Okay, so here's the deal. My laptop screen broke. It burnt out or something. So, I was told I can hook up a monitor to my laptop. I tried to that today, only when I turn the monitor on, all I can see is my pink background. There's no icons, no Start bar, nothing! How do I get everything to show up on my monitor? Detailed directions would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm a college student and can't go much longer without a screen to see the papers I have to write!
2007-09-20 14:35:31 · 4 answers · asked by Coco 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
I am able to see the screen on my laptop... just barely, but if I shine a desk lamp on it, I can see pretty okay. So how do I turn on the line to drive the new monitor???
2007-09-20 15:48:59 · update #1
It sounds like the backlight on the laptop has gone. You would need to replace the panel in the laptop. Expensive if it is out of warranty.
What is happening is that when you turn the laptop on with the monitor attached Windows is seeing it and you laptop display and running in extended mode. So the external monitor is showing half of a wide desktop split across the laptop screen and the monitor screen.
If you could actually see anything on the laptop you could drag it across to the external and work on it, but you can't see it.
What I would do is start the laptop up without the external display attached and wait for Windows to finish booting.
Then attach the external display and use the Fn-Fx key combination to switch between the display options (Internal only / External only / External + Internal)
The key combo varies between manufacturers. HP is Fn+F4 Lenovo/IBM Fn+F8 . . . Look across the F keys there should be icons there to help you determine what the Fn key combos do.
Good luck.
2007-09-21 03:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by Simon T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Press and Hold Fn key and then press CRT/LCD (you may see a a window icon instead of CRT/LCD on your monitor)
Usually the Fn key is in blue color and the LCD would be written on one of the Function (F1-F12) key. See if that works.
Basically what happens is that when you plug your monitor to your laptop, it doesnt show the screen on the monitor by default, you have to 'activate' it by pressing a combination of these keys, you may have press the CRT/LCD key more than once - while holding the Fn key.
P.S. it actually say "Fn" on the key - some people have hard time finding it :)
2007-09-20 14:45:49 · answer #2 · answered by mishkin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You haven't turned on the line to drive the new monitor so the computer doesn't know it's attached.
The catch 22 problem is... you have to have the computer monitor to turn on the line.
2007-09-20 15:25:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i do no longer think of this could be conceivable yet whilst that's you're able to in all probability choose some sort of Hub to plug all the video exhibit units in to. i understand this could be conceivable to do on a pc because of the fact my dad connected 5 at his artwork yet you will have the ceremony hardware.
2016-11-06 00:11:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋