external moniter

[winslow]

I know this has probrobly been covered to death but I can't find the topic. When I hook up an external device to the external port it disables the computers LCD. Is it possible to run both or is it a video card issue?

[rkawakami]

You can cycle through the three different display modes (LCD only, external only, both active) by using the Fn+F7 key combination (hold down the Fn key, while pressing the F7 key once).

[cmarti]

And make sure you have the presentation directorinstalled.

Also:

Installation instructions
Notes:
The following utilities are also required to enable the Fn + F7 function:
ThinkPad Power Management Driver V1.21 or later
Hotkey Features package V1.02.0271 or later.


If you have ThinkPad Configuration version 1.24 or earlier installed, uninstall it and reboot before installing this package. Then install the following packages also:
ThinkPad Configuration package version 1.30 or later
ThinkPad Battery MaxiMiser and Power Management Features package version 1.30 or later
ThinkPad EasyEject Utility version 1.30 or later


For ThinkPad T23 systems, BIOS Version 1.15 (1AET59WW) or later is required to integrate the Fn + F7 hot key function.
For ThinkPad A30 and A30p systems, BIOS version 1EET70WW (1.16) or later is required to integrate the Fn + F7 hot key function.
For ThinkPad G41 Systems, ThinkPad Display Driver (NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200) Version 6.2.2.7 or later is required.