Help! Can't get external monitor to work on my new laptop

jb430812

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Hi All,

I was running the Windows 8 CP on my PDC laptop up until this weekend when that machine died.

I picked up an Asus R500V from Micro Center. Everything seemed to be OK, but when I hook a second monitor up to the laptop nothing happens. The laptop my come out of power save for a second or so, but goes right back to thinking it has no signal. I've tried with several different monitors and with both the VGA and the HDMI ports. No luck.

I went out to the Asus website and downloaded the NVidia driver from the Asus support site. Now it's got this weird thing where it thinks "something" is connected (I can drag the mouse over) but it doesn't really seem to know what it is and doesn't recognize when it's disconnected.

This is the third laptop I've installed Windows 8 on this weekend where there was some sort of show-stopper; tried an HP, no drivers for the WiFi, tried a Dell, no drivers for the main display. I'm getting a little worried and can't keep taking laptops back to the store.

Does anyone have any advice? I'm getting a little desperate.

Thanks,
J
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Core i7
Hey,

Drivers are no problem. Let me know whatever you need and then I'll request a little specific info. Once I have it, it's all butter from there.

As for the external monitor, first thing is to check that Windows is set to supply 60 Hz for the refresh rate to it. If it is set at anything other than that, change to it.

After doing that, if there is still no luck, try running a Windows Update while the monitor is connected to the machine. It might give you a monitor driver.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
Hey GMan,

Thanks for the response.

If the sticker on the front of the laptop is to be believed, I have an NVidia GeForce 630M. In the Display Adapter node of the Device Manager I have two display adapters listed; the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 M and a Microsoft Basic Display Adapter. The NVidia was displayed as Microsoft Basic Display Adapter until I downloaded the driver from the Asus web site and installed it by right clicking on one of the nodes in Display Adapter and selecting "Update Driver..." and having it look in the folder with the driver I had downloaded from Asus. I also downloaded an Intel Graphics Driver (version 8.15.10.263) from the Asus site, but it wont install; trying to install it via the device manager results in being told the Microsoft had decided I have the correct driver and if I run the setup.exe I get with the drivers I get an error that says "This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing this software." The link on the Asus site for the machine is ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download K55VM even though the mode number does match, this is where the serial number search took me.

Checked the setting for the monitor, it was already set to 60 Hz.

If I plug a monitor in Windows doesn't even seem to recognize it unless I click the Detect button on the screen resolution window. Once I do that a second box appears next to monitor one in the picture, but the box says "Another display not detected." The Display drop down lists "1. Mobile PC Display" and has an option that says "Available display output on NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 M" which if selected sets the options in the Multiple Displays drop down box to "No display detected" and "Try to connect anyway on: VGA" If I select the "try to connect..." option the text in the box that represents monitor two disappears and it looks like a greyed out monitor. My options in the Display drop down are "1. Mobile PC Display" and "2. Display Device on: VGA" If I select "2. Display Device on: VGA" and then select "Extend these displays" in the multiple display drop down Windows _thinks_ the other monitor is hooked up and working. It will even let me drag the mouse over there, but no display.

OK, fell like I just wrote a novel. Again, thanks for any help you can give me. I'm even open to nuking and paving the machine at this point. It's a new machine, so there's not much on it anyway.

Thanks,
J
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    Core i7
"In the Display Adapter node of the Device Manager I have two display adapters listed; the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 M and a Microsoft Basic Display Adapter."

Let's see what's going on with this one in bold. In Device Manager, right click on it. Properties. Details tab. Change dropdown to say Hardware ids. Copy/paste results to here.

We need to install a driver for it. The info you post will tell us exactly what it is.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
Hi
Just curious.

  • Did it work when you set/select display output to "Duplicate"?
  • Did you check the monitor cable whether it still functional?

Kevin
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built system
    CPU
    Core i5
    Motherboard
    Intel DH55PJ
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 4650
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron L1742S; LG Flatron 19"; Samsung TV 48"
    Screen Resolution
    1280:1024; 1366:768;1920:1080
    Hard Drives
    SSD 256 GB
    Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
    WDC 1 TB
    PSU
    Power
    Case
    Simbadda
    Cooling
    Conventional
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    1.4 MBPS
    Other Info
    External HDD WDC 2 TB
    Dial Up Modem Huawei
    Home-made Home Theater
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