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I have an Athlon based Asus motherboard with built in ATI 4500. I tried connecting it to my Samsung pn58c8000 through HDMI with no other monitor hooked up. It shows post on the TV and if I go into the BIOS I can access everything fine. Safe Mode works without a problem (full display). In normal mode it boots until Windows 7 Professional starts. It shows the progress bar, but when the Windows 7 logo is supposed to come up, it blanks out and that's it. Anyone have any suggestions?
i have installed the latest drivers... i previously had a monitor attatched on dvi but i had to disconnect it as the ati cant run dvi and hdmi at the same time... i cant tell if the samsung is coming up on the display option as the screen is blank... and its not an extended desktop as i have no signal coming through (as the pre pro in the middle of the setup is telling me)... prepro is not problem though becase like i said it works in safemode... – Mark – 2011-04-13T18:11:06.490
1You could do it completely blind (i.e. without a monitor). You could try pressing [windows key], typing "screen resolution," pressing [enter], waiting a few seconds, pressing [alt]-[c] (which is "detect"), waiting a few more seconds, pressing [alt]-[s] (which is the dropdown box that lets you pick monitors), pressing the [down] arrow key to select the other monitor, then pressing [tab] exactly seven times (if you do eight you will end up hitting cancel) to select "ok." Then press [enter]. – Adam – 2011-04-13T20:03:42.677
and if that doesn't work, I would still try holding down [Windows Key] and pressing [P] twice. (to go from "monitor only" to "duplicate") – Adam – 2011-04-13T20:06:13.427
Also. I would try turning up the sound on your television, pressing [Windows Key]-[U], then pressing [alt]-[n], then hitting [enter]. This will turn on the narrator. Doing that will accomplish two things: (1) it will make it easier to try changing settings in real time since you will now know what you're changing and (2) you will know for sure that the computer isn't locked up but instead only having display problems. – Adam – 2011-04-13T20:11:18.040