Re: TP 701 -- video-out under Win95?

[Steve Hultquist <ssh@wwsi.com>]

At 08:49 PM 7/12/96 -0700, Joe Hummel wrote:
>Hi all.  I've got a 701 problem I can't figure out...  I want to
>hook a monitor to my thinkpad, which I do via the multiport adaptor.
>When I then boot my TP, I see the self-test info and the RAM test
>on both the laptop screen and the monitor, but as soon as win95 starts
>booting the monitor goes blank.  Any ideas?
>
>One strange note: when win95 is running, if I go into the 701 config
>utility (FN+F1), the monitor then functions properly and I see the
>config screen on both the laptop and the monitor.  Then when I exit
>the config util, the monitor goes blank.  

Are you sure the monitor can handle the synch rate that you're feeding it
from the Thinkpad? If it's new and high-end, then obviously it can. If it's
not......

What happens when you try to put it *only* on the monitor?

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