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second monitor problems
I am getting settled into my new place and I can't get my Dell monitor to work my my laptop, the computer thinks it is working but all I have is a black screen. Any advice (or things I can check to see if if the laptop or the monitor is the problem). I just moved so something COULD have been damamged but everything seems ok, but this is the first I have conencted the monitor back to the laptop and I had a bunch of work done to the laptop.
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Re: second monitor problems
Does it do something different if it is turned on and not plugged in? You dn't get a "no signal" message on the monitor or anything?
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Re: second monitor problems
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Does it do something different if it is turned on and not plugged in? You dn't get a "no signal" message on the monitor or anything? [/ QUOTE ] There is definitally power to it because I get the test screen etc when I turn it on. Just black screen though when it the computer powers up. |
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Re: second monitor problems
Have you tried plugging the monitor into a different computer or the computer into a different monitor? If the monitor cable comes off, you can try switching it out, too.
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Re: second monitor problems
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Have you tried plugging the monitor into a different computer or the computer into a different monitor? If the monitor cable comes off, you can try switching it out, too. [/ QUOTE ] I have thought of all of these. My other computer is still in storage. |
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Re: second monitor problems
check that the cords are plugged in firmly on both ends of the cable connecting the monitor to the computer.
check that you remembered which keystroke combo routes data to the monitor. If those don't do anything it doesn't look good, but make before you junk it make sure you do two things: 1. Attach another monitor to your laptop successfully. 2. Attach this monitor to another computer (maybe a good way to introduce yourself to a neighbor?) |
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