Computer Gurus Assistance Needed

[Rex]

I bought an S-Video cable to hook up my lap top to my tv. I got it all hooked up right, but when I start the computer what is on the computer shows up for a brief moment on the tv, and then the tv goes blank. Whats up with it? Karma for help.

 

[Drunken_Weasel]

You need to go to your display properties.. and turn it on to where it it sending the signal out of the s-video port on your card. Some will let you do the monitor and the s-video at the same time.. some will not.

 

[Austrian]

interesting that it shows up for a brief moment; ususally it either does or does not. I would guess there is a software piece that is loaded at startup which controls the behavior of the graphics card. The display properties section is a good place to search. Every notebook model is different though; my VAIO has a hotkey to change between int/ext/both.

 

[jnuts]

What is the video card that is on the laptop?

 

[TC2]

You need to go to your display properties.. and turn it on to where it it sending the signal out of the s-video port on your card. Some will let you do the monitor and the s-video at the same time.. some will not.

He's right, I had the exact same problem with mine. It's where you enable monitor support.