Monday, June 14, 2010

Hardware and software: worlds apart

I had one of those experiences recently akin to "Bank error in your favour" in Monopoly. Having spent less than £200 on a second-hand laptop from eBay, I contacted HP about a minor problem because it was still under warranty. Because they did not have the necessary spare part, they offered me an upgrade to a £1500 Elitebook tablet! Thank you, Universe.

I had a problem with it today, and having looked for a solution on the Internet with no success, I though I should post mine out into the Interwebosphere so that it is available to others in need.

If you find that fn+f4 only toggles one way, so that your laptop screen is always blank when you have an external monitor connected, try changing back to dual display using the controls on the graphics display driver itself. If you are using the Intel driver, click the icon in the system tray, look under "Graphics options" and select one of the "Output to..." options.

You're right though - with that price tag, fn+f4 should work.

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