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09.21.2007 at 05:18PM PDT, ID: 22845624
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Acer Aspire laptop - can't toggle display to external monitor

Asked by slovisa in Televisions, Computer Displays / Monitors, PC Laptops

Tags: acer, monitor, external, laptop, display

I have an Acer Aspire 3502 laptop running Windows XP Home. I have it hooked up to an LCD monitor, on which I need to display a Windows Media file. When the laptop boots, I see the Windows screen on the monitor and everything looks like it's going to be fine. When the sign-in screen appears, the display toggles back to the laptop. After that, I can't get it to toggle back to the LCD monitor. You're supposed to hit Fn+F5, but nothing happens.

The resolution, 800x600 at 60Hz refresh, is a supported resolution of the monitor (although I don't know how to check "vertical frequency" on the laptop to ensure that's supported too).

I've only tried the external display feature once before, with a projector, and had the exact same result... But it seems if the startup screens can display, it must be possible somehow.

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[+][-]09.21.2007 at 05:41PM PDT, ID: 19940036

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Tags: acer, monitor, external, laptop, display
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