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Second Monitor Suddenly Not Working (solved)

ForarForar #432Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
edited November 2017 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Finally figured out how to fix my problem, never mind!

First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    You should post how in case people down the road google and find your post.

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    What seemed to be the resolution was that I'd updated my video card drivers one evening, and everything seemed to be fine at the time. The next day, when I turned on my computer and the TV that I use as a secondary monitor, the latter wasn't being recognized. I tried everything I could think of; swapping the cords around indicated that one could work at a time, but not both. The cords seemed fine, the screens both seemed fine, though only one HDMI output seemed to work of the two found on my paired video cards.

    So I was a bit concerned I had a video card die (or dying) on me.

    Further digging and poking around eventually led me to discover that the update had changed a video card setting. I'm at work so I don't recall exactly what it was offhand, but changing it back fixed everything, suddenly the second monitor was discovered with ease and I had full functionality available.

    But it wasn't quite how I'd wanted to spend my Friday evening.

    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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