External Monitor

Forum discussion tagged with External Monitor.
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    Question Lenovo P51 freezes when connected to external monitor

    Hey all. I have a Thinkpad P51. Recently I have been facing this issue when I connect my laptop with an external monitor it freezes and my mouse pointer disappear. I have to force shutdown by holding the power button. It doesnt matter how I connect it: via displayport, hdmi or thunderbolt it...
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    Question how to get a toshiba c55d-b5203 to connect to a external monitor with its main screen broke

    this is a absolute hail mary, but hopefully 🙏. i have a toshiba c55d-b5203 with a severely broken screen, that won’t connect to external monitor/tv. it honestly hasn’t been booted up in a few years so i don’t really know what it’s showing immediately but here i am again trying to bring it back...
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    Solved! What refreshrate can I have on an external monitor?

    I was wondering how much refreshrate i can have on an external monitor? It looks like i only have HDMI and two USB-C ports (Not thunderbolt). Can I then only have 60 Hz External monitor? The laptop monitor is 144Hz. Hope someone can answer my question :) This is my laptop...
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    Solved! Laptop Broken Monitor - self-inflicted driver issue

    Hi, I have a Lenovo laptop that has a broken screen. I've been using an HDMI external monitor for a little bit. There was an AMD graphics card driver update that buggered things up. So I did the stupidest thing and in device manager, I removed the driver like a twit, which of course stopped...
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    HP ENVY Laptop without LCD, No display on external monitor

    Hi all! I have an HP ENVY Laptop which I used for entry level gaming, DOTA etc. My brother accidentally cracked the LCD and I was forced to use the external monitor, as I cannot afford to replace the LCD. I then did a fresh install and did a system update and after the reboot, a black screen in...
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    Solved! Macbook Air 2015 As An External Monitor

    Hi, I currently have a windows 10 gaming PC with 1 monitor which uses a display port. I was wondering if I could use my 2015 Macbook Air (which has a thunderbolt 2 port) as an external monitor display connecting to my pc as a second monitor. Is this possible and if so what cables and/or adapters...
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    Solved! Lenovo Yoga Black Screen after disconnecting from external monitor

    Lenova Yoga 900 13-isk Both Laptop screen and Monitor screen show the display but when disconnected from external monitor laptop screen becomes black. Try to reboot from laptop disconnected to external monitor. It boots with windows welcome sound but the screen is black with function keys...
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    Solved! Turning on Laptop through external keyboad

    I have my laptop connected to an external monitor. I don't want to have to open my laptop every time I want to turn it on as it is in an awkward position. Is there any way to to turn it on through my keyboard? (I would just make a macro but if I turn off my laptop my keyboard turns off. I've set...
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    Solved! Aspire 5102 black screen.

    Aspire 5102WLMi black screen.Works external monitor OK.Screen and inverter changed but still same fault.LCD connecting cable appears OK but not yet checked end-to-end.I believe there are two separate VGA outputs. Does anyone know if LCD and external outputs can be controlled independently or...
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    Solved! Laptop without screen

    Hey guys! So a friend of mine has a laptop which's screen is broken and removed from it. Tha laptop is HP Pavilion g6 with intel core I7 with gpu AMD Radeon 7600. When we turn on the laptop on after a reinstall it doesen't display anything on a external monitor.(before the reinstall it worked...
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    Solved! Dell Inspiron 5567 no display, but everything else works...

    Hi all, This laptop was dropped and the LCD shows physical damage. Upon booting I even get the 2/7 blink code, which correlates to an LDC failure. I've been using an external monitor for over a year or more, and it's just become a stationary laptop. I'm now trying to fix this...
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    Solved! Toshiba L300 does not send signal to external monitor

    Hi, My Toshiba L300 does not send VGA signal to Viewsonic2230w monitor despite it recognises it. I can see my monitor in Device manager and display settings. I can hear the chimes when connect it but no signal. I uodated viewsonic driver but I only fund it for win7. Monitor works fine with...
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    Solved! HDMI Output to External Monitor - Issue on Razer Blade 14 Laptop

    My laptop (Razer Blade 14 Geforce GTX 1060), is having an issue outputting to an external monitor via HDMI (a monitor that until yesterday it has worked fine with). Although the laptop will detect the external monitor, and will tell me it is extending or duplicating the display, the external...
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    Solved! HELP! Monitor won't turn on :(, works fine with external monitor + image when shone with light

    Please help. I have ASUS Zenbook UX340UA and I've been using it for around 7 months now . Yesterday afternoon after using it for a while the screen suddenly turned off. I used an external monitor (using HDMI) and was able to shut the laptop off. I thought by not using it overnight it would solve...
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    Solved! My Laptop Screen is black and I plug to an external monitor it doesn't also works it gives me the orange light, can anyone ple

    My Laptop Screen is black and I plug to an external monitor it doesn't also works it gives me the orange light, can anyone please help me
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    Solved! keyboard shortcut to toggle the display to an external monitor.

    keyboard shortcut to toggle the display to an external monitor. my laptop screen is broken and I'm hoping a toggle shortcut would help
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    entering bios with external monitor, Tosiba Satellite C50-b 158

    my screen is cracked and i have a another screen with vgs samsung but when i try to go to bios its black can you tell me how to go on bios from secont screen cause main screen is cracked? pls <3
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    Lenovo Yoga 730 screen flashing like crazy

    Please help a Lenovo victim here. I have been using the laptop for a month and then the screen started flashing like crazy to the point of unusable. Right now the screen starts flickering basically within 5 mins of use. Only after this issue had surfaced then I searched the internet, only to...
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    External monitor plug in

    My all in one hour desktop screen is broken. Where do I plug my USB for the external monitor I do not want to lose my all on one so please help me
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    Solved! Laptop HDMI version??

    I own an Asus GL553VD laptop and wanted to use external monitor which is Acer KG251QF (1080p 144hz Freesync) as i want to have a 144hz display. But my laptop only comes with HDMI port and i don't know which version is it (also comes with USB Type-C) and the monitor support HDMI 1.4 and...