The backlite on my HP Pavillion notebok went out and I tried plugging it into an HP monitor. When I turned the laptop on, I got the Windows XP Loading page on the montitor, then when it finished loading, the screen when black. What should I do?
2007-01-14 10:07:38 · 6 answers · asked by Jordan Watkins 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Thanks to all of you. I got it fiqured out, so don't waste time answering.
2007-01-15 03:08:42 · update #1
Hey there,
Press the FN+F8 or the FN+F6 buttons. Look at the blue letters on your keyboard. Look for the one that looks like two monitors or says CRT/LCD.
You can scroll through the modes.
1. LCD only
2. LCD and CRT
3. CRT only
Wait a few seconds while scrolling through the modes.
Also, if you are having a problem, you might have the CRT mode set too high so that it can not be displayed. You may have to change your monitor type. It is kinda hard to do that without another monitor.
Tom
2007-01-14 10:16:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cafetom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a function key that toggles between laptop, external monitor, or laptop AND external. You need to find that (it will be on your keyboard) and start toggling.
BTW, the backlight repair on that is usually reasonable -- the part will be around $35 if it's just the inverter, and maybe half an hour labor. If the whole LCD is gone... well, that might be another matter.
2007-01-14 10:11:13 · answer #2 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when XP loads it will start to boot with minimal drivers, once the operating system comes up it uses the latest drivers that it knows (the laptop video)
restart the system and go to safe mode on startup, change the video driver and you should be ok
2007-01-14 10:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by Rob R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right click on your desktop and select properties. Then select the setting tab and pick the monitor setup you want to use.
2007-01-14 10:12:04 · answer #4 · answered by Taba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on an IBM laptop you press Fn+F7 to bring up your presentation mode options
2007-01-14 10:11:38 · answer #5 · answered by Carolyn R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i ought to inheriantly plug the visual exhibit unit into your computer and then go into the gadget manager interior the administration panel and disable the on-board visual exhibit unit of your computer. that ought to kick it over. until eventually you want to have 2 video exhibit gadgets going.
2016-11-23 18:27:46 · answer #6 · answered by greenwald 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋