I am trying to set up dual screen with my laptop and a compaq tft5030 monitor.
The problem is when I turn the monitor on it loads up but then the message "Going to Sleep" comes on the screen and the monitor goes off. It happens everytime I switch it on.
When the vga cable is disconnected from the laptop and the monitor is turned on it says "Check Video Cable"so I know it can tell that it is plugged into the laptop.
I tried going into the display settings as you would do for setting up dual screen but the laptop doesn't seem to be recognizing the monitor is connected at all.
Can anyone help me please?
Have you tried to go in thru the control panel and select "display"? From here you can go to the screen saver section and adjust the time it takes for the screen to cut out. Of course you want to use a monitor that you can read before you set up both of your screens.. See if that helps....
Sorry that i wasn't helpful, i hope you can find the solution. Did you also try to go through the settings section, of the display, then making sure the original was in there and also check the box that says to extend your desktop to the other monitor? That's the only thing i can think of, that would help.
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I've been into the control panel and tried that but it doesn't seem to know the monitor is plugged into the laptop. I also tried going into device manager and selecting display adapters but the monitor isn't showing up in the list.
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The laptop is recognising the monitor now, but I still have the problem that the monitor is simply "Going to Sleep" whenever it is turned on
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It's all fixed and working now!!!
Wooooo, thank you so much for all your help!!
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