When I connect my laptop to my monitor via HDMI both screens go black

[Windows 11]

When I connect my laptop to my monitor via HDMI both screens go black. Usually to fix this I will keep turning my laptop on and off and eventually it will fix the issue, but this shouldn't be happening in the first place. I've installed the correct graphics drivers for my laptop and it is a brand new computer. I have also tried a different HDMI cable but the issue still happens.

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