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VGA out problem with my x1600

post #1 of 11
12/1/06 at 5:19am
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I have an acer 5672 wlmi. I recently bought a brand new Samsung Syncmaster 730B. When I have my monitor connected to through the VGA port on my laptop, it will sometimes flash uncontroably for 2 or 3 minutes at a time. This does not happen while I play counter-strike, it only happens in windows.. You guys have any idea?
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post #2 of 11
12/2/06 at 6:46am
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Hey guys, I just noticed that when it flashes my CLI.exe process is using a high amount of CPU only at the time of the flashing
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post #3 of 11
12/3/06 at 3:24am
CLI is the ATI control center...
I had a similar problem with the omega drivers and watched movies ona tv with Svideo...
I switched to the 6.10 ATI caatalst drivers and so far ti has been fine.. but now have other issues ( I just hate the control center.. really slow)
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post #4 of 11
12/3/06 at 8:53pm
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yeah well i switched to the new drivers and it still does it
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post #5 of 11
12/4/06 at 8:56pm
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anyone know what i can do?
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post #6 of 11
12/6/06 at 12:57am
I had the exact same problem....I brought a new lcd with dvi and it hasn't done it since

.....not really a solution though, let me know if you find out anything more.

Dan
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post #7 of 11
12/6/06 at 6:48am
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well actually, I thought that might fix it, and if that's true, then I have no problem getting a DVI cable (my monitor supports vga and dvi) but even if my monitor didnt support dvi, I could get a dvi to vga adapter

but, I would still like to know what causes this
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post #8 of 11
12/6/06 at 7:49pm
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Originally Posted by bugmenot
even if my monitor didnt support dvi, I could get a dvi to vga adapter

If your laptop is anything like mine your missing the 4 pins around the cross on the dvi connector for analog output........my dvi is dvi-d only
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post #9 of 11
12/6/06 at 9:32pm
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I am missing those pins, what exactly does that mean, and what does mean for me?
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post #10 of 11
12/7/06 at 12:28am
basically it means no analog output from your dvi port.

You can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI
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post #11 of 11
12/7/06 at 9:55am
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k, well I understand how that works, I may just purchase a dvi cable to fix my problem
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