Have a brand new Laptop 13 with the AMD Ryzen AI 5 340, 32 GB RAM. Running Windows 11. When I connect my Acer monitor directly to the laptop with an HDMI cord, the laptop recognizes the monitor. However, I share this monitor with another laptop and use a Gana HDMI Switch to change from one laptop to the other. When I connect the same monitor through the HDMI switch, the Laptop 13 will not recognize that the monitor is connected.
Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated !!
Most likely, your HDMI switch is doing exactly what it’s supposed to.
When you change it to the other laptop, it disconnects the Framework 13 from the monitor.
More expensive HDMI switches called “seamless HDMI switcher” will pretend the monitor is still there so the Framework 13 doesn’t get disturbed.
If the HDMI switch is set to the Framework 13 from before you power on the Framework 13, and is never switched away, then you’ll see the monitor fine.
I guess the issue you’re facing is that the monitor doesn’t reconnect after changing to the other source? You may be able to convince things to start working by slowly switching a few more times.
Or the HDMI switch may be faulty.
Thanks for your input. The HDMI switch has been replaced, so I know that’s not the problem (although if the switch generally won’t work with my new laptop, a new switch wouldn’t fix that problem). When I boot up and the monitor is hooked up via the switch, sometimes it is recognized by the laptop, but usually it is not. That’s what is bothersome to me. When I bypass the switch and plug the monitor in directly, it works. However, the switch always works with my other laptop (which is a Thinkpad). So, in a nutshell, the problem is with the switch intermittently being recognized by my new laptop (mostly not being recognized) even though the switch always works with my Thinkpad. Many thanks for any additional thoughts you may have.