Troubleshooting
Display 7 - 9
7
Display
Problem
Possible Cause - Solution
Nothing appears on
screen.
The system is in a power saving mode
. Toggle the sleep/resume key combination,
Fn + F4
(see
“The Keyboard” on page 2 - 17
).
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The computer is set for a different display.
Toggle the screen display key combination,
Fn
+ F7
. If an external monitor is connected, turn it on.
The
screen saver
is activated.
Press any key or touch the
TouchPad
.
No image appears on the
external monitor I have
plugged in and powered
on.
You haven’t installed the video driver and configured it appropriately from the
Control
Panel
.
See
“Video (Win2000)” on page 4 - 9
&
“Video (WinXP)” on page 4 - 15
for
instructions on installing the driver (see
“Making Adjustments for the Display” on
page 3 - 6
for instructions on configuring the video driver).
You haven’t used the key combination to switch the display options.
Press the
Fn + F7
key
combination to toggle through the options.
Windows Media Player and Screen Rotation
If you are playing a DVD/VCD video in Windows Media Player,
do not rotate the screen while playing the video
. If you wish to
rotate the screen, quit the Media Player program first, rotate the screen, then open the player to play the video.
Make sure the screen rotation driver (see
“What to Install” on page 4 - 2
) is installed before attempting to rotate the screen.
