• bricked@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    I sometimes forget to turn on my monitor in time so my computer doesn’t recognize it and I have to reboot :(

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      12 hours ago

      I’ve found that if you’ve got a VGA analog output port on your motherboard or GPU, it’ll output to that by default; so any digital (HDMI, DP, DVI) interface that is powered or plugged in after the fact will have to be toggled with a hotkey to mirror or extend the monitors

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      I have a different problem where if i don’t turn on my monitor in time, it will still work just fine but my motherboard will turn on this annoying little white light that won’t turn off again, so i have to reboot to make it go off again.

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        23 hours ago

        If I don’t turn my monitor on in time, my OS assumes I have two monitors when I do turn it on. Then all new windows open on the ghost second monitor.

        (Yours is hilarious though)

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          19 hours ago

          Oh that’s weird lol. I think if i remember correctly when i looked it up, the white light on my motherboard is actually staying on as a warning that no display is connected, which is nice and all, but it would have been great if it turned off again when a display is detected, but it just stays on forever. It’s only a very small light but it’s bright as hell, so it’s really annoying and it hits your eye eventhough the pc is off to the side lol.