Dual Monitor 2nd Screen Black

[Jestar]

Goodafternoon everyone,

Ive searched and searched for an answer but to no avail. I had been using my HDTV as a secondary screen for once in a while movie watching with no problems. I have a HP Pavilion dv6 notebook computer. Today, I plugged my HDTV into my laptop via HDMI and i realized that the screen flashes and goes black. I tried to use as extended monitor as well as updating drivers, with no luck. The screen resolutions are the default resolutions I have been using from previously successful times using my HDTV. Does anyone have any suggestions or am I out of luck with this?

 

[Cjbspur98]

Sounds to me like a hardware not software problem. Your notebook PC might be nearing the end of its life, as this sounds like a video issue, your PC probably cant handle these things now that it is slightly older and more worn down. Its worth buying a new PC.

 

[k1114]

Has nothing to do with being able to handle it if it worked fine before. But ports/cables can stop working. If you can't get anything out of it, then unfortunately that happened.