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    Display Issue?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by P8ntbala, Oct 7, 2008.

  1. P8ntbala

    P8ntbala Notebook Geek

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    A few days after updating my graphics driver for my G1s, I tried connecting my laptop to a HDTV via HDMI and couldn't get my computer to see the connection (I've never had a problem before). I pressed fn-f8 a couple times to see if that would get the connection recognized with no luck, but for some reason my screen re-sized to the lowest resolution and suddenly my colors are very saturated. Of course I changed back to LCD setting, re sized my resolution but I can't figure out what happened with my colors. I played with ASUS splendid to see if something had changed there but nothing was and my colors are still extremely bright.
    I had updated to the 177.98 drivers before this happened, could that be the problem?
    And does anyone know what is going on with my display? I can't figure out what was changed and so I don't know how to fix it.
    Any advice for getting my HDMI connection working again?
    Thanks
     
    P8ntbala, Oct 7, 2008
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  2. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Vista: Right Click Desktop>Personalize>Display Settings>Drop down list or right of window. It will probably say 16-bit or 256 colors, select 32-bit.

    XP: Right Click Desktop>Properties>Settings Tab>Drop down box and select 32-bit Colors.

    That should fix the problem i think you have. I would say go back to the older drivers and see if everything will work again, then we can determine if its the driver causing the probelem.
     
    ahl395, Oct 7, 2008
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  3. P8ntbala

    P8ntbala Notebook Geek

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    The colors issue must be something else, it never left 32bit. I assumed it was a setting in the splendid utility but couldn't find a problem.
    I guess I will try rolling back the driver to see what happens.
     
    P8ntbala, Oct 7, 2008
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Maybe better to remove the driver, cleanup with drivercleanerpro, and install the old version.
     
    E.B.E., Oct 8, 2008
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