Weirdest thing I've seen in a long time: upside down display!

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by DaRuSsIaMaN, Dec 14, 2006.

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  1. DaRuSsIaMaN

    DaRuSsIaMaN Geek Comrade

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    My roommate tells me that, just last night while drunk, he hit some random keys on his keyboard and somehow his display turned upside down! How the hell is this possible?? What I'm saying is he now has to put his CRT monitor upside down -- it's really quite funny. He just showed it to me. So the question is 1.) how could he have done this?? and 2.) how do we fix it? lol.
     
    DaRuSsIaMaN, Dec 14, 2006
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  2. Matt555

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    Does he have an nVidia card? If so there's options in the little tray icon for screen rotation.
     
    Matt555, Dec 14, 2006
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  3. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    No he has a Dell PC which came with some integrated video card
     
    DaRuSsIaMaN, Dec 14, 2006
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  4. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Answer is....
     
    Karanislove, Dec 15, 2006
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  5. donkey42

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    does the the display appear upsidown in all video modes (resolutions, e.g. 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768) ?
    it may restore the grafix if you uninstall the grafx drivers then reinstall the drivers, possibly installing new drivers

    Edit:
    never even touch your PC while drunk[ot]i know its inappropreate but, LOL[/ot]

    another Edit:
    it may have a utility to control the screens rotation anyway

    Edit: what grafx chipset is it ?
     
    donkey42, Dec 15, 2006
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  6. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    will get back to u on all that
     
    DaRuSsIaMaN, Dec 16, 2006
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  7. NeloForster

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    Hold ctrl+alt and press the UP arrow key.

    Try that.

    Have some fun.

    Mike
     
    NeloForster, Dec 17, 2006
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  8. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Wow..... that really works.. Pressing down key make it upside down and up key to get it in the same position....
     
    Karanislove, Dec 17, 2006
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  9. NeloForster

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    We do it to the new guys PC's at my workplace while they're on their breaks...
     
    NeloForster, Dec 17, 2006
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  10. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    And what do they say when they see their desktop upside down...??
     
    Karanislove, Dec 17, 2006
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  11. NeloForster

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    "wtf omg lol rofl... help :("
     
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  12. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Lol... its a good idea. I might try it on my workstation and ask my admin if he knows about it nd his reactions towards it....haha!
     
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  13. NeloForster

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    Watch him go and turn the monitor upside-down... And his admin pride will make him say "That monitor is a special edition one... From Japan... They read things er... Upside-down..." *runs away*
     
    NeloForster, Dec 17, 2006
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  14. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    haha...exactly!
     
    Karanislove, Dec 17, 2006
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  15. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    Alright well that solved it! But why doesn't it do anything on mine?? I try it and nothing happens. And I tried it on my laptop as well -- nothing there either. :(
     
    DaRuSsIaMaN, Dec 19, 2006
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  16. NeloForster

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    Hotkeys differ depending on your VGA, laptop model, or desktop manufacturer. On laptops usually it has something to do with the Fn key?

    Mike
     
    NeloForster, Dec 19, 2006
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  17. Matt555

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    Yeah laptops often have an Fn (Function?) key as they have limited space so they have keys with multiple functions, they'll usually have some sort of brightness control, volume control, sleep function etc.
     
    Matt555, Dec 19, 2006
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  18. DaRuSsIaMaN

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    Yeah I have an fn key on the laptop. But it still doesn't work on my desktop for some reason, even though it worked on my roommate's desktop, who's the one that had the "problem". I built my desktop from parts, and I'm using a regular USB keyboard.
     
    DaRuSsIaMaN, Dec 19, 2006
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  19. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    Yea, that key combination dont work on my computer too.
     
    Willz, Jan 15, 2007
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  20. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    Lets c on which computers is this key working.......
    Its working on HP d530s with me!
     
    Karanislove, Jan 16, 2007
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