Compaq 1400 - Manual (Page 125)

P RESARIO N OTEBOOK B EYOND S ETUP G UIDE S OLUTIONS 9-11
1400 S ERIES
Video or Display
Symptom Problem Solution
Screen is blank. Screen saver
is enabled.
Press the Spacebar or click
with the TouchPad.
Your Notebook is in
Sleep mode. This is
identified when the
power light pulses
on and off.
Press any key.
The external monitor
display is selected.
Press the Fn+F3 keys to
switch between the LCD
display, external monitor,
TV-Out (available on select
models), and simultaneous
display.
Display is
too faint.
Brightness and
contrast controls are
not set properly.
Press the Fn+F8 keys to
turn up the brightness. (On
select models, you can
adjust the contrast.)
Display only
fills part of
the screen.
Your resolution
settings are not
set properly.
On the taskbar, click the
Start button and point
to Settings.
Click Control Panel.
Double-click Display.
Click the Settings tab.
In the Screen area, click the
slider and drag it to the
desired resolution.
Click OK to accept the new
settings, then close the
Control Panel window.
Characters are
garbled or the
display flashes
when your
Notebook is
connected to an
external
monitor.
The external
monitor’s resolution
is set too high for
your Notebook.
Restart your Notebook and
reset the Display settings for
a lower resolution. Refer to
the solution for “Display only
fills part of the screen” for
more details.