HELP Please . IBM L170p ThinkVision 17-inch Flat Panel Monitor

Hello
I was given a IBM L170p ThinkVision 17-inch Flat Panel Monitor (ibelieve that is what it is) and im having some trouble getting it to work. I think i may need the drivers for it but i can not locate them online. I did a search on the IBM site and this is where i found out the name for this monitor. I typed in the " Type# " from the side of the screen which is 6734-HBO s/n xxxxxxx .
I have it connected to my laptop as a second monitor but i can not get a picture on it. If i hold down one of the buttons to adjust the screen left or right ect, the picture will appear for about 2 seconds and then it goes back to a black screen. I was hoping that someone here could help me out and link me to the drivers for this monitor ? OR do you think there is another problem with why i can not get the picture to display, and if so do you know of a way to fix this ?
Any help at all would be appreciated Thanks in advance
-Curt
UPDATE:
I found this listed as a driver on here http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-50550
I downloaded and saved all files to a folder and then followd the direction from an online manual for installing or updating the drivers for the monitor and this didn't help at all. It just told me there were no better updates then the ones that were already installd..
So it must be another problem. Does anyone have any guess or fixes for this ? Thanks again
Moderator Note; s/n edited for members own protection
Message Edited by Primul on 06-22-2009 12:24 PM
Message Edited by andyP on 06-22-2009 09:57 PM

erik wrote:
primul - welcome to the forum!
before we assume this is a hardware problem, let's walk through some troubleshooting first.
1: did this monitor work on the previous system before it was given to you?
2: have you ever used an external monitor with your laptop?
3: have you set your laptop to either mirror or extend the desktop onto the external display?
4: have you tried uninstalling the current driver and then installing the one from IBM?
5: what do you see on the screen during those 2 seconds when you press one of the buttons?
1. As far as they knew, the monitor worked the last time that used it, but they couldn't remember when.
2 & 3. I always use an external monitor on my laptop as an extended monitor so that i have one large surface for a screen when i do my work on photoshop.
4. i havent tried this because i dont have the driver cd to reinstall the ones that are on my laptop now lol.
5. i see my screen wallpaper when i get it to work for those seconds, or i see a window that may have opened up on that screen.
If it's going to be a pain to get this to work i'll just chuck it out or throw it on ebay for parts. Dell is selling new 20inch flat screens for 150$ so i was thinking of snaging one of those.
Message Edited by Primul on 06-23-2009 11:57 AM

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