR ON THE TV FOR A SECOND BUT

THEN THE TV SCREEN GOES BLACK AND THE SAME THING REPEATS. I HAVE

BEEN TRYING MY BEST BUT TO NO AVAIL. I PUT ALOT OF DETAIL INTO THIS

SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND AND HELP ME OUT BECAUSE EVEN I SOUGHT HELP FROM

A GEEK SQUAD TECHNICIAN WHO COULDN'T FIND THE SOLUTION. I WOULD

REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF I COULD GET SOME HELP.

THANKS,
ALOT.

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Re: PC to TV
Aug 7, 2010 12:51AM PDT

I'd try with another PC (any laptop with external VGA connection will do) and see if you can get that working on the TV. Then compare the settings on your PC and on that laptop.

Kees

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Same issue
Sep 25, 2010 6:31AM PDT

Compaq nc6000 laptop/win.xp pro. I connected this to my TV (with vga)but get a "no signal" message. Connected another laptop and it works. Is there a setting that I should change? a Driver update? Audio comes thru fine. Stumped - Can anyone advise?

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My Solution
Sep 25, 2010 2:37PM PDT

After tweeking some display settings, I downloaded the ATI control center with a driver update. I set the second monitor to the "Clone" setting and it worked.