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TravelMate 4150 booting on wrong screen

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Old 06-17-2009
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TravelMate 4150 booting on wrong screen

Hi

I have a Acer TravelMate 4150. When I tried to re-install Windows a couple of days ago I realised that I could not see the boot screen (Windows xp - loading screen). I could not enter the bios to set the boot seqeunce because the screen stays blank untill it enters Windows. I then connected my external monitor and noticed that the laptop boots on that monitor and as soon as it enters Windows, the laptops screen switches on. I have since re-installed Windows but still have the same problem.

I have check all the settings and no external monitors are enabled. My monitors are in the right order, when I "Identified" them my laptop screen would be nr1 and external 2.

Please help
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Download and install the Acer's video driver from the Acer support site, and see if this fixes the trouble
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Old 06-18-2009
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Still same problem

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Originally Posted by Tmagic650 View Post
Download and install the Acer's video driver from the Acer support site, and see if this fixes the trouble

Thanx, I have tried that and still got same problem.

Any more suggestions? Please guys, I have even tried Acer's Customer support and must say, they have the worst Customer support I have ever come across. They can't seem to help me.

Much appreciated.
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