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2nd Monitor nightmare!
For several years I have used 2 monitors without any problem. A few days ago I decided to replace the 2nd monitor connected by VGA cable for a new HP x2301 MicroThin LED Bright View. My main monitor is a HP x2558hc connected to the desktop HDMI socket. The video card is a NVIDEO GeForce 8600 GS which has been updated with the latest drivers.
After loading the new monitor drivers I connected the new monitor to the VGA cable and booted up. However the new monitor remained blank and showed that it was not receiving a signal. However when the old monitor was re-connected it worked perfectly! I spent hours trying everything I could think of and eventually have got it to the stage that it works perfectly ... until the computer goes into sleep mode or I restart when it again remains blank without a signal. To get it working again I have to turn off the monitor, disconnect the VGA cable and than reconnect the VGA cable and switch on the monitor.
When booting up the old 2nd monitor would display the boot files but the new monitor remains completely blank without receiving any signal until I go through the disconnecting reconnecting as described above. What I do not understand is that if I reconnect the old monitor than everything works perfectly. I would be very grateful for any suggestions.