Archive for June, 2008
My laptop screen has what looks like a hair stuck on it, but it doesn’t wipe off?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
It actually looks nearly like a pencil mark or something. It's very small and doesn't really mess anything up, but what’s it? I don't think a scratch would look like that… but what does a scratch look like on a laptop screen?
Answer: Gently glide your fingernail across the line. Does it catch on the […]
My computer monitor got smaller?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
I was using my laptop sony vaio its about 8 years old. I restarted it and when it came back on the screen got smaller. i tried to mend the settings on it but it would only give me two options. how can i fix this problem
Answer: Update the video driver on your Vaio. Then […]
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
WHat are most laptop monitors made of?
1 electronics
2 liquid crystal
3 Photons
4 Silica Gel
Answer: The display itself is mostly Liquid Crystal, encased in plastic, emanating photons, controlled by electronics, shipped in a box with a bit of silica gel to keep it dry.
Answer: My monitor is made out of Pez and AOL CDs. My max resolution […]
Primary colors: RYB. Why monitors RGB??
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Color printers use Red, Yellow, and Blue. I've been told these are the Primary Colors. Which means you can use these three colors to create any color visible to the human eye…
So why do monitors use Red, Green, Blue instead??
This question has been nagging at me since the early 80's when I saw […]
How do i what video card im using?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
start - run - dxdiag - display tab
or download cpu-z: http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
and search there.
Answer: open the case and remove it. Look at it. See what it is.
Answer: Run DXDIAG from your run command in Windows. Go to the “Display” tab. It should tell you there.
Answer: siw might also help
http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
Answer: call geek squad.
Where can i find a ac adapter for a medion pc monitor.?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Go to an electronics specialist (maplin electronics in the UK is good… no idea but you gotta have something better than Tandy in the US) and purchase a universal power supply.
Just make sure it will deliver the right voltage and has a high enough power rating… and that it comes with a plug of the […]
Colour on my screen?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Hi
I swiched on my computer today and my screen was very blue… after a while it went back to normal but seemed very bright, now all the coloures seen to be very strange, really bright, and if say i open word up the backdrop is usually a dark blue but its really light on mine […]
Windows XP: Any time I hit the start botton, some portions of its window remain on the desktop! Why?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The remaining portions remain after I close this begin window! I have to refresh my desktop wallpaper to get rid of it. This is very annoying! I have enough RAM (2 GB). What’s the reason? How can I avoid it? Thanks.
Answer: You can download the registery manager but there are also other ways to make […]
Personal Monitor Goes Black?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
i recently got a new top of the range personal. My uncle, (a it technian) helped pick the best one for me. Ive had it for nearly too months, things have been working fantastic. Yesterday however, my computer monitor very suddenly went black. I've tried restarting it, nothing changes. When you press the off switch […]
Dual Monitor Support with NVIDIA drivers?
Monday, June 30th, 2008
I’m using the latest NVIDIA drivers (175.19) in Windows XP and I am having trouble setting up my two monitors to work the way I would like them to.
I would like to set up my monitors so that the second monitor is an extension of the first, rather than a clone. But, if I maximise […]