Guest freonchill Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 i have a dell latitude d800 w/ nvidia 4200go 64mb i have it do nothing when i close the screen (other than turn lcd off) i was playing around w/ tv-out the other day tv is 2nd display and when i close the screen tv becomes first display @ smaller res (800x600 rather than lcd's setting of 1920x1200) i tried tvtool and it does that same thing does anyone know if there is a way to set it so that it stays w/ the same settings i had w/ screen open & closed) ie: i want to close hte laptop (so i dont burn out lcd / backlight) and watch divx/dvd/etc on tv) w/out it thinking that lcd is gone when off thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 The TV should only display 800x600 anyway, unless you have a HD TV then there are settings higher. When you close the lid, the LCD and backlight should turn off, even with the lid settings set to 'Do nothing' This is what happens on my machine. This way the 1st display should stay LCD (even though it's off) and 2nd display should stay what ever is attached. (ie watching DVD on a TV with lid closed) Some Dells have an odd way of dealing with lid closure, I'm not sure whats going on here. This will probably require an INF settings, but which one, I don't know (yet) Pieter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teraphy Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 As a Dell Inspiron 8100 owner, I concur with the results. 800x600 is max resolution on TV-Out. I've set the TV as the primary display instead of the second display. Essentially the same thing as you do but without closing the lid so I can access the keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gnuasu Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 I having one hell of a time getting the TV-Out to display in color. it always displays in black and white and it is very annoying. I've used it before but then i had the original drivers and it was used on a crappy apex tv. Now i have the 60.57 drivers and using it on a sony tv. Can anyone tell me what the problem is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Actually on some graphics cards the max TU out res is 1024 x 768. The card uses some type of TV scaling to do it but the quality isn't as good. I have also noticed that Dell laptops have an odd way of turning the screen off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconSix Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 DELL Inspiron 8500 BIOS version GF4 4200 Go WUXGA 56.72 with pieters mod .inf for that version I also have not been able to use TV out for a LONG time (since vid bios update A02 - wich had its own issues). currently i experience the "only in black and white" TV out problem. its a major hassle, and if anyones been able to figure out how to fix this continuing issue, please post thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 For me I only get this with certain driver+inf combinations. I would stay away from the 6X.XX cause quite a few of those have that problem for me anyway. I just tested the 53.90 and 56.54 and did not have the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gnuasu Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 thanks alot man I'll try that out when i get some free time next week thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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