I have bought a new dell laptop inspiron 6400 with specs as under:
1. Processor : T2050 1.67 Mhz
2. Ram: 1024 MB
4. Mobile intel 945GM Express chipset Family
5. Video Card: do not know. When i check in system display, all i ould see is “intel 945GM Express chipset Family”.
I am in UK and am trying to connect my laptop to my widescreen TV. I have a 4 – pin cable at both ends (i have been given an impression that the 4 pin will work perfect on 7 pin dell s-video out) with a scart adaptor for TV.
My TV detects the sound from the micrsophone outlet but not picture. In fact, when i try toggling Fn+F8, i get a message “Presentation mode is ff. No external display is detected”. I tried almost everything… going to display –> settings — > advanced –> The primary monitor is laptop and the secondary shown as dotted ( not connected). Even when u select and make active, it wont identify it and moves back to laptop monitor. It seems like XP doesnt even recognize/detect TV at startup. My TV has a seperate AV – S which i have been trying to connect to.
Can anyone help me? Do i need to dowload the drivers for video card? i tried putting ATI/redon updates but while installing, it detects and gives alert that the H/W is not configred for these drivers. I tried updating drivers from intel site but they fail to update.