Connecting separate monitor to laptop

[Guest]

Hello,

I have purchased a 22" LCD flat panel wide screen display to connect to my
Gateway laptop model# M500. I can not get it to work. I called gateway to see
if they are compatable and they said it should work! I had Best Buy test the
monitor with a laptop ( different model than mine) and the monitor worked
with the laptop.

I tried holding down the Function key while pressing the F3 key but nothing
happens. I have gone into the Control Panel - Display applet and Device
Manager and configured every possibility and nothing works!!!! I tried
re-installing my video driver, that did nothing also. There are no errors in
Device Manager.

I'm at a lose, don't know what else to do.

Please help.

Titus

 

[Jim Macklin]

What is the screen resolution presently set to show?

What is the default resolution of the new wide-screen
monitor?


| Hello,
|
| I have purchased a 22" LCD flat panel wide screen display
to connect to my
| Gateway laptop model# M500. I can not get it to work. I
called gateway to see
| if they are compatable and they said it should work! I had
Best Buy test the
| monitor with a laptop ( different model than mine) and the
monitor worked
| with the laptop.
|
| I tried holding down the Function key while pressing the
F3 key but nothing
| happens. I have gone into the Control Panel - Display
applet and Device
| Manager and configured every possibility and nothing
works!!!! I tried
| re-installing my video driver, that did nothing also.
There are no errors in
| Device Manager.
|
| I'm at a lose, don't know what else to do.
|
| Please help.
|
| Titus
|