[dba-Tech] Weird problem with Dell Inspiron laptop

[Susan Harkins]

Arthur, our Acre gave up the ghost after just a couple of years. We aren't
happy with it. :( My only suggestion is to check your updates and see if
anything was updated about the same time and then uninstall it. If that
doesn't work, try a system restore.

Susan H.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is the strangest problem I think I have ever encountered. Normally I
> run my laptop "as" a desktop: I seldom move it from my desk, and it's got
> lots of peripherals attached, including speakers, a 4-port USB 3.0 hub,
> wireless keyboard/mouse, and a 22" Acer external monitor.
>
> And there's the rub. Everything has worked perfectly for a few years now,
> until recently. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the display turned
> upside-down, on both the built-in display and the external monitor. After
> some experimentation, I discovered that if I unplug the external monitor,
> the built-in display returns to rightside-up, but the moment I plug in the
> external again, both displays revert to upside-down. I haven't made any
> changes to anything. True, once in a while my kitten likes to lie on the
> built-in keyboard, for warmth presumably, so it may just be possible that
> she hit some magic keystroke that caused this, but on the other hand, that
> doesn't explain why unplugging the external returns the built-in display to
> normal.
>
> I'm baffled. It's no big deal, ultimately, since the built-in monitor works
> fine. But I did enjoy having the pair of monitors in stretch mode.
>
> Has anyone got a clue why this is happening? Or suggestions as to what I
> might look at to restore it to normal behaviour? I do have another monitor
> but it's attached to my desktop computer, and it's a hassle to switch them.
>
> While I'm at it, on the 22" Acer monitor there are four buttons beneath the
> display, whose purpose I have never bothered to figure out, and naturally
> the user guide is long gone.
>
> --
> Arthur
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