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I don't think it's a driver issue as it worked fine for ages and then suddenly failed. I'm guessing something wrong with the socket. When I use the Win+P command in W7 I get a 'no external projector detected' message after a few seconds if I've selected 'projector only'. If I select 'duplicate'...

No worries. The problem is fairly common the other way round it seems. Hence the confusion.

Ok, tried three VGA cables. Same fault.

Hi Makkem. No. I shall try that now.

Hmm, the screen on my laptop is working fine though. It's the screen on the external monitor that has the issue. In fact I've tried a couple of different monitors, same fault.

Thanks. But isn't the backlight part of the screen? Like I said, the monitor is working fine when tested with another system.

Hi there, I have an old Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop. I had been using an external monitor with it, hooked up to the VGA port. A few days ago, the display on the external monitor went dark. You can just about see it, as if the backlight has gone. The monitor is fine, and I've tried another...