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Techie question, need a quick answer.
#7475721 - 10/01/07 10:14 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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So I'm fixing an old boss's computer and I got sick of disconnecting/reconnecting our PC's so I got a KVM switch. I have it hooked up right, because I can switch between both PC's but the second PC (his old POS) makes my monitor say "Out of Range: 27.8kHz / 61Hz".
How do I fix this? The only thing I could think of is maybe it's the video card on MY PC, I had to attach the DVI/VGA adapter to use it. How can I get my monitor to work with this guy's damn computer?
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SneezingPenis
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: Newbie]
#7475730 - 10/01/07 10:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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you need a flux capacitor.
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. *DELETED* [Re: Newbie]
#7475761 - 10/01/07 10:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: poke smot!]
#7475769 - 10/01/07 10:29 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Poke smot's got it, but I believe you want a lower rate. Try putting it as low as it will go. I doubt your boss is playing too much counter-strike
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: circularvortex]
#7475872 - 10/01/07 11:02 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tech support told me to connect a CRT monitor directly to his old PC first, change the refresh rate to 60hz (which mine's at) and to change his resolution to 1280x1024...
Think it'll work?
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: Newbie]
#7476037 - 10/02/07 12:05 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Needs more jiggawatts.
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: browndustin]
#7476074 - 10/02/07 12:23 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ya it should work. To be safe though start at 640X480 resolution, should be as low as it goes. When you make everything as low as possible you rule out the possibility for fucking up and having to swap out monitors back and forth. Once you get it up and working you can mess with the settings to get the best possible resolution and refresh rate.
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: browndustin]
#7476368 - 10/02/07 04:37 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
browndustin said: Needs more jiggawatts.
why are you such a racist brown dustin?
Edited by Oracle Of Delphi (10/02/07 04:38 AM)
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> why are you such a racist brown dustin?
Making a reference to the movie Back to the Future is racist? Granted, the spelling should be gigawatts, but in the movie, the professor mispronounces the word as "jiggawatts".
> I have it hooked up right, because I can switch between both PC's but the second PC (his old POS) makes my monitor say "Out of Range: 27.8kHz / 61Hz".
Right click on the desktop of the computer that causes the problem and select properties. Click the settings tab and then reduce the resolution down to something that works (800x600 probably works). Hit the advanced button, click the monitor tab, and set the refresh rate to the lowest supported (probably 60Hz). Apply, and add the KVM back into the system.
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: Seuss]
#7476812 - 10/02/07 09:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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tried rebooting with the bad monitor connected? most monitors have a default setting
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: Seuss]
#7479657 - 10/03/07 03:35 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Seuss said: > why are you such a racist brown dustin?
Making a reference to the movie Back to the Future is racist? Granted, the spelling should be gigawatts, but in the movie, the professor mispronounces the word as "jiggawatts".
i forgot - lame jokes dont carry over well on the internets OoD
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> lame jokes dont carry over well on the internets
Certainly not with lame admins...
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Re: Techie question, need a quick answer. [Re: Seuss]
#7479725 - 10/03/07 04:40 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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zing!
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They said it was a think for def people to use (TTY) and the other port was for my MP3's.
I just bought one of these Kensington Blue Tooth adapters instead.

Can anyone recommend the best software to upload things to my phone? I absolutely refuse to pay $2 for a 2"x1" wallpaper...
Edited by Newbie (10/03/07 08:27 PM)
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