Subj : Re: Power Point
To   : ALAN ZISMAN
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 11:31 pm

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AZ>-=> JAY EMRIE wrote to ALAN ZISMAN <=-

AZ> JE> InFocus states there is no known conflicts between the projector and
AZ> JE> the Toshiba laptop.

AZ> JE> Chopped off ONLY at the bottom?  Not on the sides or top? Also, when
AZ> JE> booting up the correct (not chopped off anywhere) boot up screens are
AZ> JE> displayed on the projector but the computer screen is black then. I
AZ> JE> have since installed a monitor in place of the projector and get
AZ> JE> identical results. So it isn't the projector - it is the laptop.

AZ> JE> When booting up, the external monitor displays the Windows boot
AZ> JE> displays and the laptop screen is black. After the boot up is complete,
AZ> JE> the external monitor goes black and the laptop screen takes over.

AZ> JE> So far I have been unable to get into the BIOS setup of the laptop.
AZ> JE> There is scads of messages on  this very thing - stating the BIOS is
AZ> JE> inaccessible on some Toshiba laptops!

AZ> JE> I will call Toshiba next week and hope they have a possible solution.

AZ> 1) Remember that the screen resolution shifts several times during 
startup...
AZ>at first, it's in the computer's default text mode (80 characters x 25 
lines, I
AZ>think)... the boot graphic is in graphical 320x400 mode. Finally, the 
display
AZ>is switched to your computer's Windows setting (1024x768, etc). It sounds 
like
AZ>something is happening at the times of the various resolution changes.

AZ> 2) Many of the older Toshiba laptops that I've worked with required 
software
AZ>to access the BIOS settings... check at Toshiba.com; they're pretty good (in 
my
AZ>experience) continuing to host drivers and utilities for older models-- this
AZ>should include the BIOS setup software. Usually there are both DOS versions
AZ>(often included on a bootable floppy disk image) and Windows versions. I've
AZ>found their website reasonably well-organized, making it fairly 
straightforward
AZ>to locate the needed files. So check their website before you phone them.

That is in process. Thanks

Jay
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