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    Useing a external monitor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jandrews, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. jandrews

    jandrews Newbie

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    I am having problems getting my Acer 3004WLCI to work with a Samsung 206BW 20” Widescreen external monitor. When I switch to the Samsung I can not see the whole screen but must stroll over to see the edges. I have tried setting the laptop screen resolution to 1680 X 1050 to match the monitor resolution. The monitor and its drivers work fine on my desktop but I am a little skittish about installing drivers for an external monitor on my laptop. I worry that this will blow away the driver for the internal LCD. Has anyone done this before?
    Thanks
     
    jandrews, Jul 28, 2007
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  2. someone777

    someone777 Notebook Evangelist

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    well you don;t need to install drivers all monitors should work without it..
    go to the monitor seletion like ati caltalist if you have ati
    and choose the screen size for the external..
     
    someone777, Jul 28, 2007
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