Windows 10: I cannot connect to an old monitor of mine yet the monitor works perfectly and so does the...

So, I have this Acer P225HQ monitor I used with my old laptop but recently my brother gave me his old Alienware, and I factory reset it and installed all the drivers and updated everything and would not connect to the monitor no matter what I do, it picks it up, but it doesn't share screen it just keeps an orange standby light. It isn't a damaged VGA cable because it works with my old laptop, it isn't a damaged VGA port because even with an HDMI adapter it doesn't work. Even as a last resort i tried to copy my old laptop drivers specifically for the monitor to the new laptop and it doesn't wor

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Windows 10 refuses to boot without the old monitor.

Hi,

To address your issue with connecting a new monitor, please perform these steps:

• Plug in the old monitor.
• Uninstall the video driver, go to Device Manager > right-click on the video driver >
  Uninstall.
  
• Unplug the old monitor, then connect the new one.
• Turn on the computer, and Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver.
  

Update us on the result.

 

Old monitors

ok , right click on Windows start button and click " Device manage "

Expand "monitor" and right-click on the monitor driver that doesn't work and do 'update driver'

Click on " browse for drivers on your computer " and " Let met pick from a list of avaible drivers on my computer "

Now select " Generic monitor " and NEXT.... Follow the steps.

 

i have a problem to connect 2 monitors.

Hi Ron,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

• What changes did you make in the BIOS? As making the changes in the BIOS is only recommended by Microsoft if done by the manufacturer.
  

• How are you connecting to the 2nd monitor?

I suggest you to follow the steps from this article below:

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[Applies to Windows 10 as well]

Regards.