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Question posted by paikchan on October 3rd, 2011

How Do I Switch Over To External Monitor Hooked Up To My Hp Mini Computer?

I have hooked up an external monitor to my laptop via DVI external monitor port but was unable to get the screen to switch over to the external monitor after I pressed the Function F2 key.

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