Recent content by gredhead

OK, went back to separate displays, with TV main display, TV has everything, all icons, all windows, but is still small, although tv resolution is set to 1920 x 1080. And now the viewsonic just has the desktop wallpaper and nothing else - like the tv with the viewsonic set as main display...

Yes, I have been using the nvidia control panel, and have updated to the latest driver/control panel. I changed to "duplicate displays" and then they both show the entire desktop and all open windows. But there are two other issues. The display on the TV is much smaller than the physical...

I have a system with Asus M3N78 Pro mobo with onboard GeForce 8300 graphics. I have a viewsonic A90f as main display, on mobo VGA, 1280 x 1024, and a sony tv attached to HDMI as second display, on mobo HDMI, 1920 x 1080. But when I switch the tv to the HDMI input, all that shows is the...

I don't have the tools or skill to straighten pins like that, so I returned the mobo and got the replacement yesterday (Newegg is great). INstalled, everything works first time, like it should. I still don't understand - (1) I can't believe there was some way I bent the pins, but (2) I can't...

thanks again everyone for all your help I took the cooler off, and the processor out and looked with magnifier and bright light. There are 3 or 4 pins in the center left of the processor socket that are bent. Does anyone have any idea how this could happen? The mobo had a protective...

Thanks Blitz Kriege R and john3850 so much for your advice. (1) Removed PSU for this new system, took to other system with more installed hardware - mobo, SSD, 3 HD's, video card, etc. Other system boots fine with new PSU - PSU OK. (2) removed mobo from case, set on floor, hooked to PSU...

With 24 pin and 12v mobo plugs in mobo, and no drives connected, have original problem - power supply turns off after 1 second. I guess I still can't be sure the PS is good under load and will have to remove the PS from a working PC and try that - will post results after.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Well, I had checked the clear RTC/CMOS jumper, and it is OK. So I unplugged the four drives and the 24 pin and 12v plugs from the mother board. Turned on PS, jumpered pin 16 (green) to ground, and power supply came up, all fans (did not unplug them) in case...

Sorry - failed to mention, have not actually installed the GTX-580 yet. I wanted to see if everything so far was OK, and do the basic windows, etc installs. So the monitor is cabled to teh mobo VGA port. Also, FYI - the four mobo POST LED's, which light to indicate a problem, are all out...

I am putting together a system for my son's birthday present, based on the super system in Anandtech's latest guide. Here are the components: Asus P8Z68-V pro mobo core i7 2600 4 GB x 2 corsair 1866 crucial 128 GB SDD 1 TB 6gb/s HD 2 TB 3gb/s HD antec nine hundred case antec 900w P/S...

I thought about uninstalling wmp, then re-installing. Looks like you can't just download wmp for win 7, so I downloaded the media feature pack that includes wmp that is intended for the versions of win 7 that did not originally include wmp. Is this the next logical step, or should I try...

I remembered a great utility from years ago (gspot) and used it to look at the codecs for the files that won't play - wmv3. But gspot says the codex status is "undetermined" - never seen that before. Went to page recommended in previous post, tried the manual reset of WMP with WMP...

I have on old system I installed windows 7 on. Due to jerky video in WMP, I installed a Geforce 6200 and latest drivers. Everything has been fine for many months, but today I get error messages from WMP when I try to play video files that played fine yesterday. Usually it says "WMP cannot...

I was out of town for a month, but when I got home, I tried the auto adjust, and that took care of the problem. Have never used "auto adjust" on a monitor before and didn't realize that was there - thanks.

No, I am using a VGA cable. No adjustment for size, other than resolution, in Nvidia drivers.