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Subject: Re: Trent help

Author:
Chas Willis

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Date Posted: 06:00:43 02/29/00 Tue
In reply to: Trent 's message, "Re: Trent help" on 00:18:37 02/29/00 Tue

Sorry trent, I guess I wasn't real clear.
I do have a port replicator, brand new that I just received from ASE, the problem still happens.
I also have several other monitors in the house and each one has the same problem.
When I connect any of the monitors to my Toshiba Laptop, they work fine. This is why I'm lost.

Also the problem with the DVD isn't that it thinks that it is a CD, the problem is that to go from an LS 120 drive to the DVD, I first have to go to the CD then re-boot again with the DVD. Then the Computer will recognize the DVD as a CD but all will work fine.

Sorry about the confusion.

> Do you have a Port Replicator? If so, try connecting
> your monitor to that. If not, have you tried the
> monitor on another computer? Is it a really old
> monitor? or fairly (4 years) new? You can try some
> other basic troubleshooting. Since its portable, try
> taking it to a friends house or to work and trying
> their monitor.
>
> Its normal for the DVD drive to act like a CD-ROM
> drive. Its just one of the characteristics. The
> computer really only knows if you have a DVD-ROM drive
> if it tries to play a DVD movie. This requires the
> hardware MPEG-2 decoder to be installed. You can
> check your device manager under Sound, Video & Game
> Controllers. If it shows up as an unknown device or
> if it has a yellow exclamation mark on it, that means
> you don't have the MPEG-2 drivers installed.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> > Trent, help?
> > Trent I just got my computer back from ase, they did
> > have to replace the keyboard.
> > Unfortunately now I keep running into more problems.
> > First thing that I noticed is that when I connect to
> a
> > monitor I'm not getting the proper colors(black, blue
> > and green only). weird, I had never connected to a
> > monitor before today so I don't know if this is new
> or
> > just a basic setting problem?
> > Next I put my DVD into the bay and it wasn't found.
> > I kept trying to get the computer to locate the DVD
> > but it didn't want too.
> > What I did find is that if I put in the CD Booted the
> > computer and then shut down and put the DVD in the
> bay
> > and re-booted the DVD operates as a CD?
> > Again weird
> >
> > I have e-mailed ASE but they haven't gotten back to
> me.
> > Any ideas?

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Trent help	Larry Latson	08:16:05 03/01/00 Wed
Re: Trent help -- Trent, 09:43:20 03/01/00 Wed