rayden54

I bought a monitor off Newegg. Refurbished. It's an LG 34UM58-P. I've been having problems, but I can't track down the source. At first I assumed it was a problem with the monitor, so I RMA'd it and bought a new one. But, I'm still having the same problem with the new one. Essentially the problem is this: when I try to switch from HDMI Input 1 on the monitor to HDMI Input 2, the monitor just stops responding. Sometimes the screen just goes black. Sometimes the on-screen menu thing'll popup, but won't respond. Sometimes the "No input detected" message pops up. Only way to get the monitor to do anything is to unplug something. I've tried every combination I can think of, and the problem only seems to occur in one specific case: HDMI cable A (10 ft braided) running from HDMI Input 2 on the monitor to the output of an HDMI Switch and with another device plugged into HDMI Input 1 on the monitor (PC, console doesn't matter, but something has to be plugged into both inputs). As far as I can tell, the problem doesn't happen when I do any of the following: HDMI cable A running from HDMI Input 1 to the HDMI Switch and another device on HDMI Input 2. (In other words, just switching the inputs around) Switching out HDMI cable A for a different cable. Same setup as the original. Running HDMI cable A directly from HDMI 2 to a device (bypassing the HDMI Switch) with another device plugged into HDMI Input 1. I can't tell if that means the problem is with HDMI Input 2 on the monitor, HDMI cable A, or the HDMI switch. I can say that I had the same setup with HDMI cable A and the HDMI switch with my old monitor (an Acer H226HQL) with no problems. I guess I can buy a new HDMI cable to replace HDMI cable A (?). It's the only one I have that's long enough to reach. I could just switch the inputs, but I was having a different (but probably related) problem when I did. A message would randomly pop up that'd say "Power is off in 5 minutes to save energy. Press any button to prevent the power off." I haven't had that problem with the new monitor, but I don't know if it's gone or not. Sorry this is so long. I just want to know what the problem is.

Thanks. I will try that.

Not technically a troubleshooting question, but it is related. Is there a way to put multiple Windows installers on one flash drive and still have them be bootable? Or do I really need about a half dozen 8 GB usb sticks? Been using discs, but I can't count on the people asking me to fix their computer to have an optical drive anymore. Guess I could get an external....

For the one I worked on yesterday, I had to disable secureboot and enable legacy support in the BIOS. I think I was also having troubles downloading the ISO. There weren't any errors, but the file was only about 2.5 GB. The one that finally worked was about 3.4 GB.

Finally it lets me post! I'd prefer the regular Blade 14 for gaming on the go.

It's got sucralose in it. I haven't found an artificial sweetener yet that doesn't make everything it touches taste like crap.

Rig Name: Megaputer Cpu: Core i7 4790k Gpu: GTX 770 (2 GB) Ram: 8 GB Score: 1.5

I'd like to enter to win the keyboard because....It's got BLUE lights. Actually, I'd like to win it because I'm using a cheap membrane keyboard and I'd really like a mechanical one.

I'd like to win an SSD because...I've never tried one before and I'd like to.

Ah. I just assumed it was a city thing. About the only thing around here is Wal-Mart. If I'm willing to drive 50 miles I can add Best Buy, Target, and Bed, Bath and Beyond. Possibly a few furniture stores that I don't know the name of. Do you know if I be looking at retails stores, furniture stores, or computer/electronics-type stores?

Where would you even look for something like this? Especially if you were looking for the more "gamer-y" chairs like DXRacer. Furniture stores generally don't cater to gamers and I don't recall seeing anything like this at Best Buy.

No, I don't. I'm trying to write a simple app that WORKS. Not trying to read 200 books and still not understanding it, The rest of your post is exactly the sort of thing I'm trying to AVOID. I've already looked into the Entity Framework and code first and all that other stuff. FOR SEVEN FREAKING MONTHS NOW and I'm no closer to understanding how it works. My program's NOT the sort of enterprise app where that stuff is even useful BTW if you ask, about half the people you meet will say use repository, the other half will say avoid it like the plague. Either way I know the "put it behind an interface" does not lead to "cleaner and understandable code." Cleaner maybe if you mean using no less than 7 different files to do what should be done with one or two. I'm not trying to build some enterprise app where code reuse and abstraction of abstractions are a good idea, let alone necessary. For all the stupid principles people keep talking about, not one single person seems to care that the most important should be "do not make things more complicated than they need to be."

It should be basic. I've been bogged down in trying to write it for months now. I can't get anyone to answer simple questions like "where does the database connection go and what does it look like" without people mentioning a half dozen design principles that I've never heard of. The examples I've seen are either incredibly complex geared at enterprise applications where simple data storage requires no less than 7 different files (not counting a an individual class file for each object). Or they're highly simplified and BS their way through the part I actually need (yes I already know how WPF does data binding, I need to know how to make the actual database connection).

I didn't say they were. I said everything I'm seeing these days are either web apps or Android/iOs/Windows Store apps and I'm not interested in trying to build my application as any of the above. I'm just looking to build a desktop app, but because all the new info points in that direction, it's hard to tell what's still relevant and what's not. Edit: Regarding WPF, is there a good resource on separating the Windows 10/Universal application stuff from the stuff that'll work with a simple standalone desktop app? Again all the new resources on WPF (and specifically MVVM which is what everyone and their dog told me to use with WPF) are for Universal apps and thus contain stuff that doesn't work with "traditional" desktop apps.

A lot of the new Visual Studio/C#/Microsoft stuff (it what I learned in school) seems really geared toward their new "universal" apps (universal my foot, they won't even work on Windows 7). The rest either seems to be geared toward Android/iOS development or web applications. Funny thing, I'm not trying to build a web application and I don't own an Android or iOS device (I've got an old flip phone and a Surface Pro) and my main computer still runs Win7. So, for the people still creating desktop applications (assuming there are people writing desktop applications) how are you doing it?