Dh102 LCD and Vista Aero?

Dia01 · **23rd July 2008, 06:40 PM**

I'm running a Thermaltake DH102 with the built in 7" touchscreen LCD and Vista 32 Premium. With dual monitors enabled the primary screean (42" LG Plasma), I'm running 1280 x 1024 and with the secondary (7" LCD), I'm running 800 x 600 for best results, all with Aero disabled. Once I enable Aero though, the secondary screen blows out to oversize proportion at 800 x 600 and is still oversized at 1024 x 768, the only 2 settings available. With Aero enabled the main screen is crisper to look at when surfing or doing other acivities. Is anyone able to provide any advice?

vlad · **23rd July 2008, 09:47 PM**

Try to set 7" to 800x600 with 32-bit color.
What GPU do you have?
I was OK with Aero on DH102, but then gone back to XP, for unrelated reasons.

Dia01 · **24th July 2008, 06:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by vlad

Try to set 7" to 800x600 with 32-bit color.
What GPU do you have?
I was OK with Aero on DH102, but then gone back to XP, for unrelated reasons.

I currently use my old Gainward 8800GTS 320MB.

vlad · **24th July 2008, 10:28 AM**

Was fine for me on my Palit 9600 GT Sonic.
But by default it will set color depth to 16-bit on small screen, and Aero can run only on 32-bit. So when I switched 32-bit color on 7" Aero was automatically back.
Hope it will help.

Dia01 · **24th July 2008, 12:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by vlad

Was fine for me on my Palit 9600 GT Sonic.
But by default it will set color depth to 16-bit on small screen, and Aero can run only on 32-bit. So when I switched 32-bit color on 7" Aero was automatically back.
Hope it will help.

Thanks Vlad, will have a look at that, don't know why I missed something so fundamental, but will try out. Also, I will be asking alot of newb questions from time to time, I'm not bad with general PC's but HTPC's are a new learning curve for me. I have searched, but how do I show my system spec's in my posts so people can help me quicker? I can not for the life of me find out in the FAQ's?

vlad · **24th July 2008, 02:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dia01

Thanks Vlad, will have a look at that, don't know why I missed something so fundamental, but will try out. Also, I will be asking alot of newb questions from time to time, I'm not bad with general PC's but HTPC's are a new learning curve for me. I have searched, but how do I show my system spec's in my posts so people can help me quicker? I can not for the life of me find out in the FAQ's?

Go to "User CP" and click on "My Media Centre"
See screenshots.

Dia01 · **24th July 2008, 03:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by vlad

Go to "User CP" and click on "My Media Centre"
See screenshots.

I had actually done that, still not showing up though.

Slug · **8th August 2008, 12:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dia01

I had actually done that, still not showing up though.

Nor mine

vlad · **8th August 2008, 12:55 PM**

Send a Private Message to Mike, it should work.