[Wylug-help] Fwd: Laptop display problems - Radeon X600

[Anne Wilson]

On 12/23/2011 11:01 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On 12/21/2011 01:19 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> On 12/20/2011 03:30 PM, John Craven wrote:
>>> 1. Have you tried to boot up in safe mode ?
>> 
>> Yes - no difference.
>> 
>>> 2. Have you tried an external monitor ?
>> 
>> No, but I will.
> 
> I attached a monitor and booted directly in Mageia.  On the monitor, 
> everything was perfectly scaled.  The monitor is a 4:3 one, and the 
> laptop is a widescreen.  I attempted to change the display on the 
> laptop, but the preview was obviously not right.  After a couple of 
> attempts of that, the monitor died.  It's not a very old one, and it
> may be absolutely coincidence, but I'm not sure it is.  The fuse is
> fine, but I can't get even a power light on the monitor.
> 
Wrong again! The monitor is fine.  It looks like a fault on that socket,
so that's for investigation now.

The question about whether to remove the hard drive remains, so opinions
please :-)

Anne
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