PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE

1400 SERIES

Video or Display

Symptom

 

Problem

 

Solution

Screen is blank.

 

Screen saver

 

Press the Spacebar or click

 

 

 

 

is enabled.

 

with the TouchPad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Notebook is in

 

Press any key.

 

 

Sleep mode. This is

 

 

 

 

identified when the

 

 

 

 

power light pulses

 

 

 

 

on and off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The external monitor

 

Press the Fn+F3 keys to

 

 

display is selected.

 

switch between the LCD

 

 

 

 

display, external monitor,

 

 

 

 

TV-Out (available on select

 

 

 

 

models), and simultaneous

 

 

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

 

Display is

 

Brightness and

 

Press the Fn+F8 keys to

too faint.

 

contrast controls are

 

turn up the brightness. (On

 

 

not set properly.

 

select models, you can

 

 

 

 

adjust the contrast.)

 

 

 

 

 

Display only

 

Your resolution

 

On the taskbar, click the

fills part of

 

settings are not

 

Start button and point

the screen.

 

set properly.

 

to Settings.

 

 

 

 

Click Control Panel.

 

 

 

 

Double-click Display.

 

 

 

 

Click the Settings tab.

 

 

 

 

In the Screen area, click the

 

 

 

 

slider and drag it to the

 

 

 

 

desired resolution.

 

 

 

 

Click OK to accept the new

 

 

 

 

settings, then close the

 

 

 

 

Control Panel window.

 

 

 

 

 

Characters are

 

The external

 

Restart your Notebook and

garbled or the

 

monitor’s resolution

 

reset the Display settings for

display flashes

 

is set too high for

 

a lower resolution. Refer to

when your

 

your Notebook.

 

the solution for “Display only

Notebook is

 

 

 

fills part of the screen” for

connected to an

 

 

 

more details.

external

 

 

 

 

monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Compaq 1400 manual Video or Display Symptom Problem Solution