When I attach a data projector to my new Dell D420, all works fine, except
when I put Powerpoint into slideshow mode, it goes berzerk--locks up and
beeps repeatedly. It requires a hard restart to get out of it. My company
has bought 3 of these, and it's the same problem on all of them, even with
different data projectors. What can I do? I need to make presentations.

In article <F32DA852-32CD-4030-8C6F-(E-Mail Removed)>, BEllis1908
wrote:
> When I attach a data projector to my new Dell D420, all works fine, except
> when I put Powerpoint into slideshow mode, it goes berzerk--locks up and
> beeps repeatedly. It requires a hard restart to get out of it. My company
> has bought 3 of these, and it's the same problem on all of them, even with
> different data projectors. What can I do? I need to make presentations.

Something vaguely similar came up a few days ago. The fix was to set the PC's
video resolution to 1024x768 (on both monitors if you're sending the external
monitor separately to the projector).



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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I had already tried that

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <F32DA852-32CD-4030-8C6F-(E-Mail Removed)>, BEllis1908
> wrote:
> > When I attach a data projector to my new Dell D420, all works fine, except
> > when I put Powerpoint into slideshow mode, it goes berzerk--locks up and
> > beeps repeatedly. It requires a hard restart to get out of it. My company
> > has bought 3 of these, and it's the same problem on all of them, even with
> > different data projectors. What can I do? I need to make presentations.
>
> Something vaguely similar came up a few days ago. The fix was to set the PC's
> video resolution to 1024x768 (on both monitors if you're sending the external
> monitor separately to the projector).
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================
>
>
>

Have you contacted the projector manufacturer? I would imagine they've seen
this before.

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"BEllis1908" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E866D57A-7956-4D68-B55D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I had already tried that
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>
>> In article <F32DA852-32CD-4030-8C6F-(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> BEllis1908
>> wrote:
>> > When I attach a data projector to my new Dell D420, all works fine,
>> > except
>> > when I put Powerpoint into slideshow mode, it goes berzerk--locks up
>> > and
>> > beeps repeatedly. It requires a hard restart to get out of it. My
>> > company
>> > has bought 3 of these, and it's the same problem on all of them, even
>> > with
>> > different data projectors. What can I do? I need to make
>> > presentations.
>>
>> Something vaguely similar came up a few days ago. The fix was to set the
>> PC's
>> video resolution to 1024x768 (on both monitors if you're sending the
>> external
>> monitor separately to the projector).
>>
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
>> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
>> PPTools: www.pptools.com
>> ================================================
>>
>>
>>