Displaying the Screen Upside-Down

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Richard Alexander

A co-worker accidentally ran across this effect, and I found generally
how and why it happened on the Web (thanks, Google). Certain video
chipsets can be set to display the entire screen upside-down when
certain keystrokes are entered on the keyboard. The purpose appears to
be to correct an issue in which changing the resolution of the screen
causes the screen to invert. The keystrokes are either "CNTRL and ALT
(turn off Num Lock) ANY ROW OF NUMBERS ON THE NUMBER PAD (123, 456 or
789)," or "CNTL-PGUP" or "CNTL-PGDN" or "CNTL-UPARROW" or
"CNTL-DOWNARROW." There is also supposed to be a way to set the screen
sideways, though I haven't seen it.

So far, I've only found one model of computer for which this works.
Dell has a sub-compact, black desktop computer that features a
removeable CD and floppy drive. It also apparently uses the affected
chipset. For the record, my FIC AU13 is not affected.
 
: A co-worker accidentally ran across this effect, and I found generally
: how and why it happened on the Web (thanks, Google). Certain video
: chipsets can be set to display the entire screen upside-down when
: certain keystrokes are entered on the keyboard. The purpose appears to
: be to correct an issue in which changing the resolution of the screen
: causes the screen to invert. The keystrokes are either "CNTRL and ALT
: (turn off Num Lock) ANY ROW OF NUMBERS ON THE NUMBER PAD (123, 456 or
: 789)," or "CNTL-PGUP" or "CNTL-PGDN" or "CNTL-UPARROW" or
: "CNTL-DOWNARROW." There is also supposed to be a way to set the screen
: sideways, though I haven't seen it.
:
: So far, I've only found one model of computer for which this works.
: Dell has a sub-compact, black desktop computer that features a
: removeable CD and floppy drive. It also apparently uses the affected
: chipset. For the record, my FIC AU13 is not affected.

LOL. Thanks. This knowledge might lead to having some fun at work. ;-)

(Doesn't work on my pc, though. Tried all the combinations)
 
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LOL. Thanks. This knowledge might lead to having some fun at work. ;-)
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That's what my co-worker said. :)
(Doesn't work on my pc, though. Tried all the combinations)
Click to expand...

So far, I've only found it to work on Dells. It should work on any
computer using the Intel 82845G chipset.
 
[snip]
LOL. Thanks. This knowledge might lead to having some fun at work. ;-)
Click to expand...

That's what my co-worker said. :)
(Doesn't work on my pc, though. Tried all the combinations)
Click to expand...

So far, I've only found it to work on Dells. It should work on any
computer using the Intel 82845G chipset.
Click to expand...

Nvidia's ForceWare drivers have options for doing this too (well, it
works on my GeForce2 Ti anyway). I think you can set keyboard
shortcuts with that as well.
 
The newer ATI Radeon drivers will do this as well. Setting the keyboard
shortcuts is an optional item.

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Wayne Morgan


Zilog Jones said:
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[snip]

LOL. Thanks. This knowledge might lead to having some fun at work. ;-)
Click to expand...

That's what my co-worker said. :)
(Doesn't work on my pc, though. Tried all the combinations)
Click to expand...

So far, I've only found it to work on Dells. It should work on any
computer using the Intel 82845G chipset.
Click to expand...

Nvidia's ForceWare drivers have options for doing this too (well, it
works on my GeForce2 Ti anyway). I think you can set keyboard
shortcuts with that as well.
Click to expand...
 
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