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    I need my LCD to be the primary monitor

    Discussion in 'HP' started by thenims, Feb 18, 2005.

  1. thenims

    thenims Newbie

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    Hi all,
    I have a Compaq Evo N1020V which has a Samsung 193T LCD monitor attached to it. 9 out of 10 times when windows XP Pro loads on my laptop, the Laptop forces its own screen to be the primary monitor and thus making the LCD just blank out. I would like my Samsung LCD to be the primary display. Can anyone suggest a fix?

    thanks heaps
     
    thenims, Feb 18, 2005
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  2. mfarris2

    mfarris2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure,...this is just a guess. You could maybe go into device manager. (Right click on My Computer. Select Properties. Click onto the Hardware tab. Click onto the Device Manager button.) Then go down to monitors. Click onto the + sign. If you see two monitors listed, right click onto the one you do not want starting up. Then select disable. (I am not sure this is what you were looking for. So I hope this helps.

     
    mfarris2, Feb 21, 2005
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  3. Samwise592

    Samwise592 Notebook Consultant

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    dependign on your graphics card you should be able to configure all of your monitor needs in desktop>properties>settings. my ati card works everything out perfectly and i can choose every option imaginable. i dont have any experience with notebooks that have nvedia or any other brand card so thats about all the info that i can provide.

    Compaq Presario R3000t
    Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
    1 Gig DDR
    15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
    80 Gig 4200Rpm
    128 Radeion 9000 IGP
    4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
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    Samwise592, Feb 21, 2005
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