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S-Video Out & Laptop

Bri · 2002-12-25 01:36:01

Any ideas?: New Compaq AMD XP Laptop New S-Video Out cable -> TV Desktop appears fine, so does DVD program. Load a DVD and all is visable except the actual DVD window - it's black instead. Same if u load a game? i.e. Good ol' Doom Thanks!

25-12-2002 2:36am

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Bri

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Any ideas?:

New Compaq AMD XP Laptop
New S-Video Out cable -> TV

Desktop appears fine, so does DVD program. Load a DVD and all is visable except the actual DVD window - it's black instead.

Same if u load a game? i.e. Good ol' Doom

Thanks!

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#2 25-12-2002 4:18am

elmer

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try changing the display output to solely the tv - that is if it's on dual view at the moment

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#3 25-12-2002 9:18am

Nietzschean

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Originally posted by Bri
Any ideas?:

New Compaq AMD XP Laptop
New S-Video Out cable -> TV

Desktop appears fine, so does DVD program. Load a DVD and all is visable except the actual DVD window - it's black instead.

Same if u load a game? i.e. Good ol' Doom

Thanks!

laptop will only render video/game to one display, change your primary display to the tv and you will get the inverse of what it currently is, have to do the same with me laptop...

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