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sallykay · 08-23-2007, 07:54 AM

I am trying to connect a separate monitor to my Toshiba laptop, which also has a broken LCD. When Vista is running in safe mode, it will come up on the new monitor; when it starts normally, it will not, and it says "no signal".

I first bought an HP monitor to try. It wouldn't work; I tried hooking it up to another Toshiba laptop; still wouldn't work. Tried another VGA cord on both computers; still wouldn't work. I hadn't tried the safe mode yet though.

I brought home another bigger monitor yesterday, and tried again. Nothing. Then I tried the safe mode, and lo and behold, everything came up on the new monitor screen; however, when I restarted in normal mode, nothing. It says no signal.

08-23-2007, 07:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
sallykay Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 7 OS: XP	Re: Linking a laptop to a monitor I am trying to connect a separate monitor to my Toshiba laptop, which also has a broken LCD. When Vista is running in safe mode, it will come up on the new monitor; when it starts normally, it will not, and it says "no signal". I first bought an HP monitor to try. It wouldn't work; I tried hooking it up to another Toshiba laptop; still wouldn't work. Tried another VGA cord on both computers; still wouldn't work. I hadn't tried the safe mode yet though. I brought home another bigger monitor yesterday, and tried again. Nothing. Then I tried the safe mode, and lo and behold, everything came up on the new monitor screen; however, when I restarted in normal mode, nothing. It says no signal.