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    Wierd glitch

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Nathan P, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. Nathan P

    Nathan P Notebook Geek

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    Alright, I'm running a G1S-A1 with XP and I have a small glitch that is pretty much just irritating and doesn't effect much, but it's strange enough I thought I'd post it up. Anytime I connect a second monitor to my computer, the wallpaper changes to black. Everything works fine, it's just black. If I go into display properties, it still shows the correct image as being the wallpaper, but nothing shows up but black. If I reselect it (go to browse, find the file) it works fine but only after I disconnect the second monitor. What's up?

    Nathan
     
    Nathan P, Nov 23, 2007
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    Nathan P Notebook Geek

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    Alright, just plugged in the monitor again after resetting the background and it stayed this time. Now I'm really confused! Gonna try to replicated it again.
     
    Nathan P, Nov 23, 2007
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    There are glitches in dual monitor handling in WinXP, that have never been fixed...

    For instance, I have auto-hiding quick-launch bar & other toolbars, they are not painted properly when I remove the external monitor -- I have to log off to get them to display.

    Another thing but this is due to video drivers, the laptop screen flickers maybe 10-15 times if I forget to set the config to 1 monitor when I hibernate it, before removing the VGA cable.
     
    E.B.E., Nov 24, 2007
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