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Name: d85kennedy Date: January 4, 2004 at 16:58:21 Pacific OS: winXP home CPU/Ram: Centrino 1.3GHz / 256mb d
Comment:
on my packard bell easynote (5138 series) laptop i have a port to connect a second VGA monitor. i connected my very old crt monitor and the power seems to be on because it sits on stand-by, but there is no image. i checked all the settings in the control panel and even the bios and no luck any help on a possible fix is much appreciated. cheers dave
Name: Sokko Date: January 4, 2004 at 18:08:19 Pacific
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Make sure that the monitor you're using can display the resolution and number of colors you're currently using on the laptop; lower either of these and try it again, patient experimenting will allow you to find the monitor's upper limits. If it's a REALLY old monitor your laptop may not even be capable of going as low as its maximum.
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Response Number 2
Name: StuartS Date: January 4, 2004 at 18:36:22 Pacific
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Check the BIOS. There should be a setting there to switch between one or the other or both monitors.
Stuart
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Response Number 3
Name: titi Date: January 5, 2004 at 13:39:10 Pacific
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hi
Try hold FN key end push LCD/VGA key. this combination will toggle (LCD only; LCD and VGA; VGA only
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Response Number 4
Name: d85kennedy Date: January 25, 2004 at 17:31:11 Pacific
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for those of you still tracking this the "very old" crt decided it wasnt working lol. so, got a new monitor anyway. works fine on both my machines. result!
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