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.

9-10 SOLUTIONS

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 ª light is

 

 

flashing.

 

 

 

 

 

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 turn

too faint.

contrast controls are

up the brightness. (On select

 

not set properly.

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 is

reset the Display settings for

display flashes

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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