I have an Aspire One 756-2887 laptop that I am trying to connect to an external display with an Acer X233H monitor using HDMI. Sometimes it connects effortlessly and I am able to set up a very nice dual external display for the laptop using both the analog external display and the HDMI display.
But sometimes the HDMI display goes on a cycle where it recognized and then drops and then is recognized again and this happens over and over again. In this cycle, a display never shows on the monitor.
I've tried turning things on and off and I can't recognize a pattern that allows me to reliably connect the HDMI monitor. The monitor works well with my desktop and I can hook up the HDMI with the DVI connection displaying the desktop. The monitor recognizes the HDMI connection and gives me the laptop display unless it goes into the drop cycle.
Using the Fn keys to change the display options doesn't help either. Connecting an external analog display never exhibits the same problem.