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Hi folks - I hope this is the most suitable forum for this question.
I have a very small but incredibly annoying problem with my hardware setup
(arent they all?).
About three months ago, I bought a new 17" TFT monitor to hook up to my
laptop to act as a second monitor. This runs at 75Hz rather than the standard
60Hz as default for the primary monitor.
For the first few weeks I had no problems at all. Then, one day I had to
disconnect the laptop from the second monitor to use it in another room, and
since then every time I boot I have to manually go into Desktop -->
Properties and set the refresh rate back to 75Hz for the TFT monitor - my
system simply won't remember that the second monitor has the 75Hz rate, and
always uses 60Hz.
I could understand this if it had always been this way, but for it to
suddenly start doing I don't understand. Nothing on my system has changed, it
still has the same drivers, same setup, everything - hence my confusion.
Is there something I can adjust that should fix this, or does anyone know of
any third party software I can get (preferably freeware) that will fix the
problem once and for all.
TIA.
Matt
--
Common sense is not so common
Hi folks - I hope this is the most suitable forum for this question.
I have a very small but incredibly annoying problem with my hardware setup
(arent they all?).
About three months ago, I bought a new 17" TFT monitor to hook up to my
laptop to act as a second monitor. This runs at 75Hz rather than the standard
60Hz as default for the primary monitor.
For the first few weeks I had no problems at all. Then, one day I had to
disconnect the laptop from the second monitor to use it in another room, and
since then every time I boot I have to manually go into Desktop -->
Properties and set the refresh rate back to 75Hz for the TFT monitor - my
system simply won't remember that the second monitor has the 75Hz rate, and
always uses 60Hz.
I could understand this if it had always been this way, but for it to
suddenly start doing I don't understand. Nothing on my system has changed, it
still has the same drivers, same setup, everything - hence my confusion.
Is there something I can adjust that should fix this, or does anyone know of
any third party software I can get (preferably freeware) that will fix the
problem once and for all.
TIA.
Matt
--
Common sense is not so common