2nd monitor display

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop I connected the laptop to an external monitor and it
works fine - except for one thing:
the laptop has a landscape 15" screen while the monitor is the old
fashioned square type. So the right third of the display does not show
on the external monitor.

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on the laptop and can't find where to
change the setting so that the entire desktop appears on the square
monitor. Anyone know where it is?

I found the "screen resolution" screen that shows the 2 displays, turned
off the laptop display (which did not work anyway) but can't find where
I can make a change to make the desktop appear square on the monitor
instead of landscape so it does not cut off the right part.

lid wrote:
The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop I connected the laptop to an external monitor and it
works fine - except for one thing:
the laptop has a landscape 15" screen while the monitor is the old
fashioned square type. So the right third of the display does not show
on the external monitor.

I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on the laptop and can't find where to
change the setting so that the entire desktop appears on the square
monitor. Anyone know where it is?

I found the "screen resolution" screen that shows the 2 displays, turned
off the laptop display (which did not work anyway) but can't find where
I can make a change to make the desktop appear square on the monitor
instead of landscape so it does not cut off the right part.

The video is made by ATI/AMD/NVidia/Intel.

Make sure the Advanced part of the Display control
panel is available. Find the driver from amd.com,
nvidia.com, downloadcenter.intel.com, so you have
all the Advanced features. Then, turn off the
laptop panel, leaving the other external display
connected and enabled.

Dual display can be in "clone" or "span".
You're probably in "clone" right now.
The fixed resolution of the laptop panel is
now copied as a limitation to the second monitor.
The second monitor is an exact copy of the first,
including copying the wrong resolution.

If you flip to "span" mode, the two displays are
independent. The laptop one holds the left side
of the screen. The add-in display the right side
of the screen. Obviously this is a non-starter,
since the Start button can no longer be seen.

By turning off the laptop panel entirely, in
the Advanced settings, that's as close as I can
get to giving you an independent resolution control.
With the left side of the screen turned off, all
the icons have to move to the external display.

Just be careful what you're doing, so you don't
end up being unable to access stuff.

To avoid some dopey result, do a backup now. If
you get in trouble, do a restore :-) :-)

Paul

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip

Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.

I've had a couple of laptop screens (2 HP's and a Dell, I think) go dark
over the years and for me the fix has always been the inverter, a part that
costs about $12, give or take. Maybe I just got lucky. Speaking of lucky, on
the laptops in question the inverter was a plug-in device, so the hardest
part was disassembling the display enough to access the right area.

Of course, if this is going to be your excuse, I mean reason, for buying a
new laptop, then ignore what I just said.

--

Char Jackson

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:08:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip

Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.



That's extremely interesting. I'm not the OP, but thanks very much; I
never knew that before, and it's worth remembering.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:44:57 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:08:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip

Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.



That's extremely interesting. I'm not the OP, but thanks very much; I
never knew that before, and it's worth remembering.

You may never need that information, but you're welcome.

This subtopic sounds like something that's up Paul's alley.

--

Char Jackson

Just to add to that I have an HP Pavilion DM1 notebook where if the lid was
moved the display would go haywire with crackling on sound. I was certain
it was the connecting cable which goes from m/b to screen via one of the
hinges and was on the point of ordering one.
Made a quick check that other connectors were OK and discovered that putting
pressure on one of the RAM modules would instigate the fault. Removed it
and it ran OK with one 2Gb module.
Thought I would have to buy new memory but decided to clean the contacts on
the module and the socket using Servisol switch cleaner, now working
perfectly with all 4Gb.
Can't see the connection between RAM and corrupted video, just happy that
it's working and I didn't waste money on unneeded parts.

Kenny Cargill

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:08:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip

Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you
can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.



That's extremely interesting. I'm not the OP, but thanks very much; I
never knew that before, and it's worth remembering.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:21:31 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:44:57 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:08:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip

Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.



That's extremely interesting. I'm not the OP, but thanks very much; I
never knew that before, and it's worth remembering.

You may never need that information, but you're welcome.


I *hope* I never need it, but you never know. g

Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:21:31 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:44:57 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 01:08:33 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip
Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.


That's extremely interesting. I'm not the OP, but thanks very much; I
never knew that before, and it's worth remembering.
You may never need that information, but you're welcome.


I *hope* I never need it, but you never know. g


The flashlight test is if you suspect a backlight failure.
The panel pixels continue to update, but there is nothing
to illuminate them with. The flashlight serves as an
alternate illumination (when the CCFLs or inverter are dead).

Most of the panels we're familiar with, are "transmission"
panels. The layers in the panel form a cross-polarizer, and
"gate" the transmission of light.

a few panels were made, which work on "reflection", but
those aren't all that common.

Paul

Not very scientific, I'd say. Depends on the lumen output of the
flashlight, or torch as it is known in the UK. I guess you mean a 3 Volt
flashlight running on 2 batteries.

--
choro
*****

On 31/08/2014 07:08, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:45:40 -0400, "
wrote:

The screen display on my Toshiba laptop just went bad. Till I buy
another laptop snip

Shine a flashlight onto the screen when the computer is running. If you can
see a faint display, the panel is probably easily repairable.

Not very scientific, I'd say. Depends on the lumen output of the
flashlight, or torch as it is known in the UK. I guess you mean a 3 Volt
flashlight running on 2 batteries. If you throw enough light on any
screen...


I've had a couple of laptop screens (2 HP's and a Dell, I think) go dark
over the years and for me the fix has always been the inverter, a part that
costs about $12, give or take. Maybe I just got lucky. Speaking of lucky, on
the laptops in question the inverter was a plug-in device, so the hardest
part was disassembling the display enough to access the right area.

Of course, if this is going to be your excuse, I mean reason, for buying a
new laptop, then ignore what I just said.

On 01/09/2014 00:27, choro wrote:
Not very scientific, I'd say. Depends on the lumen output of the
flashlight, or torch as it is known in the UK. I guess you mean a 3 Volt
flashlight running on 2 batteries.

BTW, I DO remember a professional photographer who tried to photograph a
TV using a powerful flash!!! He caught the image OK but only the
reflection of the flash! Mind you this was eons ago when TVs were
practically unknown.

As you can guess, I wasn't born y/day, you know!

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:31:27 +0100, choro wrote:

On 01/09/2014 00:27, choro wrote:
Not very scientific, I'd say. Depends on the lumen output of the
flashlight, or torch as it is known in the UK. I guess you mean a 3 Volt
flashlight running on 2 batteries.

BTW, I DO remember a professional photographer who tried to photograph a
TV using a powerful flash!!! He caught the image OK but only the
reflection of the flash! Mind you this was eons ago when TVs were
practically unknown.

As you can guess, I wasn't born y/day, you know!

People have also tried to photograph a movie screen (i.e., 35mm
projection movie) with flash.

In fact, I seem to recall having a discommon with someone about that,
and he couldn't get it when I tried to explain to him the reason it
wouldn't work - but that was so long ago that I don't fully trust my
memory of the event.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:59:45 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:31:27 +0100, choro wrote:

On 01/09/2014 00:27, choro wrote:
Not very scientific, I'd say. Depends on the lumen output of the
flashlight, or torch as it is known in the UK. I guess you mean a 3 Volt
flashlight running on 2 batteries.

BTW, I DO remember a professional photographer who tried to photograph a
TV using a powerful flash!!! He caught the image OK but only the
reflection of the flash! Mind you this was eons ago when TVs were
practically unknown.

As you can guess, I wasn't born y/day, you know!

People have also tried to photograph a movie screen (i.e., 35mm
projection movie) with flash.

In fact, I seem to recall having a discommon with someone about that,
and he couldn't get it when I tried to explain to him the reason it
wouldn't work - but that was so long ago that I don't fully trust my
memory of the event.

I have no idea how "discommon" got there (well, PEBCAK, for sure), but I
meant "discussion".

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:40:41 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:59:45 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:31:27 +0100, choro wrote:

On 01/09/2014 00:27, choro wrote:
Not very scientific, I'd say. Depends on the lumen output of the
flashlight, or torch as it is known in the UK. I guess you mean a 3 Volt
flashlight running on 2 batteries.

BTW, I DO remember a professional photographer who tried to photograph a
TV using a powerful flash!!! He caught the image OK but only the
reflection of the flash! Mind you this was eons ago when TVs were
practically unknown.

As you can guess, I wasn't born y/day, you know!

People have also tried to photograph a movie screen (i.e., 35mm
projection movie) with flash.

In fact, I seem to recall having a discommon with someone about that,
and he couldn't get it when I tried to explain to him the reason it
wouldn't work - but that was so long ago that I don't fully trust my
memory of the event.

I have no idea how "discommon" got there (well, PEBCAK, for sure), but I
meant "discussion".

Thanks! I was just going to check the dictionary for what I assumed to be a
snooty word meaning "discussion". You saved me the trouble.

--

Char Jackson