Video is also referred to as the display.

Key combinations, such as the example Fn+F8 used in these solutions, mean that you should press and hold down the

Fn key, press the F8 key, and then release both keys simultaneously.

Video or Display

Symptom

Problem

Solution

Screen is blank.

Screen saver

Press the Spacebar or click

 

is enabled.

with the TouchPad.

 

 

 

 

The external monitor

Press the Fn+F3 keys to

 

display is selected.

switch between the LCD

 

 

display, external monitor,

 

 

and simultaneous display.

 

 

 

Display is

Brightness and

Press the Fn+F8 keys to

too faint.

contrast controls are

turn up the brightness.

 

not set properly.

(On selected models, you

 

 

can adjust the contrast.)

 

 

 

Display only

Your resolution

1. On the taskbar, click the

fills part of

settings are not

Start button, and point

the screen.

set properly.

to Settings.

 

 

2. Click Control Panel.

 

 

3. Double-click Display.

 

 

4. Click the Settings tab.

 

 

5. In the Screen area, click

 

 

the slider and drag it to

 

 

the desired resolution.

 

 

6. 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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HP 1215EA manual Video is also referred to as the display, Video or Display Symptom Problem Solution