The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    External Screen on Dv2000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by T-B0N3, Nov 4, 2007.

  1. T-B0N3

    T-B0N3 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi there everyone.

    I've just bought a Samsung SyncMaster 970P external screen, as I have been working for quite a long time on my DV2000 and i'm getting my eyes quite tired by staring into the small screen all the time.

    Right now my problem is that I have to press Fn+F4 every time I want to allow the graphic card to output to the external monitor.
    My question is: does anyone know how to activate the auto-switch to external monitor feature ?

    It's getting quite annoying at every restart to lift the lid up and press the combination in order to get the external screen on.

    Thanks ahead.
     
    T-B0N3, Nov 4, 2007
    #1
  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

    Reputations:
    5,504
    Messages:
    9,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    You should only have to do it once, as the machine will remember your preferences. Check your control panel and see if you missed anything. I remember my dv6500t auto-switching after boot-up completed.
     
    Lithus, Nov 4, 2007
    #2
  3. T-B0N3

    T-B0N3 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thanks for the reply Lithus. I will double check.
     
    T-B0N3, Nov 4, 2007
    #3
  4. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

    Reputations:
    6,156
    Messages:
    11,214
    Likes Received:
    68
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Mine does it automatically.. Try the nvidia panel if you got one

    Theres also a switch screen button on the little remote you get
     
    flipfire, Nov 4, 2007
    #4
  5. T-B0N3

    T-B0N3 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I got an nvidia panel but I'm not sure where exactly I should look.

    True that the button on the remote does the job but it's not exactly the best way to do it.

    Could you give me a hint flipfire on what exactly you have ticked in nvidia panel ?
     
    T-B0N3, Nov 4, 2007
    #5