BleepingComputer.com: Intel 945 Chipset family/GMA TVout problems

Hi

Sorry if this post is in the wrong place

I am trying to connect my laptop so thats it can be seen on a TV, I have tried various cables and this hasn't worked.

My desktop connects to the tv without any issues (it does have a different graphics card though)

The graphics card of the Laptop is an Intel 945 Chipset family/Graphics Media Accelerator but when i connect the tv to the computer (before starting it up via a VGA cable that goes to a S-video out or a Vi) it doesn't recognise it or find it at all.

Does the GMA allow for tv out? If it doesn't what can i do?

Any help would be much appreciated

Hugo

Check your function buttons, is there a picture of a screen above one of the "F" keys?

Normally laptops require the use of the "fn" key or "Function key" along with one of the F1 to F12 keys combination to enable the external vga port.

Are you using an s-video cable or direct vga cable to the tv?

Let me know how you get on!

High500

Hi, thanks for the reply
Sorry its taken a while for the reply, my tonsils decided to make me drool.... anyway


I tried the function key thing but still I could not get an output on the television.

I am connecting the tv via my VGA port on the laptop by a cable that has a component output that i connect that to the tv.

Thanks for all the help, its much appreciated

Hugo

Worth a look: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-004653.htm

Louis