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If you have an external monitor with VGA interface and you have a VGA monitor cable then should simply plug it into the netbook VGA socket and reboot. The monitor should then start up and can be used as a screen. If you are using Windows then you can right click mouse on screen to select display properties and configure the resolution and profile of the setup.
Does your netbook have a vga out? If it does then try testing your netbook by connecting it to a compatible external monitor by connecting a vga cable. If you see youre regular boot up in the external monitor (because you said that you can hear your netbook boot and i pressume that it is windows that you are hearing) then theres something wrong with your netbooks monitor.
Have it checked by a proffesional.
You will need a vga cable that plugs into the vga socket on the side of the laptop and the tv, the socket is normally blue both on the laptop and tv.
You will have to lower your resolution on your laptop screen to 800 by 600 to veiw your screen on tv, to do this boot up the laptop and right click on the screen to enter the display properties and goto the settings tab at the top of the window, reduce the resolution to the stated value 800 by 600 and change the the colour quality to 16 or 24bit on the other side. Click apply or ok and reboot the laptop. Ensure in the bios you have set the vga to become your output and you are ready to go. hope this helps.
It is likely that the monitor in question does not support the video settings you currently have your graphics card or chipset set to.
If you are using Windows XP reboot your system hitting <F8> until a menu appears to select a mode to start XP in. Choose "Standard VGA". This should resolve the immediate problem.
Since you don't mention the model number of the monitor in question I couldn't look up the supported screen resolutions for you but right clicking an empty space on the screen and selecting "properties" should bring up the video settings dialog box where you can try various screen resolution settings [rebooting each time] until you find one you like that works with the monitor.
If you see the initial boot screen until windows boots then you may have a setting for the refresh tate too high in Windows. Try starting in VGA safe Mode by hitting F8 during boot. Once there you go to control panel, Display, settings tab,Advanced and choose monitor. you'll see a refresh rate, try setting it to 60 or 70 and see if it works on reboot.
Be sure to use the VGA option...its ugly during the session but will let you reset the rate.
Good Luck!
the pc is standing at command prompt, which means it is unable to find the boot.ini file required to boot into windows
When you say you pressed F8 did you keep pressing it until you got a menu saying Safe Mode,last known good configuration, start in VGA mode etc, if so use last known good configuration and let it reboot.
If still nothing then you will need the windows cd to perform a system repair.
Restart your computer and tap the F8 key until you get the Windows Advanced Options Screen. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard highlight Enable VGA Mode (Low Resolution Mode for Vista). Press Enter. Then Enter again. Windows will boot up in a low resolution which will make things look large. Raise your resolution to a normal level in Windows' Display Properties (in the Control Panel) The next time you restart the computer, it will boot normally.
if reboot vista is not work for you. then you must trying display setting in your vista. usually each operating system have their own display setting application. for example i using windows xp with intel graphics on board. the graphics have the software called as intel graphics media accelerator driver. in my pc i can found a little blue box icon in the right bottom. i just right click then choose the output to monitor + notebook. what type of your vga?, you can find that information in device manager.
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