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1. Click the Start button and then click Control Panel. 2. Click Appearance and Themes. 3. Click the area you want to change or click the Display icon. 4. Try different settings for Color quality and Screen resolution. Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Display icon and click the Settings tab. 3. Try different settings for Colors, Screen area, and Advanced Settings. Run the Video diagnostics tests - If no error message appears and you still have a display problem, but the display is not completely blank, run the Video device group in the Dell Diagnostics. Then contact Dell. See "Error Messages" - If an error message appears, see "Error Messages." If only part of the display is readable Connect an external monitor - 1. Shut down your computer and connect an external monitor to the computer. 2. Turn on the computer and the monitor and adjust the monitor brightness and contrast controls. If the external monitor works, the computer display or video controller may be defective. Contact Dell. Back to Contents Page

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If only part of the display is readable
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1.
Click the
Start
button and then click
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Appearance and Themes
.
3.
Click the area you want to change or click the
Display
icon.
4.
Try different settings for
Color quality
and
Screen resolution
.
Windows 2000
1.
Click the
Start
button, point to
Settings
, and then click
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click the
Display
icon and click the
Settings
tab.
3.
Try different settings for
Colors
,
Screen area
, and
Advanced Settings
.
Run the Video diagnostics tests
—
If no error message appears and you still have a display problem, but the display is not completely blank,
run the
Video
device group in the
Dell Diagnostics
. Then
contact Dell
.
See "Error Messages"
—
If an error message appears, see "
Error Messages
."
Connect an external monitor
—
1.
Shut down your computer and connect an external monitor to the computer.
2.
Turn on the computer and the monitor and adjust the monitor brightness and contrast controls.
If the external monitor works, the computer display or video controller may be defective.
Contact Dell
.