Recent content by Bstanton

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    need help connecting to hdmi with toshiba laptop

    2 things, there is a function key that controls where it displays, I want to say it's f4 but I'm not sure on that. The other thing to look at is under screen resolution, it has options as to where/what to display, make sure that it recognizes the 2nd display, and see if it will allow you to...
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    Poor Wifi download speeds with a wireless USB dongle

    2 things to try, update the BIOS of your mainboard(if you haven't already) and try a different USB port and/or cable. And of course the old standards-restart modem and wireless router.
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    Laptop screen going black, recovering after a few seconds...

    Couple of thoughts, could be a bad/out-of-date display driver, could be failing RAM, couple be failing GPU on the mainboard. First off, download the latest driver from either the notebook manufactures site or better yet the chipset maker(Nvidia, Intel, ATI, ect) then uninstall the current...
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    Should I downgrade from windows 8.1 to win 7?

    My wife had the same issue, to fix it you have to go to the Nvidia control panel and change the default graphics option under 3d settings. For some reason it always thinks that it should use the intel whenever it's connected via HDMI. Just be aware that it will kill your battery quicker. I'd...