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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angryprumphs
8:00 Sun Nov 25
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Right click anywhere on an empty part of the screen, display settings, try detecting monitor, you should then be able to either extend or duplicate the laptop screen.
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Dwight Van Mann
8:01 Sun Nov 25
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your laptop should actually have it's own screen - have you bought just a keyboard?
Can I interest you in some magic beans?
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yogib
8:02 Sun Nov 25
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On one of your function keys you should have a picture of a monitor hold down alt and the function button and it should work
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Far Cough
8:05 Sun Nov 25
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Control panel, display, change display settings, all will be revealed there
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angryprumphs
8:06 Sun Nov 25
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and of course if all that fails, wipe your knob on it.
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
8:10 Sun Nov 25
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Do you plug the monitor in?
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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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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
8:24 Sun Nov 25
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See, told you I knew fuckall !
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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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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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Far Cough
9:03 Sun Nov 25
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Ty a different HDMI cable
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Crassus
9:12 Sun Nov 25
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Turn the monitor on
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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