I have an Irulu "Walkinbook" tablet that came with Win 10, but no backup disks. Suddenly developed a fatal Win problem and went into loop boot mode.NO restore points set, IRULU customer service non-existant. Made error of trying to repair with a Win 10, which trashed my touch screen drivers.
So basically I've got a fancy brick. Got it to the point I can get to bios setup. Have obtained a setup stick for Linux Mint. Only concern is where to find touchscreen and wifi drivers... which would be needed to even get Win up again.
Would sure be nice to get Linux Mint running.
Doc
So basically I've got a fancy brick. Got it to the point I can get to bios setup. Have obtained a setup stick for Linux Mint. Only concern is where to find touchscreen and wifi drivers... which would be needed to even get Win up again.
Would sure be nice to get Linux Mint running.
Doc
Anybody know how to get Opera browser to open pdf from webpage?
Mine's stopped working I suspect following a recent Opera version update.
If I change browser settings to 'always download pdf' I can download a pdf & open with Adobe.
If I revert setting to 'do not download' I cannot open a pdf within a webpage.
Desktop pc, Windows 10.
I've joined & posted on Opera forum but it's like one reply a day.
If I can't sort it I'll change browser but apart from this bug I do like Opera.
Mine's stopped working I suspect following a recent Opera version update.
If I change browser settings to 'always download pdf' I can download a pdf & open with Adobe.
If I revert setting to 'do not download' I cannot open a pdf within a webpage.
Desktop pc, Windows 10.
I've joined & posted on Opera forum but it's like one reply a day.
If I can't sort it I'll change browser but apart from this bug I do like Opera.
HDMI backwards incompatibility
I'm taking pot luck that someone will have an idea about this. I seem to have an issue with an older HDMI (six years old) monitor not working when plugged into an HDMI2 port in a docking station. The screen will blink once every few seconds.
All the hardware and peripherals are working fine, nothing is broken. I have tried multiple cables, three different monitors, swapped attachments around to different ports, updated all drivers and firmware. I paid a guy to come fix and he got it working perfectly via a DVI cable, only for it to fall over again when I logged in this morning.
In desperation I rang my go-to computer shop and asked if they had a monitor I could borrow to see if that is the answer. This is for a work from home situation and two screens are required. I can't take the computer into a shop, because I need to have it here for work.
Very frustratred, and the repair guy hasn't responded to my text (really disappointed in that.) Any help or ideas gratefully accepted.
I'm taking pot luck that someone will have an idea about this. I seem to have an issue with an older HDMI (six years old) monitor not working when plugged into an HDMI2 port in a docking station. The screen will blink once every few seconds.
All the hardware and peripherals are working fine, nothing is broken. I have tried multiple cables, three different monitors, swapped attachments around to different ports, updated all drivers and firmware. I paid a guy to come fix and he got it working perfectly via a DVI cable, only for it to fall over again when I logged in this morning.
In desperation I rang my go-to computer shop and asked if they had a monitor I could borrow to see if that is the answer. This is for a work from home situation and two screens are required. I can't take the computer into a shop, because I need to have it here for work.
Very frustratred, and the repair guy hasn't responded to my text (really disappointed in that.) Any help or ideas gratefully accepted.
Hi,
For me, changing the refresh rate frequency ( 50/60hz or so) helped in a similar situation.
For me, changing the refresh rate frequency ( 50/60hz or so) helped in a similar situation.
We always had a rule at the PC forum that if you want advice, you must say what equipment is being used and what operating system. Google often finds similar problems that people have had.
Has the setup ever worked, or did it suddenly stop working? With monitors it is often interesting whether the bios boot screen displays. You might ask yourself if the problem is whether the screen isn't recognizing the docking station, or vice versa. This might be affected by the order in which you power up. Monitors often have a manual select for input.
Sounds like it is just a question of pressing the right buttons. Since it worked on DVI adaptor. 🙂
Has the setup ever worked, or did it suddenly stop working? With monitors it is often interesting whether the bios boot screen displays. You might ask yourself if the problem is whether the screen isn't recognizing the docking station, or vice versa. This might be affected by the order in which you power up. Monitors often have a manual select for input.
Sounds like it is just a question of pressing the right buttons. Since it worked on DVI adaptor. 🙂
Look Steve, there's no pinned post that asks for computer details so I didn't appreciate you jumping on me. Also please don't immediately throw doubt at me and assume I have not made appropriate checks before I asked here. I'm quite knowledgeable and this has stumped me, my computer retailer, and the specialist repairer who was in my house yesterday. It has nothing to do with pressing the right buttons, you don't own this forum (did you make the rules? I didn't think so), so get back in your arrogant box.
I asked in good faith a simple question about HDMI. It's not a computer issue. It's a connection issue. There is nothing wrong with my machine, the monitors, the cables, or the dock, and there is no information on Google that has explained the problem.
Asus i7-855oU CPU@1.8GHz, 16.0RAM, 64 bit Windows 10, all peripherals operating through a Dell3100 docking station. All drivers and firmware upgraded. Dock is not faulty. Three separate monitors tried, multiple cables, multiple changes of cables in ports and second monitor will not display. DVI only worked for about two hours and now does not work.
Yes, the system was new in 2018, works perfectly and has done since I bought it. Last week I had to add in a second monitor for working from home. It's a critical OH&S issue that I use two screens.The screen will work intermittently, then after a few hours operating normally it will sinply revert back fall over when I wake the computer in the morning. All I want to know is if someone else has had, or knows about an incompatibility between a HDMI2 Dell 3100 docking station and an older HDMI monitor, and how they fixed it.
I asked in good faith a simple question about HDMI. It's not a computer issue. It's a connection issue. There is nothing wrong with my machine, the monitors, the cables, or the dock, and there is no information on Google that has explained the problem.
Asus i7-855oU CPU@1.8GHz, 16.0RAM, 64 bit Windows 10, all peripherals operating through a Dell3100 docking station. All drivers and firmware upgraded. Dock is not faulty. Three separate monitors tried, multiple cables, multiple changes of cables in ports and second monitor will not display. DVI only worked for about two hours and now does not work.
Yes, the system was new in 2018, works perfectly and has done since I bought it. Last week I had to add in a second monitor for working from home. It's a critical OH&S issue that I use two screens.The screen will work intermittently, then after a few hours operating normally it will sinply revert back fall over when I wake the computer in the morning. All I want to know is if someone else has had, or knows about an incompatibility between a HDMI2 Dell 3100 docking station and an older HDMI monitor, and how they fixed it.
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What resolution and refresh rates are you running ?
There's a table on the bottom of the Dell support webpage that shows the available resolutions and refresh rates depending upon how many monitors and what ports they are plugged into.
Supported Resolutions on the Dell D3100 USB 3.0 Docking Station
You may have to fiddle with the Windows 10 display settings to get this to work. It seems you may have to use a different resolution to the monitors native resolution.
There's a table on the bottom of the Dell support webpage that shows the available resolutions and refresh rates depending upon how many monitors and what ports they are plugged into.
Supported Resolutions on the Dell D3100 USB 3.0 Docking Station
You may have to fiddle with the Windows 10 display settings to get this to work. It seems you may have to use a different resolution to the monitors native resolution.
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I wasn't being nasty at all, my friend. And I understand your frustration here. But the Devil is always in the detail with these things. And we want to get there fast.
I wonder if your TV monitor is worth a go on Displayport rather than HDMI. Swapping out components is always a plan. There do seem to be some issues with 50Hz refresh here. As two people have pointed out. HDMI 1.4 is a very old standard, goes back 10 years, and the dock seems comfortable with it.
Sleep modes vary. There are depths of it. And variations in what stays live and what shuts down. Maybe worth avoiding in favour of a fresh boot. We are still missing the exact laptop model and monitor models. So hard to check certain things. Like bios upgrades and such.
But we are on your side. If less emotionally involved. Like Lawyers. Can be a good thing. 😱
I wonder if your TV monitor is worth a go on Displayport rather than HDMI. Swapping out components is always a plan. There do seem to be some issues with 50Hz refresh here. As two people have pointed out. HDMI 1.4 is a very old standard, goes back 10 years, and the dock seems comfortable with it.
Sleep modes vary. There are depths of it. And variations in what stays live and what shuts down. Maybe worth avoiding in favour of a fresh boot. We are still missing the exact laptop model and monitor models. So hard to check certain things. Like bios upgrades and such.
But we are on your side. If less emotionally involved. Like Lawyers. Can be a good thing. 😱
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Wow, SWMBO get over yourself. You asked for help and someone offered some, no need to get defensive.
That is useful information which is not in your previous post.
Which part of "work intermittently" vs "after a few hours operating normally" is correct? What do you mean by "work intermittently"? How can you think it is a connection problem if the monitor works normally for a few hours? Does the falling-over always happen after a sleep? Is this also what happened when using DVI, or did that fail in a different way?
I think you have been given some good advice here.
Intermittent is just that. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't, there's nothing specific I am doing, both times it was working it was in the evening, next morning it was not. When it works it's perfect, until it stops displaying and starts flashing. I hooked the second screen up ten days ago. It worked for the rest of the day after hours of stuffing around, no idea what combination of things I did. Overnight, screen saver came on, computer left on, screen blinks once, then goes off, about two seconds between blinks. Day before yesterday the techie got it working, I left the computer on overnight, went to start working and the blinking had started again.
ASUS Vivobook as mentioned in my previous post. No other information on model.
LG 27EA33, about six years old (this is the one that keeps falling over, and it does not work if it's the only screen plugged in). AcerET322QR, about a year old. I checked the refresh rate, both are set on 60HZ.
No point in using my television to test as it's at the other end of the house. It's also older HDMI, 9 years old, so presumably will have the same compatibility issue to newer HDMI format.
Computer has been rebooted multiple times from cold, restarted, hot swapped cables, swapped cables with computer off. I tried yesterday again by unplugging the working new Acer screen and leaving the LG (HDMI>DVI>screen) plugged in and nothing except the flash. I read all the info on the Dell page.
First world problem here. No matter what I do, if it's a HDMI compatibility issue, nothing will change. I'm at the point of buying a new monitor but if that doesn't work, then I've wasted my money. Too bad I don't know any computer geeks who I could borrow a screen from.
I'm not prepared to contact the guy who was here the other day again, he had his chance to respond, but I certainly will tell the shop who recommended him that he isn't following up. Very glad it only cost me $100.
I forgot too:
From the Dell page: The Dell D3100 USB 3.0 Docking station can support maximum resolution of:
- Display Port 1.1 = 3840x2160 @ 30Hz
- HDMI 1.4 = 2560x1440 @ 50Hz
The maximum resolution for two displays connected to the hdmi ports via the Dell docking station is 2048 x 1152 @ 60Hz, you will have to configure the resolution via the windows 10 display manager, the monitors won't necessarily auto detect the correct resolution for your docking station.
The blinking is probably related to the montiors trying to sync to the non native resolution.
The blinking is probably related to the montiors trying to sync to the non native resolution.
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I am not able to do anything in the display manager, already tried to change the resolutions. The Asus is either 60 or 75, the LG only has one choice @60hz. I tried to find a driver for the LG but no go. The resolution for both is 1920x2080.
There's a port, yes but at the moment I don't have a cable.
Found one. Am having issues trying to install it. The current monitors are showing as PNP with default and most up to date drivers (according to device manager.)
It seems as though the refresh rate might be an issue with the LG, but how would that explain that the Acer is working perfectly at 60Hz?
***I also just found the original installation DVD for the monitor. No change.***
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Try downloading the latest video drivers directly from the intel website, just like any other asus product they stop uploading the latest drivers on their website and they are out of date.
Intel Graphics - Windows 10 DCH Drivers
Intel Graphics - Windows 10 DCH Drivers
So, I got the monitor of last resort, a 21", nearly new but crap quality Phillips that I got as an extra for a spare computer. It's DVI only. Plugged it in, and it's working without any fiddling. Clearly, after all this crap, it's the dock. I might need to upgrade it at some point but in reality, this dual screen setup is temporary while I am working at home.
So I apologise for coming down harsh on anyone. Ten days of frustration put me in a crap mood.
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Everybody is in a crap mood right now. It wouldn't be Human to feel any other way.
But yay. A result. 🙂
TBH, I don't know why anybody should waste time on anything but a proper PC.
My old AMD FX-6300 PC is just chugging along with 6 cores of multitasking goodness.
I no longer care about a Graphics Card. Which would undoubtedly allow me to run multiple screens, or huge and fast real estate in gaming resolution.
But, IMO, people with mere Phones or even, occasionally, Laptops are missing out. Glad you found it. 😀
But yay. A result. 🙂
TBH, I don't know why anybody should waste time on anything but a proper PC.
My old AMD FX-6300 PC is just chugging along with 6 cores of multitasking goodness.
I no longer care about a Graphics Card. Which would undoubtedly allow me to run multiple screens, or huge and fast real estate in gaming resolution.
But, IMO, people with mere Phones or even, occasionally, Laptops are missing out. Glad you found it. 😀