Gary Darkness 7:56 Sun Nov 25
Connecting a laptop to a monitor
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I have come here after Googling this for an hour and getting nowhere and being driven mad.
I have bought a monitor so I can connect it to my HP Windows 10 laptop. It's connected via HDMI. Seems like the most simple thing in the world but it says no signal and that the monitor is not connected.
How do I get this monitor recognised by the PC?
Help!
Thanks
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jakehammer
3:41 Fri Nov 30
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thanks mallard.
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mallard
12:39 Fri Nov 30
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Purchase an HDMI cable long enough to reach from Laptop to TV, then do as stated below...
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jakehammer
11:36 Thu Nov 29
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i usually watch the Hammers on my laptop out in the "mancave". i've got a telly out there with a bigger screen, so what would i need to do to watch on the telly.
thanks for any help.
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Mike Oxsaw
9:47 Thu Nov 29
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I've got an LG monitor connected to an Acer Laptop using an HDMI cable. No issues.
Get a new cable.
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Gary Darkness
9:42 Thu Nov 29
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i have tried everything suggested and got nowhere - do people connect laptops to monitors using HDMI cables?!
The laptop and monitor are both new and seem to work, but they are not recognising that there is anything connected to them.
Urgh.
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Stubbo
11:29 Sun Nov 25
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Press the Windows Key and P and choose to project to external screen.
Then make sure HDMI input is selected using monitor source/menu button.
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Mike Oxsaw
10:56 Sun Nov 25
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If there's more than one HDMI port on the monitor, try the cable in each one - they can be quite fickle.
Try plugging a thumb drive/USB stick in if it has a port and see if it displays the contents of the drive.
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mallard
10:01 Sun Nov 25
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As Alan said, there should be an option on the monitor to cycle through the different inputs
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Alan
9:59 Sun Nov 25
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I'm assuming that you have selected the HDMI input via the 'Source' button on the monitor.
You have, haven't you?
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Alan
9:54 Sun Nov 25
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Gary Darkness 9:21 Sun Nov 25
"yep laptop fine with the TV"
Was that with the same HDMI lead?
If yes, faulty monitor?
If no, try another HDMI lead.
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J.Riddle
9:36 Sun Nov 25
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In similar circumstances, an IT engineer once told me to unplug the appliance from the wall and plug back in, switch on power and start up, reboot then plug in any further leads. Check that the led lights are all illuminated and you're good to go. If by chance none of the above work repeat until infinitum.
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Westham67
9:24 Sun Nov 25
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Wiping your knob on the screen has worked in the past for many WHOers
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Gary Darkness
9:21 Sun Nov 25
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yep laptop fine with the TV
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Crassus
9:12 Sun Nov 25
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Turn the monitor on
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Far Cough
9:03 Sun Nov 25
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Ty a different HDMI cable
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mallard
8:59 Sun Nov 25
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Are you able to plug the laptop into a TV via HDMI?
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Gary Darkness
8:40 Sun Nov 25
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Thanks for the replies - I have tried them all and nothing works! Doing my head in.
Basically it is not picking up that anything is plugged into the HDMI port.
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Gaffer58
8:24 Sun Nov 25
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See, told you I knew fuckall !
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Far Cough
8:13 Sun Nov 25
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Gaffer, there all the same answers, just different ways of doing it
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Gaffer58
8:11 Sun Nov 25
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All this tech stuff all beyond me but even this question seems to have got 3/4 different answers, would they all be successful or are some of the "experts" wrong?
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