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I have an old toshiba portege 7010CT labtop and i want to connect it to my tv so i can see the screen from the labtop on the tv the labtop has a video out conneter on the back but i tryed conneting it from there to the video connecter on the back of the tv but it doesn't work am i doing something wrong also all i know about the video card is that it's a NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV any suggestions on how to get this to work???
You need a VGA to NTSC converter.. Tigerdirect has some pretty cheap.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=1430
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ok but what if i want to connect a regular computer screen to my labtop i have a plug for it in the back of the labtop do i just plug it in and it should work or do i need that VGA to NTSC convertor for that to?
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If your laptop really has a video output on it, you don't need a VGA to NTSC converter. What does the connector look like? Is it a regular RCA type video connector like you would see on a TV? Usually on laptops you have the option to toggle between the internal LCD screen, the video output connector and both. Look on your keyboard for something that says "CRT/LCD" or something close to that. Usually you will hold down the function key and press the CRT/LCD key at the same time. This will output the signal to the TV.
"what if i want to connect a regular computer screen to my labtop i have a plug for it in the back of the labtop"
I doubt you have an input for that. What does this plug look like? If it's a regualr VGA connector, it is for connecting an external monitor not connecting to another computer.
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i don't see a key labeled crt/lcd but on my f5 key there is a picture of a small labtop with a slash like this / and then a picture of a big screen is that the one u r talking about and what is the "Function key"???
and the connecter looks like a regualr rca video like on tv's
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Yup, that F5 key is the one you need to press along with the function key. The function key is usually down by the CTRL and ALT keys and probably says "Fn" on it. It's also possible you need to set the configuration in the video properties.
The RCA connector then is an output to go to your TV. You cannot connect a computer up to your laptop and use it like a monitor.
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ok but that's the problem i looked in display properties but i can't find anything to configure the video output
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Did this laptop originaly come with XP or did you put it on there. If you put it on there, did you get the drivers from Toshiba for the video card or did you use the ones that XP loaded?
the drivers that come with XP are usually not as good as the ones you get from the manufacturer. You may need to load Toshiba's drivers for all the options to be available.
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no the labtop was givin to me and when i got it it had windows 98 SE and then i put windows XP on it so i just find the driver for the video card and that should be it?
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It's possible that putting the driver from toshiba on it will give you more options such as those needed to turn on the vga output.
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ok i found the driver for the video card on driverguid.com i downloaded it and installed it and under display properties after it gave me three options CRT, CRT/LCD, LCD i tryed all of them but nothing came up on the tv? did i do something wrong here or what if i uninstall Windows xp would it work then?
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