Use of the external monitor

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• Prolonged use of the external monitors only

  I have a macbook pro and 2 external monitors connected through a USB hub. The views tab shows 3 screens and I don't want my laptop appears as an extended display. How to use only 2 external monitors with El Capitan on a MacBook pro in 2011?

  Thank you

  Nick

  There is one way to have only 2 screens:

  • Use an external display and your MacBook Pro as a screen.
  • Use two external displays and close your MacBook Pro. Follow the instructions in How to use your Mac laptop in closed-shell (display closed) mode with an external display - Apple Suppor...

• Portege Z830: I want to disable internal LCD and use only the external monitor

  I have a Toshiba Portege z830.
  I use my laptop in "Extended desktop", mode with an external monitor, which is the main display.
  In this mode, the two screens are still on, but I want the built-in LCD screen to be opened only when I use it.

  Is this possible?
  Thank you.

  Hello

  In my opinion, this is not possible.
  In extended mode, you use and display internal but extended and the long part is visible on the external monitor.
  In such a case its any that your external monitor is set as main display.

  If you want to use an external monitor only, you can only export the video signal on external monitor by pressing FN + F5

• Qosmio x 70-A-12-question on the use of the external monitor

  Hello

  am about to buy an external monitor and I was wondering what would work with my laptop.
  I want to it works like an additional surface (not a copy of my current screen) with both screens at the same time working.

  My laptop seems to have a VGA port and an HDMI port.
  I've already tried via the HDMI port with an old - probablybroken-monitor, but that has not worked.
  I don't know if this is due to the screen or my laptop.

  I also tried to search for VGA monitors, but when I checked the specs for my laptop, it does not list it could connect a monitor via VGA...

  Anyone know what would be really work?...
  Thanks in advance!

  As you have already said: the laptop supports the VGA monitor (RGB) as well as the output port HDMI output port.
  So, you can use one of the ports to connect the external monitor.

  Today, the HDMI port is a standard interface that is supported by almost all external monitors and I recommend to use the HDMI connection. HDMI supports digital signals and provides the best image quality.

  So it s your choice now to choose a good external monitor work.

• How to find out the resolution of the external monitor max on Satellite Pro A100-02Y

  I have a Satellite Pro A100-02Y.

  I want to launch an external monitor but don't have any idea how big a monitor will deal graphics drivers. How will I know?

  Thanks for any help.

  Hello

  You should keep one fact in mind that the available screen resolution depends on the graphics card and the graphics card driver.
  If I'm not mistaken, you can find the max somewhere graphics card resolution information in the user manual.

  But note; If the graphics card driver does not support you favorite resolution then you will not be able to use and to choose!

  In the properties of the graphics card, you can find the available screen are supported by GPU driver resolutions.
  Usually these resolutions could be used on the external monitor, but only if the external monitor takes care of everything.

  Best regards

• HP Envy X 2 (15-C001dx): HP Envy X 2 (15-C001dx): question seeks to use the external monitor

  I have a brand new HP Envy X 2 (15-C001dx) with Windows 8.1. So far, it works fine by itself. I tried to connect an external monitor to the laptop using an HDMI cable from the laptop to a LG L246WPQ screen. The problem is that 10-15% of the left side of the content portable screen does not appear on the external monitor. Missing from the external display is the word "Start" in the upper left with roughly 2 columns to tiles. This occurs in the two "dual display" or "show only the screen 2" modes.  It's using a resolution of 1680 x 1050 times the cell phone and the LG appearing in support. Using the touch screen on the laptop I can scroll tiles to the right and see the missing columns at the far left. The information displayed on the external monitor begins as far left this screen will be displayed. In other words, there is no black and white on the left box. Except for the missing information on the left side, from the rest of the external display content seems fine. I have updated video driver of the laptop at the latest on HP.COM.  No change in behavior. I tried all the options I could find on the LG OnScreenDisplay, but nothing does the display not better. I've seen complaints on some forums that some "DPI" support added in Windows 8.1is causing many grief monitor for some people. Who would have something to do with it?

  This sounds like a video driver problem?  Something incorrect or incompatible with this LG monitor? Suggestions on other things to try?

  Thank you

  @outback ,

  Hello and thanks for the display on the HP support forums,

  The first thing I would try this question takes the hdmi cable and plug it on another monitor or a TV.

  If the same problem exists then LG issue.  If the same problem occurs on other screens or TV then looking at a resolution problem on the output of the system.

  Even if you can be able to higher resolutions sometimes native resolution will eventually force you to lower it.

  I have two screens at home who can manage resolution 1680 x 1050, however the native resolution is less than that.  and according to what I connect to the screen will depend on what I can get away with.

  Here are some links that you can see and which can be useful.

  Troubleshooting screen HDMI and sound problems

  I checked on the model of monitor you are using, and it seems to have this problem on many different systems.

  LG L246WPQ

  L246WP 24 '' LG display moved to the left driver Nvidia 8.15.11 - EVGA GTX 260

  Here is a list of the problems of google I found.

  The screen shifted to the left.

  I would like to know how this happens.

  Thanks again for posting and have a great day.

• Portege R600 - how to use the external monitor on the docking automatically

  Hi - I just got a new Portege; R600-102. It's a great machine - very light and fast.

  I connect to a Slim port replicator to the office and I wish I could anchor and automatically use the external monitor without opening the laptop. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to do it? This process has worked well on my recently retired Dell X 300.

  More precisely:
  # I have the laptop closed Portégé and standby mode
  # I anchor in the Slim Port Replicator (SPR)
  # I press the button 'on' on the SPR
  # I see the message "recovery windows" and the bars of the countdown on the external monitor. (So I know it's connected and you can see the external monitor)
  # The laptop turns on but use the laptop screen (private) LCD
  # I have to open it and manually tell it 'out to watch.
  What can be automatically?

  Thanks for the tips.

  Post edited by: ExDirectory

  Hello

  You use Windows XP Home or Vista edition?

• What is it's ok to keep Satellite U500 closed while using the external monitor?

  Hello

  I have a Satellite U500.
  At home, I use a monitor and a keyboard. So I closed the laptop while working at home.

  I can do this, or would it damage the display or otherwise hinder ventilation properly somehow laptop?

  Thank you very much for your answers.
  Thierry

  Hi mate

  Of course, you can close the lid when the laptop is connected to the external display.
  I have a Satellite phone as well and it s connected to the external monitor.
  I also have a USB keyboard.

  I use the external keyboard instead of the internal keyboard for laptop and the cover is too firm

  Don t worried if he of ok!

• W530 need to use the external monitor as the main

  I have a training environment with the help of portable computers W530, who are locked in a box in front of the offices. It is not practical to reach the computer as it's hidden and so I need to use the dvi cable external monitor for the configuration of the bios, boot order, etc..

  Currently, boot options are hidden from the external screen until windows loads. The external monitor would then become active. A way around the monitor to the laptop altogether?

  Thank you

  Russ

  VGA is driven by Nvidia, so apply the same parameters. Comes to the boot monitor in VGA BIOS (I forgot what we call this specific setting, as my W530 is at home). You should always pass nvidia Optimus only.

• Turn off display when you use the external monitor R61?

  Hello

  I have a ThinkPad R61, which I use with an external monitor.  Somehow, I had in place for months with the laptop out of the screen and the monitor on.  I've used today at a meeting to feed a projector, selected somehow dieting Fn F7 of presentation such as the screen and the projector are-as I wanted - then home, re-installed with my external monitor and cannot find out how to turn off the display on the laptop.  The selections under Fn F7 do not allow this combination.  I tried the trick you offered, Fn F3 to turn off the display, but it turned out the two views.  (Now, how can I reverse this setting?)

  It sounds like a requirement of switching every day, but I can't find a clue in aid of ThinkVantage, manual mini, on the website, etc.  Thank you

  WaynO salvation,

  After pressing Fn + F7, click on manage plans... to open the Director presentation window. Then click the new... button. You should be able to put in place a system to only display on the external monitor. After setting up, make sure to check the box in the column Menu Fn + F7 to have your new schema appears in the menu when you press Fn + F7.

• I can't enter the bios using the external monitor

  Hello, I use Dell Inspiron n4010 for the last 2.5 years. My laptop monitor stopped working that's why I bought an external Dell monitor... Its works fine but I need to install the windows now... Unfortunately, I cannot get into the BIOS of the external display and can not change the device to initialize DVD ROM.

  Please can someone tell how to enter the BIOS using the external monitor (I put it as a main monitor, but it still does not work)? The Monte screen after windows starts... Is it possible to get it back? Help, please...

  Yes - I know - it's what I'm trying to show you how!

  If you follow my instructions in my last post, you will see nothing for the "six seconds".but the startup process stops at the BIOS screen and FN & F1 or F1 key will rise from the dead internal to external monitor.

• Issue using the external monitor.

  I was given an external monitor that I could connect to my laptop.  I forgot the keys I had hit to use the external monitor.  I got disabling it on the screen that turned my monitor on the laptop.  I can't find a way to re - turn on the monitor.  I can't have anything other than a white one on my laptop screen.  I would really appreciate how to turn my monitor on the laptop.  All information would be welcomed.  Thank you-dukey41

  Hello

  Check with the manufacturer of the laptop's support, their books online and ask in their forums.
  Some have special tools/methods to control one 2nd monitor other than Windows,

  Right click on the desktop - properties Graphics

  Right click on desktop - graphics Options

  Right click on desktop - customize - display settings

  These should help you to implement and control.

  How to set up dual monitors in Windows 7
  http://www.online-tech-tips.com/Windows-7/How-to-Setup-dual-monitors-in-Windows-7/

  Two screens are better than one
  http://www.Microsoft.com/athome/organization/twomonitors.aspx

  Work and play better with multiple monitors
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/work-and-play-better-with-multiple-monitors

  Move windows between multiple monitors
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/move-Windows-between-multiple-monitors

  Multiple monitors: frequently asked questions.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-AU/Windows-Vista/multiple-monitors-frequently-asked-questions

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• Half the Office disappears when you unplug the external monitor

  I have a MacBook (early 2011) with a single office shared between two monitors - with one hand on the internal screen and the other half on a Dell 23 inch. The Dell is my first when I use both at the same time. Until a few months ago, when I unplugged the external monitor, all windows automatically appears in the monitor to the laptop, including the menu bar and dock.

  After an operating system upgraded a few dos systems (I'm on version of El Capitan.6), when I unplug the screen seems not to register - in other words, the left side of my office, including the menu bar and the dock, and all the apps that were there just to disappear. So my laptop seems to think that the other view is always connected and direct, unless I restart with the detached monitor. (I unchecked 'Displays have separated spaces') in Mission Control.

  Is that what I can do to force the Office to redesign the internal screen? (Note that the display is a Dell S2330MX, which seem not to support any Mac OS - so who could answer the question here.) Thank you

  I've known who issues from time to time, try to close and reopen the lid, which needs to redraw your office.

• Portege R500 - cannot see an image on the external monitor

  I have a R500 and use a port replicator. I use a DVI connection to my main screen (monitor 22 '').

  I tried to configure the extended desktop but cannot get the external monitor to work - my laptop monitor remains off and I can't make it work even after checking the display settings to be "extend my Windows desktop on this monitor.

  What is the problem?

  Hello

  What happens if you connect the monitor directly to the laptop without docking station? It work?

  In addition, I would try to update the display driver and BIOS. The two you can find on the Toshiba site:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com-online decision-making supported Downloads & => Download drivers

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro L360-14F - cannot play videos on the external monitor

  Toshiba Satellite Pro L360-14F
  Video files as avi, flv, mp4 are played with SM-player etc on the screen of the laptop, but not on the external monitor attached.
  A newspaper there is the error message: MPlayer crashed by the bath OF CPU/FPU/RAM usage.

  Which may mean that?

  You already go to the external display by using the FN + F5 keys?
  To do this.

  In addition, you must go first to the external screen and then you need to start the windows media player or other video player.

  I advise to use the VLC Player. It s free fro and plays most of the files