Windows 10: My pc only displays the screen if I have a certain monitor plugged in.

I’m trying to plug an HDMI monitor into my pc but it won’t display anything. All the light inside and the keyboard/ mouse lit up, but the monitor was still asleep. I tried a different monitor with a DVI port and restarting the pc and both monitors booted up normally so I unplugged the second one which I just had laying next to my pc and the HDMI monitor still worked so I assumed the problem was fixed. After shutting it down and turning it back on the next day, it didn’t turn on like before. So I did the same procedure, plugging in my other monitor and rebooting the pc and it worked. I’m completely stumped, nothing I did worked and google showed no results. Please help!

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screen display

Hi William,

It is important that you have the correct screen display and resolution. We suggest that you perform the following steps to reset the monitor settings:

• Boot your computer in
  safe mode.
• Once in safe mode, right-click the desktop > Screen Resolution.
• Change the display settings back to the original configuration.
• Restart your computer.

Feel free to update us on the result.

 

How can I drag a screen display onto an adjoining satellite monitor?

Hi Stewart,

In order for us to assist you dragging a screen to your satellite monitor, you can follow these steps:

• Move the cursor off each of the four screen edges to see if one of them works.
  
• If it does, position the monitors in the Display > Screen Resolution window
  to match the physical placement of the monitors.

In the event that the previous steps failed to work, you can try these:

• In the display settings just swap the
  Display1 and Display2 Monitors.
• Drag the Monitor1 display icon and
  drop it on Monitor2 display icon, this would give you the correct alignment of screens.
  

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have further inquiries.

 

Can you set certain applications to not display on second monitor?

Hi,

This concern may be due to your display configuration. In order to resolve this issue, we suggest that you edit it by following these steps:

• Press Windows + I.
• Select System, and then Display.
• Under Multiple displays select Extend these displays.
• Also, your display screens should be aligned. See picture below for reference:

Let us know if the steps provided resolved the issue.