External Monitors

[TRb]

I recently upgraded to Win7, and since this worked beforehand I figured it was the culprit, even though I am certain it is a BIOS issue.

But: I have a laptop that I want to go to an external monitor. The VGA cable works, and the monitor is set to receive it. I press fn+f5 (which is the combination for the laptop) and my screen goes black temporarily, then it jumps back to being on my laptop screen.

It never even goes to the monitor. I have tried this with different screens and VGA cables... any help as to what it could be?

Thanks,
Tyler

[talontromper]

Have you tried the WIN key plus the letter p? Or going to screen resolution and extending the desktop to the external monitors?

P.S. Welcome to Computer Hope

[soybean]

Or going to screen resolution and extending the desktop to the external monitors?

Yep, this needs to be the first step.

[TRb]

So I tried that, and the computer refused to recognize there was two monitors, despite my clicking of "detect"

Any other possibilities that you can think of?

[talontromper]

is the screen resolution set too high/too low for the monitor your trying to extend video to?

[TRb]

My laptop isn't even recognizing that there is a second monitor. So it isn't giving me the option to extend it. Even so, I lowered the resolution and that doesn't seem to help at all...