Hey I have an aced laptop with vista. I just got another monotor to hook it up to but cannot get it to work. It works when I first start up the laptop. First it goes to the acer loading screen and loads it(this happens on the external monitor) then it goes to a screen that asks whether I would like to start windows normally or not, this happens if I shut it down by just pressing the button. Then no matter which of these I choose the monitor stops working and it switches back to using the laptop screen.
Thanks in advance and I'll try to answer any other questions to the best of my ability
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First of all to guy above, he never mentioned anywhere in his question that he was using a Samsung monitor, so I dont know what that has to do with anything. Second, he didnt mention how he is attempting to input the external monitor. I am assuming with the standard Monitor VGA multi-pin port on the side that is compatible with virtually all monitors out there... What is strange is that I am having the EXACT SAME PROBLEM.
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Deoi,
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Yeah, I have a similar problem with my laptop. My screen is broken so I connected it to an old monitor which used to work. But for some reason, now it's not reading anything. The monitor works and it starts out fine, but then it tells me that the Power Saver is enabled and switches to my laptop screen. Anyone know how to fix that? |
I also facing the same issue as Panzer. My laptop was working fine with my TV till Friday of last week. Then when I unplugged it and connected it to my 19 inch External Monitor, it wont work (it used to work fine the previous day). It stopped working with the TV also.
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Hey I had this problem as well and how I got it to work was I placed my computer in safe mode. Yeah it was that simple. When it was acting funny it would show the startup of windows and then switch back to the laptop monitor. This happened several times and I was starting to get upset. I then just turn the computer off by holding down the power button. He came up with the option to put the computer in safe mode and I chosed it. It's kinda of limited in what you can do, but you should be able to switch your monitor settings while the computer is in safe mode. I only used it to get my files off there. I hope this helps somebody. |
Mat, better get some external LCD and connect it to the notebook. Anyway, I also facing the same problem with yr guys. And now i'm using external LCD while waiting bonus (in dream) from my boss to buy new CPU.
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Well that's discouraginng, I have had this very frustrating problem that corrects after a restore SOMETIMES. SO irritating.. I thought it had something to do with some windows update because restoring to an earlier date worked for a long time but now that restore date seems to have disappeared...sigh
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I was having a similar issue with my Acer laptop. The VGA port would work while booting up, but once windows started I wasn't getting a picture on my TV. I found a solution that works for me. I opened the Display properties (right-click on desktop or use Control Paned ! Display). Then I went to the "Settings" tab. It showed two monitor boxes: The first was my laptop screen. The second was grayed out. I clicked on box #2 and then checked the box under it that reads "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor" and pressed the Apply button. Once I did this my TV showed a signal again. Next I made sure I was clicked on box 2, and then changed the screen resolution and color depth to values that my TV accepts, once again clicking the Apply button.
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After posting my last reply I found out what's going on with my Acer laptop. The Fn + F5 button doesn't work because it is being over-ridden by a system tray applet in the bottom right-hand corner. This applet looks like a blue square with a gray border, and is called "Intel extreme graphics 2 for mobile". It replaces the Fn + F5 hardware approach with a software approach.
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I have a an Acer laptop with a smashed screen, recently the external monitor would not turn on except in safemode and I was stuck looking at nothing. The fn +f5 combination did not work. It had previously worked fine. I found that the easiest way to use my external monitor was to select one of my users and once they were selected, I then used the fn +f5 key combo and it worked fine. To select a user account, I randomly clicked around the screen until one of them opened because my screen is busted. It took a little time but once it dd I could hear my computer begin to work. This was the easiest solution for me. There is a good chance this will only work with acer laptops using vista, however, I recommend that anyone try it who is having this problem |
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