It's Arrived!

[thescruff]

Picked up an HP monitor from PCWorld Yesterday. Packed up last night

Took it back this morning and swapped it for a Samsung.

Are back lit monitors reliable normally

[BillyGoat]

How did I miss this? I've had a nagging feeling I'd forgotten to check something and this is it! :)

How's the new 'pooter treating you, big of a speed demon I see... :D

In regards to monitors, being back/side/top lit shouldn't make a difference....but saying that, all monitors are not created equal. Can't go wrong with a Samsung, my mother used to say.

BG

[thescruff]

The Samsung has outlasted the HP so can't be all bad.

I still prefer Dell but they didn't have any on the shelf.

You must tell me how to set the twin monitors up as well.

Don't know why it should be but my Internet speed is a 3rd faster as well

[root]

data can get to your router and back faster now

[thescruff]

data can get to your router and back faster now

This much faster, I'm supposedly on 20mb

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[root]

your probably on 50mb virgin cable?


dell monitor? http://www.itcsales.co.uk/acatalog/info_9365.html

[BillyGoat]

Have you got the monitors both connected?

If yes, first thing to do is press the Windows Key and P and select 'Extend' from the onscreen menu.

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and

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- Click start
- Type multiple monitors and click: Setup Computer to work with multiple monitors
- Press Identify to work out which is which
- Drag the number of the monitor so it's in in the right physical place on your desk
- Click Apply
- Move mouse arrow out the side of the screen and it will appear in monitor 2

For example...one of my screens is bigger, which makes it higher....so mine are like this:

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Sorted!

[thescruff]

I have both monitors connected Billy.

To different computers at the moment..

It will take ages to sort and transfer data over.

[BillyGoat]

To find out what's going on with the broadband speed......

- Open INTERNET EXPLORER (sorry, I hate everything else....up to you though lol)
- In the address bar enter http://192.168.100.1 and hit enter and you will get this:

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- Click Login and enter root as the username and password (that root gets everywhere...... )
- Click Operational Config to see what your cable modem has been provisioned at
- Mine is 10mb and crappy up

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It is possible your old machine had a really old shitty network card that was looked 10 10mb. Possible.

BG.

[BillyGoat]

I have both monitors connected Billy.

To different computers at the moment..

It will take ages to sort and transfer data over.

If it was me, I'd order or buy and external ESATA caddy (is it a laptop or desktop?), pull the drive from the old PC and whack it in the caddy.

Once connceted to your PC, copy stuff across - MEGA quick. Plus, the caddy is a well handy thing to have.

BG

[thescruff]

Laptop Billy.

I did that with an old desk top actually still using it as a portable hard drive.

[thescruff]

I did the 192. thing and it brought the Virgin super hub straight up.

[BillyGoat]

Ah, didn't tell you what the speed was then?

Forgot you had the superhub thing....oops!

When will I learn....

[thescruff]

Quick enough for me thats for sure

I push the button, and if I count more than 2 before it shows it's slow.

Got to transfer a load of words docs to pdf now, so busy, busy.

[thescruff]

Billy,

The computer has 1 RGB and 1 DVI port for the monitors, does it make any difference or should I use the adapter cable to DVI

Or should I just link the two monitor together.