HP external Vga doesn't work

[orsobubu]

I have an old Pavilion Dv6195ea notebook (win XP) and tried for the first time to connect an external monitor to Vga connector: it gets a signal but the monitor stays black. This monitor works well with other notebooks. Is there any settings I have to verify?

 

[COLGeek]

Make sure, on your laptop, that you press the appropriate function key to enable external video (usually has 3 settings, internal only, external only, or both internal/external simultaneously).

Also, on some systems, you can disable the external connection in the BIOS. Check that if pressing the function key doesn't solve the problem.

Good luck!

 

[orsobubu]

Thank you very much, COLGeek, I didn't know those functions, I checked them and found that the notebook probably has a broken VGA port; the functions works well on other systems, anyway. BIOS is very tiny with almost no options. Thankyou from Milan, Italy!

 

[orsobubu]

Thank you very much, COLGeek, I didn't know those functions, I checked them and found that the notebook probably has a broken VGA port; the functions works well on other systems, anyway. BIOS is very tiny with almost no options. Thankyou from Milan, Italy!