Toshiba Portege 2010 User Guide 2 - Page 164
Disk drive problems, The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external
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164 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict For more information, see Windows® Help. A message tells you that there is a problem with your display settings and that the adapter type is incorrect or the current settings do not work with your hardware. Reduce the size of the color palette to one that is supported by the computer's internal display. To change the display properties: 1 Point at the desktop and click with the secondary button. 2 Select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Display Properties window appears. 3 Click the Settings tab. 4 Adjust the screen resolution and/or color quality. 5 Click OK. The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work. Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher. Devices that do not support this resolution will only work in External monitor only mode. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may cause one or more files to appear to have garbage in them. Typical disk problems are: You are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or more files appear to be missing. Make sure you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:).