Hello all... I've already sent this issue to Microsoft, but I was wondering if anyone has had the same issue and if so, has anyone been able to resolve it?
Basically we have a Dell D610 w/ ATI X300 Card... When we use Vista outside our docking stations, it works fine... But now, if we plug it into the docking station the monitor will go into Power Save Mode before the Ctrl-Alt-Del screen gets a chance to show up. And there is nothing we can do to wake it... We've tried different things like, changing from DVI to Analog, changing power settings, going into Safe Mode, trying new video drivers, installing Dell NSS, even installing Vista on another laptop with same configuration (and same results). But nothing seems to resolve the issue...
Has anyone encountered this? And possibly resolved it...
Yeah... I actually got this to work. The first thing I did was (when I finally got video to show up when docked) was go into the Display Settings and hit the Identify Monitors button. It identified my External Display as #2... I highlighted monitor 2 and then selected both checkbox's (This is my Main Monitor & Extend the Desktop to this monitor). I then highlighted monitor 1 and unchecked both checkbox's. During this process the Vista Multiple Monitor screen came up and asked if I wanted to duplicate desktop to both monitors, extend desktop to a monitor or just display using external monitor. I made sure that I selected "Display only using External Monitor" and doublechecked that none of my settings were changed in the Display Settings. I applied and OK'd the settings and my issues have since gone away. I gave these instructions to one of my co-workers and he was able to change the settings while un-docked (basically it said he was looking at monitor 1 and he changed the settings on 2) but he never got the Vista Multiple Monitor wizard and he said that there was a couple of times he couldn't get the video to come up since then, but that it's better. Again, up to now (knock on wood) mine is working without a hitch.
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Posted June 27th, 2006 17:00