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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

External monitor stopped working after windows 10 update on laptop

It was stunning. Yesterday Everything was ok. Then windows 10 gets an update. And all of a sudden my Asus laptop no longer supports its external HDMI port ? 

It sure seemed that way. 
Windows insisted there was no need for a driver rollback. A regular download of an updated driver of the graphics card did not work either. But when, slightly desperate, I tried, one last time, the same update, this time using the Nvidia GeForce Experience software - and things got back to work ! 

Why? not sure. Seems like the Geforce Experience software handles the update in a more comprehensive manner, fixing the settings which the Windows 10 update screwed up. 

But if you find your self with your laptop suddenly not supporting an external monitor following a windows 10 update, you know what to try - update your driver, using the manufacturer's recommended path. 

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