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Windows ME & data projector

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by george.marsden

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I am attempting to get various laptops running Windows ME to drive a data projector connected to the monitor out port. All seems ok until the Windows ME drivers load, and then NOTHING!. This is with all makes of laptops and projectors. Any ideas?? Running the "find projector wizard" is no use at all.

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by duskos

Try to connect regular monitor to the monitor output of your laptop. If you get the display then go to next step. If the display is dark, you need to turn on CRT display. On my laptop it's done with Fn+F10. Repeatedly pressing this key combination toggles between LCD, CRT and LCD+CRT (on yours it can be different).

When you get the picture on regular monitor, adjust Display properties. Start with 16 colors, 640 X 480, 60Hz. Now connect the projector. Please note that you don't need to switchoff both PC and projector. It's enough that one side (projector) is turned off when reconnecting cables. If that works, you may start increasing display resolution, number of colors and refresh rate until you are satisfied with results.

by george.marsden

Using the FN and the correct key does nothing. The projector has a display until ME loads its drivers and then it dies

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