Vostro 1700 + VGA Projector HELP

[Stuart1941]

Vostro 1700 upgraded to Win pro 7 32 bit with 2 GB ram cant make Fn +F8 give display options should i load NVIDIA Driver 258.96 WHQL and install it. How do i recover if it screws up the driver that came with the Win7 upgrade

 

[Petey7]

I have the same computer. I have never had Fn+F8 make display options appear. It only makes the computer switch between having only the lcd display on, only the projector/monitor on, and having both on. I think what you might be looking for is what is displayed when pressing the windows key (inbetween the Fn and Alt keys) and P. This displays four options "Computer only", "duplicate", "extend display", and "projector only".

 

[Stuart1941]

Hi Petey7: Tried it an nothing happened . Do I ned the projector pluged into the vga & on for it to work? thanks Stuart

 

[Stuart1941]

Petey7 are you running XP or win7 cause it worked in XP & you or somebidy said the Win7 upgrade was never sold by Dell any ideas
Stuart1941

 

[Britton30]

I also have a Dell Vostro, but a 1000. It has some Dell utilites for it to manage Dell buttons and functions. See if you can reinstall them. try a manual Windows update too.

 

[Petey7]

No, Dell does not support upgrading the Vostro 1700 to Windows 7.

Just to clarify. Which button combo are you saying doesn't do any thing? Fn+F8 or Windows Key+P?

 

[Stuart1941]

Actually both do not seem to work . The Vostro XP users manual suggest the Fn+F8 combo the Windows key + P can from this forum, thanks