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Display only on HDTV
« on: October 16, 2007, 03:03:20 PM »
Last night I shut my computer down in Clone mode, with my HDTV as the primary display. Now, today, I can't select my computer monitor in the display settings. It won't even show up, and I can't select clone, or change the primary display. What can I do to get the screen to display on my computer monitor again? Thanks! Oh, and I have an Nvidia Geforce 7600 GT.

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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2007, 03:51:19 PM »
If this is XP, or Vista, did you try System Restore?
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2007, 04:39:24 PM »
Sorry, forgot to put that in, running on Windows XP. I have not tried a system restore, I always hate doing that. Is there no other way for my computer to recognize my monitor?
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2007, 06:21:16 PM »
What is clone mode ? ?
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2007, 08:29:50 PM »
Umm.. It clones your desktop onto two monitors.
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2007, 08:37:06 PM »
You may want to try re-installing your video drivers,
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2007, 09:04:50 PM »
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I have not tried a system restore, I always hate doing that
...and why would that be?
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2007, 08:15:07 AM »
Ok, uninstalled video drivers and updated them, no luck, tried a system restore, also no luck. When the computer rebooted it said that nothing had been changed.
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2007, 05:18:40 PM »
Did you disconnect your TV from your monitor?
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2007, 09:32:01 AM »
If you mean disconnect from my computer, then yes. The 7600 GT has dual DVI ports, one of which is connected to my tv, the other to my monitor. I tried unplugging the TV but still no signal to the monitor.
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2007, 05:37:43 PM »
I'm hoping they weren't disconnected while the computer was on...
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2007, 08:38:35 PM »
No, I shut down the computer, removed the DVI plug that goes to the TV, then booted up the computer. What should I do? I've tried everything that I can think of, drivers, system restore, unplugging the video card.
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2007, 08:56:12 PM »
does your monitor show up on the device manager?? does your monitor come with any drivers? try scanning for new hardware...
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2007, 07:21:56 PM »
No, the monitor does not display in the device manager. I do not believe it came with any drivers. Is it possible that my monitor died over night? I don't have another computer to test it with, so I can't check it's functionality.
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Re: Display only on HDTV
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2007, 08:09:34 PM »
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No, the monitor does not display in the device manager. I do not believe it came with any drivers
It doesn't matter. If there were no drivers, your monitor still would be listed in Device Manager, just with Windows generic driver.
Bad cable?
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