How do I output desktop to my TV??

[stevecuns]

Hi,

I would like to output the display from my laptop onto my LCD TV. I have done this before with no problem in xp. I had an icon bottom right of screen and could easily click output to crt. I don't seem to have any program installed that I can find to let me do this in Windows 7.

Device manager says graphics all ok but shows as "Standard VGA Adapter"

Drivermax also says I have the latest drivers?

any help much appreciated.

Regards

Steve......

 

[Anthony]

You need the driver for your graphics card!! Whats your gfx card?

 

[stevecuns]

Hi Anthony,

I wish I knew what the graphics card was?

Everywhere I look it just says "standard VGA Adapter" I have a Hyrican NOT 00717 Model 8889 laptop. I have tried looking on the internet for a spec but as yet have not found one. Do you know of a program I can use that will tell me what the graphics card is?

Regards

Steve....

 

[torrentg]

Try this small program, GPU-Z:

GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

 

[stevecuns]

I hope this information helps to find out what graphics I have.......

 

[fakeasdf]

Your integrated graphics are from viaarena...
VIA Arena - Drivers Section

Try hitting start and typing in connect to a projector and if that doesn't work try connect to an external display... This will more than likely do what you want to do...

 

[Orbital Shark]

You could try here - Live Search Translator - Translate a web page (hyrican home page, translated)- to see if the drivers for ATI or nVidia work. You will need to run the exe files in compatability mode for vista to get them working.

NOTE: If you don't know what the GFX card is: Even if you have the ATi and install the nVidia, the install will only go so far so you can actually try 1 then the other to see if they work.

Additional: as fakeasdf stated try the connect to projector option but you can get to it also by right-clicking the desktop & choosing Screen Resolution and clicking Detect. Make sure the cable is connected to the LCD display.

 

[Orbital Shark]

You could also try uninstalling the driver (See Pic) and Windows will re-detect the hardware & should connect to Windows Update to get the correct driver.

 

[fakeasdf]

My guess is, he already has the Windows driver since he doesn't know what driver he has, meaning he probably didn't install it himself.

 

[Orbital Shark]

True, but it's worth a shot

 

[jfar]

You could also try and install the latest Windows 7100RC, instead of the one that you are running at the moment.

 

[stevecuns]

Hey guys,

I would just like to say, silly silly silly ME!

I have found the solution, dont ask me why as I didnt have to do this with XP but if you compleatly shut down the laptop, make sure the vga cable is plugged into TV and Laptop, put TV in VGA mode then turn on the Laptop it just works! now I can watch streaming programs from internet on my LCD TV, nice.

I would like to say sorry for waisting your time and thanks very much for all your replys.

I will say though that if u just plug in the vga cable and do a connect to external monitor it doesnt detect the tv, the only way i got it to work was to shut down and do a cold restart...

regards


Steve......

 

[jfar]

Hi stevecuns,glad you got it sorted and thanks for the update.

 

[fakeasdf]

Hey guys,

I would just like to say, silly silly silly ME!

I have found the solution, dont ask me why as I didnt have to do this with XP but if you compleatly shut down the laptop, make sure the vga cable is plugged into TV and Laptop, put TV in VGA mode then turn on the Laptop it just works! now I can watch streaming programs from internet on my LCD TV, nice.

I would like to say sorry for waisting your time and thanks very much for all your replys.

I will say though that if u just plug in the vga cable and do a connect to external monitor it doesnt detect the tv, the only way i got it to work was to shut down and do a cold restart...

regards


Steve......

I had a similar issue with an older laptop of mine, it wouldn't ever find external monitors unless I rebooted it. I believe that laptop was pretty old, but at least ya found a solution. Now ya just need to dedicate an extra machine to always be connected to yer tv, Media Center