Most of you know by now that I’m very happy with Q1. I believe I’ve even used the phrase “when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands.” But I digress. I have one major issue with the Q1 that simply drives me insane.
I frequently use the Q1 with an external monitor. When I’m done for the day, I’ll hit CTRL+ALT+F3 to switch back to the Q1’s display and hit the hardware button to drop the resolution to 800 x 480. Then it’s off to sleep for Q1 as I head to the car.
Except that sometimes, this doesn’t work. Even when I’m sure it worked! The Q1 goes to sleep with a resolution of 1280 x 1024. When it wakes up, the hardware button won’t change the resolution, the digitizer is out of whack because of the resolution and I’m stuck. Without a keyboard, I can’t fix it.
Reboot you say? Nope. The 1280 resolution survives a reboot. $#%^&#$%&! This means you can’t login with the pen. You HAVE to have an attached keyboard to login. Since none of the video utilities (Intel or Samsung) are accessible until after login, the phrase “I’m screwed” comes quickly to mind.
I’ve tried everything I can think of. The login calibration utility doesn’t help with a resolution that high. I don’t think I’ve tried completely pulling the battery but that really shouldn’t matter.
I’ve been lucky in that it happens most often when I’m going home. I haven’t been screwed going to a meeting yet but that’s just a matter of time. If anyone has a solution to this pain in the neck, let me know.
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You cant hold your finger on the desktop to bring up the right mouseclick menu an choose video properties to change the resalution?
Nevermind, I realized after sending the above message that you can’t get to the desktop until after login.