PowerPoint Projection Problems

Then it could be the laptop, like a temperature problem as Steve mentioned.

Brian.


In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:56:00 -0700

It happened with two different projectors.
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


I'm no expert, but it looks to me like a synchronisation problem
with the projector causing the instability of the picture.

Brian.

In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:54:02 -0700

It starts with a fuzzy border down the right side of the slide
(almost like a grey and white barber pole type effect) and
within a hour or two ends up splitting the screen with the half
that should be on the left being on the right. The laptop does
not show anything is wrong on it's screen. Tried with two
different projectors on two different days with same result. It
happens later in the day. -- Shayn "Austin
Myers" wrote:

You are going to have to define "weird ways" a little more.
:-)


Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creator of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
http://www.playsforcertain.com


"Shayn" wrote in message
...
I have been using my new smaller laptop for my last two
presentations. It has
a docking station which I have not been using with the
laptop. By the
afternoon, the slides being projected are being split on
the LCD projection
screen in a weird way. Does anyone know why this occuring
and how to fix it?

--
Shayn

So the temperature could be affecting the projection onto the LCD?
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


Then it could be the laptop, like a temperature problem as Steve mentioned.

Brian.


In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:56:00 -0700

It happened with two different projectors.
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


I'm no expert, but it looks to me like a synchronisation problem
with the projector causing the instability of the picture.

Brian.

In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:54:02 -0700

It starts with a fuzzy border down the right side of the slide
(almost like a grey and white barber pole type effect) and
within a hour or two ends up splitting the screen with the half
that should be on the left being on the right. The laptop does
not show anything is wrong on it's screen. Tried with two
different projectors on two different days with same result. It
happens later in the day. -- Shayn "Austin
Myers" wrote:

You are going to have to define "weird ways" a little more.
:-)


Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creator of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
http://www.playsforcertain.com


"Shayn" wrote in message
...
I have been using my new smaller laptop for my last two
presentations. It has
a docking station which I have not been using with the
laptop. By the
afternoon, the slides being projected are being split on
the LCD projection
screen in a weird way. Does anyone know why this occuring
and how to fix it?

--
Shayn

Again, not an expert, but I would suspect that the projector is just like
a display unit. It has the 'picture' data from the computer, plus a signal
to make sure that the picture is displayed correctly, i.e. synchronised.
It might be that the signal is weakened or distorted as the computer gets
hot. It is not necessarily the same signal as the one that controls the
laptop display.

I would try a different computer, if one is available. Even a standard PC
would do for a trial.

Brian.


In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:15:01 -0700

So the temperature could be affecting the projection onto the LCD?
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


Then it could be the laptop, like a temperature problem as Steve
mentioned.

Brian.


In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:56:00 -0700

It happened with two different projectors.
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


I'm no expert, but it looks to me like a synchronisation
problem with the projector causing the instability of the
picture.

Brian.

In article
,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:54:02 -0700

It starts with a fuzzy border down the right side of the
slide (almost like a grey and white barber pole type
effect) and within a hour or two ends up splitting the
screen with the half that should be on the left being on
the right. The laptop does not show anything is wrong on
it's screen. Tried with two different projectors on two
different days with same result. It happens later in the
day. -- Shayn "Austin Myers" wrote:

You are going to have to define "weird ways" a little
more. :-)


Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creator of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
http://www.playsforcertain.com


"Shayn" wrote in
message
...
I have been using my new smaller laptop for my last two
presentations. It has
a docking station which I have not been using with the
laptop. By the
afternoon, the slides being projected are being split
on the LCD projection
screen in a weird way. Does anyone know why this
occuring and how to fix it?

--
Shayn

In article , Shayn wrote:
So the temperature could be affecting the projection onto the LCD?

In the sense that it could make the video chip misbehave and send corrupted
data to the video output port, yes.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

In article , wrote:
Again, not an expert, but I would suspect that the projector is just like
a display unit.

Exactly. You can plug a projector into the video port on a regular desktop or
plug a regular monitor into the external video port on a laptop. Both are
monitors for all practical purposes.

It is not necessarily the same signal as the one that controls the
laptop display.

On the money again. Some laptops send the same signal to the LCD and the
external video but most newer ones have true dual monitor support ... a
separate signal for each, internal and external.



I would try a different computer, if one is available. Even a standard PC
would do for a trial.

Brian.

In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:15:01 -0700

So the temperature could be affecting the projection onto the LCD?
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


Then it could be the laptop, like a temperature problem as Steve
mentioned.

Brian.


In article ,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:56:00 -0700

It happened with two different projectors.
--
Shayn


"no-spam-for-hkjffekafphdkdoemehepegkppbo" wrote:


I'm no expert, but it looks to me like a synchronisation
problem with the projector causing the instability of the
picture.

Brian.

In article
,
(Shayn) wrote:

*From:* Shayn
*Date:* Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:54:02 -0700

It starts with a fuzzy border down the right side of the
slide (almost like a grey and white barber pole type
effect) and within a hour or two ends up splitting the
screen with the half that should be on the left being on
the right. The laptop does not show anything is wrong on
it's screen. Tried with two different projectors on two
different days with same result. It happens later in the
day. -- Shayn "Austin Myers" wrote:

You are going to have to define "weird ways" a little
more. :-)


Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creator of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
http://www.playsforcertain.com


"Shayn" wrote in
message
...
I have been using my new smaller laptop for my last two
presentations. It has
a docking station which I have not been using with the
laptop. By the
afternoon, the slides being projected are being split
on the LCD projection
screen in a weird way. Does anyone know why this
occuring and how to fix it?

--
Shayn







-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

I tend to think you all are absolutely correct and that it has to do with the
temperature. I also tend to think that the docking station has a fan in it
(or bigger one) and the small thin laptop away from the docking station with
no frills, no cd drive, not whole lot of anything does not have the capacity
to handle a full training day of 8 or 9 hours like my heavy bigger older Sony
Vaio. I have a new 13 inch Lenovo Thinkpad and again, when you take away the
docking station, you have a very light thin lap top but not much of anything
else. I think I will try it with the docking station at my next training and
see what happens. I do really appreciate all of your advice in helping me
figure it out.
--
Shayn


"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

In article , Shayn wrote:
So the temperature could be affecting the projection onto the LCD?

In the sense that it could make the video chip misbehave and send corrupted
data to the video output port, yes.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

In article , Shayn wrote:
I tend to think you all are absolutely correct and that it has to do with the
temperature. I also tend to think that the docking station has a fan in it
(or bigger one) and the small thin laptop away from the docking station with
no frills, no cd drive, not whole lot of anything does not have the capacity
to handle a full training day of 8 or 9 hours like my heavy bigger older Sony
Vaio. I have a new 13 inch Lenovo Thinkpad and again, when you take away the
docking station, you have a very light thin lap top but not much of anything
else. I think I will try it with the docking station at my next training and
see what happens. I do really appreciate all of your advice in helping me
figure it out.

Please do let us know how this works out.

Oh, add also the specifics on the Thinkpad model you're using ... sounds like
the same one as mine. I'd like to know if I'm in for trouble over long
sessions.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================