Recent content by vince992004

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    Hard drive failure?

    My Vista 64 bit Toshiba laptop is unable to boot. It goes to the screen that says Microsoft Corporation with the green bar that scrolls left to right and sits there for a few minutes, then goes to a black screen. When I try to run a Ghost boot disc, or a Vista repair disk from NeoSmart, the...
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    OK to hotswap external monitor on a laptop?

    OK thanks to all for the responses. I'll be setting this up then, and we'll see what happens. Thanks
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    OK to hotswap external monitor on a laptop?

    Thanks for the replies. I've always assumed that at least part of the requirement in hot swappable was about making sure grounds were connected first. I did some searching and found this page that seems to confirm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_swapping Most modern hot-swap methods...
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    OK to hotswap external monitor on a laptop?

    I've always been under the impression that a laptop computer should be turned off before connecting or disconnecting an external monitor. But lately I've come across two people both of whom regularly connect/disconnect monitors with the laptop on. And I expect there are plenty of people who...
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    Connecting external monitor to Vista laptop

    Any ideas, anyone? Thanks
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    Connecting external monitor to Vista laptop

    When we connect an older ADI 19" monitor to a Vista laptop, it shows no image even though the monitor power light is green, indicating a video signal. I played with all the settings in display properties for the second monitor (refresh rate, resolution), the function-F5 key to select the...