heLLo guys I need heLp my monitor on my Laptop is broken and they wiLL charge me 400 doLLars for the repair.I bought a new one and I decided to use the oLd one at home with an externaL monitor the probem is once I connected my Laptop to the monitor bios wiLL appear and when vista start to Load the screen goes bLank my friend said that I have to set it in the window mode which i cannot cause i couLd'nt see a thing in my Laptop's monitor. is there any other way to bypass the primary monitor and direct it to secondary monitor without setting it to window mode.or do i have to switch to XP in order to use it?.
how to set secondary monitors with bLack screen as your primary!
- Thread starter graystar
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Hi,
Try pressing Fn (Function, bottom left corener of key board) & F4.
This should activate the external monitor function of the laptop.
Try pressing Fn (Function, bottom left corener of key board) & F4.
This should activate the external monitor function of the laptop.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
- CPU
- 2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
- Motherboard
- ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
- Memory
- 3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
- Hard Drives
- 3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
BluRay & DVD Weiters
HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
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- Internet Speed
- 40 Meg
I did that aready! the probem is after the bios shows up and the windows are loading, vista returns it to primary monitor and I cant bring it back to secondary monitor even I press fn +f4.could I be able to set it in bios?
My Computer
OK,
Have a go but if you need to get into windows to change the primary monitor there & there is no BIOS setting for you to change, you will be struggling.
Do you have access to an identical laptop?
You could then swap the disk, set it up & reverse the swap.
I am not sure about the XP option. I have never install the operating system that way on a laptop.
I would need more information on the specific laptop, make, model, Windows version, updates installed etc. etc. The more the merrier.
Have a go but if you need to get into windows to change the primary monitor there & there is no BIOS setting for you to change, you will be struggling.
Do you have access to an identical laptop?
You could then swap the disk, set it up & reverse the swap.
I am not sure about the XP option. I have never install the operating system that way on a laptop.
I would need more information on the specific laptop, make, model, Windows version, updates installed etc. etc. The more the merrier.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
- CPU
- 2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
- Motherboard
- ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
- Memory
- 3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
- Hard Drives
- 3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
BluRay & DVD Weiters
HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
- Internet Speed
- 40 Meg
my old laptop is toshiba satelite 2ghz processor 1gb ram windows vista home edition.I dont have an identical laptop.thnx 4 ur help!
My Computer
Sorry the information on your "old" laptop is just not specific enough.
I need the model number & which version of Vista (Sevice Pack status) you are using as per my request earlier, etc
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
- CPU
- 2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
- Motherboard
- ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
- Memory
- 3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
- Hard Drives
- 3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
BluRay & DVD Weiters
HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
- Internet Speed
- 40 Meg