T410 Win8 - BSOD when attaching external projector

Hello,
I have such a problem:
my T410 with Windows 8 hangs as soon as I choose "Duplicate screen" option when I have attached external projecto to VGA port.
Have you got any solutions? So far new NVidia drivers are not available.
Best regards,

Hi w454385
How about updating your BIOS and driver with ThinkVantage System Update to see if the issue persist? If issue persist, contact Tech Support.
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I have a 1TB drive and a 500gig partition on another drive, both dedicated to backups (my Macbook HD is 475gig). It will take awhile for each to fill up and who knows what could happen during that time. Having Time Machine alternate between hard drives would be a nice small bit of security if the worst happened.
I realize that there are tons of other options for backing up but I just want to use Time Machine if I can.
Again thank you for your help!

You cannot use Time Machine in that way. I'm not sure where you heard that Time Machine alternates between drives automatically. What you can do is create a mirrored RAID array for the backup. This automatically duplicates whatever is on one drive onto the other drive.
Both drives must be the same size, and prefereably, exactly the same make and model. RAIDs can be configured using OS X's Disk Utility.
RAID Basics
For basic definitions and discussion of what a RAID is and the different types of RAIDs see RAIDs. Additional discussions plus advantages and disadvantages of RAIDs and different RAID arrays see:
RAID Tutorial;
RAID Array and Server:
Hardware and Service Comparison.
Hardware or Software RAID?
RAID Hardware Vs RAID Software - What is your best option?
RAID is a method of combining multiple disk drives into a single entity in order to improve the overall performance and reliability of your system. The different options for combining the disks are referred to as RAID levels. There are several different levels of RAID available depending on the needs of your system. One of the options available to you is whether you should use a Hardware RAID solution or a Software RAID solution.
RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.
Pros and cons
Software RAID is more flexible than Hardware RAID. Software RAID is also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, a Software RAID system requires more CPU cycles and power to run well than a comparable Hardware RAID System. Also, because Software RAID operates on a partition by partition basis where a number of individual disk partitions are grouped together as opposed to Hardware RAID systems which generally group together entire disk drives, Software RAID tends be slightly more complicated to run. This is because it has more available configurations and options. An added benefit to the slightly more expensive Hardware RAID solution is that many Hardware RAID systems incorporate features that are specialized for optimizing the performance of your system.
For more detailed information on the differences between Software RAID and Hardware RAID you may want to read: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID: Which Implementation is Best for my Application?

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I have bought some days ago an external hard drive, the Western Digital 500 GB Elements.
It goes very well by now but I have a problem.
When I turn on my MBP, after the "bong", I have to wait 60 second more than the normal boot time.
The screen stay grey and after 60 second it appears the apple.
It appens only when the external hdd is connected.
Someone has a solution?

Some time ago, I read that the OS has a problem waking from sleep or booting if an external was attached (USB or Firewire), something about it being confused about the startup order. Anyway, since then, I have religiously followed this procedure when I'm done using the external: unmount, unplug, and then turn it off (if necessary). I have never experienced a problem with my Mac not recognizing or not being able to boot because of an external. It certainly doesn't involve more than a second or two to unplug a USB drive.

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Help! I do speaking engagements for a living and just updated to 10.5.2. When I hook an external projector to the computer (DVI to VGA) my MacBook Pro does see the external projector, but will not send a signal to it. It worked yesterday, but as soon as I upgraded it no longer works. We tried a second Mac running 10.5.1 and it worked fine.
I have an engagement Wednesday evening and MUST have this fixed or I will be forced to buy a new computer. Don't have system disks to go backwards with updates. Anybody have any ideas? What a nightmare. I'm desperate to have a computer that will send a video signal out. It sees a monitor, but doesn't see the projector.

Howdy chadnodoubt,
If you are having an issue with your external display not performing as expected when connected with your MacBook Pro, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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