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unique4110

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    External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
    « on: November 07, 2009, 05:59:07 AM »
    I have a laptop (a Dell inspiron 1420) and the screen stopped working , and i paid dell 50 bucks for them to tell me that i needed a new screen which would cost too much money to buy, so i brought an acer x203h lcd monitor which worked perfectly for almost 2 weeks. one night, i left my computer , so i guess it went into sleep mode or something, and then the acer screen said no signal.. i tried the Fn key plus F8 key, but it doesn't work when i boot the computer normally. It only works in safe mode with networking. I called acer to see if they could help, but they said the problem was with dell.. i refuse to call dell because my warranty expired. im sad. please help me  :'(

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    Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
    « Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 07:10:17 AM »
    Turn off all power saving features in control panel...
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    unique4110

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      Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
      « Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 08:37:55 AM »
      i tried, but it didn't work.. thanks so much though.. any other suggestions?

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      Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
      « Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 08:46:52 AM »
      Since it only works in safemode that tells me the incorrect video drivers are installed...
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      Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
      « Reply #4 on: November 07, 2009, 08:47:28 AM »
      Because safemode uses generic Windows drivers...
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        Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
        « Reply #5 on: November 07, 2009, 08:50:13 AM »
        Okay so should i refer to the acer website for the correct driver? or should i refer to dell's website for the correct driver? or windows? (sorry, i'm a little slow lol)

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          Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
          « Reply #6 on: November 07, 2009, 09:09:29 AM »
          i found the acer driver, but idk how to install it  :-[

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          Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
          « Reply #7 on: November 07, 2009, 09:32:25 AM »
          Acer is the monitor...shouldn't need drivers...
          Dell is where to get your video drivers.
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          Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
          « Reply #8 on: November 07, 2009, 09:34:19 AM »
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          (sorry, i'm a little slow lol)

          And don't be concerned about this...it's why we're here in the first place.

          With Dell machine's you can normally visit their site...enter the Service Tag # from the sticker on the machine and it will list all drivers for that particular machine...
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            Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
            « Reply #9 on: November 14, 2009, 04:15:49 AM »
            Okay Thank you guys for your help. I downloaded the video driver and installed it and i see the icon for it on my desktop.. when i double click it , it tells me to choose a program that i should open the file with... should i even open it? or is downloading it enough?? ???

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            Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
            « Reply #10 on: November 14, 2009, 07:18:10 AM »
            Is it a .zip file ? ?
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              Re: External Monitor Only Works in Safe Mode with Networking! Help!
              « Reply #11 on: November 16, 2009, 08:57:22 PM »
              noo! it's not a zip file