So I decided to get into the 20th century and I bought one of those modern flat screen monitors, you know the thin ones... this one has built-in speakers because my cheap assss wouldn't pay the $10 for external speakers, it also is a wide screen monitor - I'm assuming for movies    , and there's two problems that I have run into... 

One is that this thing is a wide screen and when I look at a picture of a hot piece of assss she always turns out to be about 400 pounds (wide screen).    Big butts are cool and all but DAMN!

The other problem is the speaker hook-up... My computer has this 6" pair of cables coming out of the back that does a u-turn and plugs into the back also. There are two 1/8" mini-plugs on that cable, one is pink and the other is green. The cable that came with the monitor is also a 1/8" mini-plug with a green end. There are three 1/8" mimi-plug recepticles on the back of the computer in all: pink, blue, and green. WTF? 

Help me out before I slip and ditch the whole damn thing and set up my Atari.       B-17 Bomber, "bombs away!"...

All of the 1/8 mini plugs on mine all have a little icon next to them to tell you whats what.

if it is plugged in and there is still no sound try turning up the volume in the computer. Just go to the control pannel and click on sounds and audio devices.

I am no expert , but I would be glad to cruise over and help!

well the green plug is definatly your sound -> out. some times you have to look @ the menu on the monitor,maybe some setup there to be done.also take your mouse and "right " click on your desktop picture and change your settings to get the picture size you need.....ps..watch out i think marc is only looking to come over and drink all of your beer......

The sound problem has been fixed (I think). I disconnected the green plug that was connected to the puter and plugged in the speaker jack and I have sound now. I'm positive something no longer works though...

I can't figure out the wide screen thing, everything looks fat and stupid.   

Adjust the - and + to slim up you screen .

-beerjet-

Right click on your desktop

Go to Properties...

Tab at the top say "Settings"....

Make sure screen resolution is up around 1280x1024

Then its the settings on the actual monitor!

hope he is not working on it like the boat. you know (oh wtf just broke that)hahaha

Beerjet, you probably still have your computer set for a 4:3 screen vs. widescreen. 


Try this,
Minimize your windows, right click on your desktop, select properties, select the settings tab, on the top there will probably be a choice of screen types (panamorphic/anamorphic ie. widescreen/normal), select the widescreen choice in the big box.  If this doesn't work, you may need to go to your display setting which is right below the box and check the wide setting from there.  There may also be a disk which was provided with the monitor -this may allow you to maximize all the setting and such.

hopefully that will sort out the bugs...

LMAO....easy fix...upgrade the video card (They range from 40 to 500+) all you need is a 50 - 60 buck one. If you give me the model number of your pc I can even pick you out one(Hey, Its what I do).

No Problem...