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monitor hooked to laptop keeps going into power save

  • 28-09-2011 9:07pm
    #1
    oranbhoy67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭


    hi guys .. newbie to this forum here.. my problem is as above... basically last week my dog knocked my laptop off my couch causing my screen to smash..so this week i saved up my cents & bought a 2nd hand dell monitor & hooked it up to the laptop... well the initial screen came up fine & the boot menu .. however when i press "start windows normally" my monitor automatically goes into "power save mode" and the monitor goes into standby! If i start in "safe mode" then the screen comes up fine ! Does anyone have any idea how to fix this so that my monitor stays on in normal mode??? i must add that im also using a USB keyboard as my laptop keyboard does not work due to water damage.. & theres no fn key for me to use if that has anything to do with it???


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  • #2
    oranbhoy67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭oranbhoy67


    ps forgot to add thanks for any advice and help in advance :) !!


  • #3
    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    LOL, USB keyboard-->Laptop-->Monitor.

    I'm using a Dell Monitor with a new Computer and am having trouble also, the first screen I see is the User Account page so I can't access Bios screen/Safe Mode, they just don't show up.

    If I press F8 when turning on the Computer all I see is black, (the Safe Mode Screen is probably there) Windows doesn't load so I can only assume there's some driver pack in Dell Computers that control the Display.


  • #4
    oranbhoy67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭oranbhoy67


    well ive got it working fine now i changed the resoulution in display settings... but still it will only start in safe mode which means i have no sound... can anyone advise me on this??


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