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| Thread ID: 144379 | 2017-09-27 01:08:00 | Unusual problem with second monitor | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 1439877 | 2017-09-27 01:08:00 | I use a second monitor with my desktop so that when I am doing my photo editing, the program is on that screen and the image on the main screen. This has worked very well for years, however now I keep getting a recurring problem. I get the message on the smaller subsidiary monitor "no signal input". When I reboot the desktop, however, it all comes right. Quite bizarre! Does this point to a faulty lead or something? I have checked that the connections are tight, so all seems okay in that respect. | Misty (368) | ||
| 1439878 | 2017-09-27 01:40:00 | Can you swap cables to see if the problem moves? Or swap which monitor connects to which output. Need to swap things around to try and identify where the problem is. Could be the cable, could be the monitor, could be the graphics card, could even be a driver issue if you've updated at some point recently. |
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| 1439879 | 2017-10-20 23:49:00 | Thanks dugimodo, I went to swap the cables, but discovered that they are of different types. The older screen has one cable permanently fixed. However I have discovered that when I switch on the smaller monitor whenever, that is when I get the "no signal input". Despite that I go through a process, where I re-boot the desktop and have both monitors powered up, and when we do that both monitors always function fine. So it seems that the second monitor must be active at the time of booting. I must remember to do that first thing in the morning when hopefully I am alert enough to remember. Maybe I should have my first coffee first! | Misty (368) | ||
| 1439880 | 2017-11-25 01:15:00 | Well it came right about 7-10 days ago and worked perfectly until today. Now the desktop, without any input from me has decided that instead of the second monitor being an extension it will show exactly the same on both monitors. I have gone into display and despite both monitors showing the same thing, I get the message that there is no second monitor. Could this be the lead? I do not have a separate graphics card, the graphics are contained on the motherboard. | Misty (368) | ||
| 1439881 | 2017-11-27 01:40:00 | Problem solved - my Computer Technician Anthony identified that the graphics out of date because of new updates to Windows 10. He has installed a graphics card Radeon RX550 for me. I pushed for a reasonably powerful one because of all the photo editing I do. Previously the graphics were on the motherboard. Now can use my second screen as an extension. | Misty (368) | ||
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