21 Nov
2004
21 Nov
'04
12:37 p.m.
If the screen works during bootup but then stops working once the OS is
loaded, you might check to see if the little switch that detects
whether the screen is closed is stuck. That happened to my Dell laptop
and it would only work with the external monitor. Apparently, the OS
thinks that the laptop is closed and shuts down the LCD.
On Nov 21, 2004, at 7:18 PM, John Allain wrote:
There's a
key, one of the function keys, I believe, that has a little
icon of a monitor above it. If you hold down the "fn" key in the
lower
left of the keyboard and repeatedly press the other key, you will
toggle between LCD only, LCD and external, and external only.
Fn+F7 (&F3)
I've been trying that. So... My free system may indeed be broken.
or a hook is missing in the OS, if that function needs to operate at
that level.
John A.