PowerPoint Projection Problems

[Shayn]

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?

 

[Austin Myers]

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]

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]

Last time, when the split screen thing happened, I did just that at the
break(powered it off and then restarted the show), and it went back to just
having the thin grey barber poll thingee on the ride side where it eventually
splits later on. I was wondering if it had anything to do with not using its
docking station and using too much of the cache memory?

 

[Shayn]

It happened with two different projectors.

 

[Shayn]

I'll try that. I did not notice the fan, but I know it gets hot.

 

[Shayn]

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

 

[Shayn]

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.