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To: Rose in RoseBear

Good morning Rose!

I just plugged in the monitor to the laptop and hit fn+f7, but all the monitor is still only showing a small strip of screen on the far left side.

My sister hasn't called me back yet, but I'm pretty sure she has a spare monitor somewhere. *fingers crossed*


1,650 posted on 04/30/2006 9:37:19 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

Did you toggle f7 until the laptop screen went dark? It may need to, incase the laptop video can't drive both at once. The toggle is a three-way, that is: laptop only, external only, and both.


1,652 posted on 04/30/2006 9:42:04 AM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1100 knives and counting!)
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To: RMDupree
If you find the monitor is toast, and you need to replace it right away, go down to Goodwill, or to any second-hand computer store, and get a 14" or 15" substitute.
1,654 posted on 04/30/2006 9:51:08 AM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... "My name is Rose, and I am moving soon." <shirking> "Indulging my muse ...!" ])
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To: RMDupree
Does the strip you can see on the monitor screen match some part of the screen on the portable?

And (I should have asked this before) do you have a flat panel screen?

1,655 posted on 04/30/2006 9:54:08 AM PDT by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... "My name is Rose, and I am moving soon." <unwinding> "Nancy Wilson can *sing* ...!" ])
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