Recent content by azocarbo

Nope, I had to put up with it! I've since bought a new desktop PC and this laptop is unused in the cupboard. Sorry and good luck!

Still struggling with this problem, does anyone happen to have some new information on it please?

Thanks - how do I uninstall individual updates? I might be able to go back and look at installed updates to find the one that did it, more easily than individually installing 181 updates that took forever the first time around :P

Ok, so I just shut down fully, then turned back on (with external monitor plugged in). It booted on the laptop monitor until the user log-in splash came up which was now only on the external monitor. If I then do Fn + F8 which looks to be the monitor switch, the external monitor goes off for a...

A sure fire way of reaching the laptop monitor is: Boot with external monitor Shutdown via external monitor Unplug external monitor Boot to blank screen on laptop Press Power Button on laptop (sends the laptop to Sleep) Press Power Button and voila If I do the above, then plug in the external...

Thanks - just tried this and no luck. I have tried both the latest driver from Intel (it's Intel HD 3000 graphics onboard), and also the older (now out of date) graphics driver from Medion (which is just an older version of the above). Same results for both.

Thanks, just sent them an email with the situation and a request for a BIOS update.

Today I turned the laptop on to see the black screen again. I plugged in the monitor via HDMI and the desktop (taskbar, start window and icons appeared on the external monitor, the mouse cannot go left to the laptop monitor, it is now turned off when the external monitor is being used. Here are...

Upon restarting my system after doing the standard mass of Windows 8 updates, I came across a strange blank/black screen (after seeing the Bios/w8 splash). I assumed it was stuck, so pressed the power off button and the laptop turned off. After rebooting the laptop loads up normally to the...