Posts by obake

Well, I fixed the screen. The little switch that is pressed when the screen is closed was broken somehow, so I took a paperclip and manually flicked it to turn on the light. However, the video card is still screwed up, as is the...

I bought an 8790 back in June or July of 2004. A few weeks ago, I started noticing some artifacting in my games, although 2D stuff was fine. I used ATI Tray Tools to underclock the card. In addition, I opened it up and cleaned out dust...

Yep, I'm starting to get the artifacting in games, although 2D stuff is still fine. Bought mine in May 2004, so I guess the warranty is gone. I guess desktop replacement laptops just get too hot or something. Time to sell this and build...

Well, I've tried 3 different pairs of headphones, all with the same result. The headphones work fine in other devices as well, so I'm 99% sure that they're not the problem. I mean, I can still get it to work, like I said before, by...

OK, I tried something else, and I THINK I've figured out what the problem is. It seems that the way my headphone's are oriented in the hole is what's causing. I've got it rotated now such that the sound DOES output to the headphones...

I tried fiddling with that some, but couldn't find anything. It might be just as simple as finding some utility that'll let me do just what you're saying, but I'd still like to know what caused the problem in the first place. The only...

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A few days ago, my headphone jack started acting screwy. I can plug in my headphones have sound come out from them, but the speakers on the computer stay on. It's very strange. Anybody have a fix for this? Thanks!

Do you know of any utilites that would help in this? I'm guessing that since the resolution modes aren't automatically selected that I need to force the computer to output the image at the correct resolution. I've got the QuickRes...

TV: Toshiba 24AF44 24" TV (480i compatible) I've been trying to output my video to the TV in order to watch videos on the larger screen. When I use just a regular S-Video cable, everything works fine; however, when I try to use...