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Backwards text on the monitor?

Anyone ever heard of that happening? Everything on the screen is backwards and the mouse cursor even moves left when I move the mouse right…help?

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yasicduile offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
US | 1 year, 9 months ago (12 minutes after post)

Obviously it is a display problem, what kind of monitor are you using?

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (13 minutes after post)

ViewSonic VA1912wb…does that help?

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yasicduile offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
US | 1 year, 9 months ago (20 minutes after post)

I’ll see what I can come up with.

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yasicduile offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
US | 1 year, 9 months ago (24 minutes after post)

alright are you using a nvidia card?

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (26 minutes after post)

To be honest I have no clue..its the work computer and I was adjusting the monitor and *blip* it went weird.

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yasicduile offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
US | 1 year, 9 months ago (28 minutes after post)

Alright let’s start here, access the control panel through the start menu if you are using windows, and look for the nvidia control panel.

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (29 minutes after post)

Alright…in there

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yasicduile offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
US | 1 year, 9 months ago (30 minutes after post)

If you find it there should be an option to rotate your display, if you see this then select the proper rotation that seems right. if this is not the case let me know

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (35 minutes after post)

hmmm, how do i know which is right…silly question I know, but say I rotate 180 degrees, it flips it upside down and backwards…

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yasicduile offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
US | 1 year, 9 months ago (39 minutes after post)

Hmm, and obviously the no rotation is the one giving you this bizarre backwards setup.. if none of the settings are righting the problem I will see what else i can dig up.

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (41 minutes after post)

Its just like everything has been flipped around backwards so that I’m reading right to left instead of left to right…
It looks like this:

?lamron siht si (only imagine the letters flipped backwards too *lol*)

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Moogan offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Vancouver, BC, CA | 1 year, 9 months ago (57 minutes after post)

Oh well, thanks for trying. Its time to go home now so I’ll see if I can fix it tomorrow :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 8 months ago (4 weeks, 1 day after post)

press and hold control and alt … then use the arrow keys to move the screen back to normal (up, down, left, or right…depending on how your screen is)

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stephenpmcdonal offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (4 months, 1 week after post)

If you right click on the desktop there is a GRAPHICS option that has a box in it that allows for 180 degrees rotation. Simply remove the tick.

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