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HDMI Problem, Help Please

  • 12-02-2013 11:25PM
    #1
    Username99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 235 ✭✭


    Right so I had my laptop to my Tv via a HDMI cable, when I got the 'great' idea to zoom in the screen for easier viewing, I went to the contrl panel then display and then used the magnifier there to enlarge the screen to 200% scrolled arund for a bit, then all of a sudden the screen froze. I disconnected from the laptop and hooked it up to a playstation 3, and everything works fine, so the HDMI cable and the TV are fine. The problem must be with the laptop.

    Everytime I plug the HDMI into the laptop, I just get a still image of the the desktop background (with no icon, no curser either).

    Does anyone know what the problem might be?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Sounds like its in extended desktop mode(instead of mirroring the panels operate separately).

    Hold down the windows key(beside ctrl) and hit p, you will get an overlay with 4 options, set it to "duplicate" to get them to show the same thing or "projector only" to just run the tv(laptop screen off).


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