External monitor will not turn on when laptop comes

[rick blair]

my external monitor dose not work with my laptop. this just started when we recently lost power. i tried another monitor with the same results. any suggestions

 

[unksol]

press windowskey +p to cycle through the output modes

 

[rdc85]

lappy had function button to switch display if it not automatically done...

Try those button....

if it not working, u mention power outage try to cold reboot first..
If it still not working well there maybe some hardware problems....

 

[rick blair]

press windowskey +p to cycle through the output modes

THANKS, seems to be working fine now. I am glad I didn't get rid of the other monitor. As you can tell I am a novice at PC's.

thanks again