TehPl0x Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Lol, if the TV came with a VGA cable, and I had it, I would've told you. There has to be another way to solve this problem. Before I reinstalled my OS, I was able to play Fallout 3 on my external display just fine, and I had never used a VGA cable before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 windows 8 was and is notorious for the faults you now have, many corporates returned purchase product due to this very reason.But you have an answer, now you need the right stuff to fix it. Believe me when I tell you, once you set the parts correctly it will be a blast ! You were not to be informed of weird things that can go wrong, how ever, the TV set has a book that came with it.that there has thee information for it's set up. check this out, pick up the remote and hit menu, fin "input devices" and see what's in there.that need to be set in your case at this moment to PC NOT *...... HDMI.....*reboot all, TV too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 what you want what every one wants is the PC to be incontrol of the screens disp[lay, if you tel the TV set to override..and IT WILL do that, using hdmi, well then the PC has no choice, the tv 'Monitor' is in full control of the systems display and not the PC's graphics card this needs to be in reverse, The PC needs to tell the TV what to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehPl0x Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) My TV is quite old.. Probably 5 or 6 years old, and it's still running. Lol, because it's so old, I no longer have the booklet that came with it. When I go to the inputs, the list is as follows: DTV/TVAvComp1Comp2HDMI1HDMI2HDMI3 (What my PC is connected to, and what it's set at currently)HDMI-SideRGBPhotosMusic EDIT: I do understand what you're saying. I just don't see why there's no setting anywhere that would allow my computer to control the display output. Edited April 1, 2015 by TehPl0x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 try RGB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Comp1<......? computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Name brand and serial number, I'll hunt down the specs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehPl0x Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) I tried RGB. Was something supposed to happen? I don't have the VGA cable yet, so I don't see what could have happened. Brand: VizioSN: LZPFEAK1802384Model Number: VA320MI went ahead and went to Vizio's website and found their support page for my TV. Here is the link to their website: http://support.vizio.com/product/va320m EDIT: Also, I think comp1 stands for "Component 1" Edited April 1, 2015 by TehPl0x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purr4me Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I downloaded both documents, now I will do some studying here , I'll be back in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehPl0x Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 It's rare that you find people as helpful as you have been. Thanks a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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