Hector, the process is kind of a pain until you get used to it, but here's what you have to do: 1) Close the powerbook, allowing it to go to sleep. Make sure there are no peripherals plugged in, not even the power adapter. 2) Plug in Keyboard and Mouse, plus any other peripherals. 3) Plug in the monitor. 4) Plug in the power adapter. 5) Press the space bar to wake up the computer if it hasn't already done so. Your powerbook may seem to wake up, ask you for your password, then go back to sleep. Sometimes it gets a little confused. Press the space bar again to wake the computer up and you should be good to go! Eric ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/powerbook/attachments/20060722/d520ec5a/attachment.html