So my roommates laptop screen is broken. Not a huge deal but I need to get into the BIOS. The OS is also broken, locks up right after windows loads.
This is my dilemma. I have an external display for the laptop with a broken screen (vga). But the darn thing will not output to the external display during boot up. Even if I push the "FN + F5" combo. I can only get the external display to work once windows boots. I'm sure its just a BIOS setting to duplicate whats displayed on the main LCD to the external VGA device but alas I can' t see during bootup.
Anyone have a similar laptop that could blindly navigate me to the setting to output to an external display on bootup? Or have any suggestions?
HP Pavilion DV2171CL (laptop, amd turion system), I believe its F10 to get into the BIOS but correct me if I am wrong.
This is my dilemma. I have an external display for the laptop with a broken screen (vga). But the darn thing will not output to the external display during boot up. Even if I push the "FN + F5" combo. I can only get the external display to work once windows boots. I'm sure its just a BIOS setting to duplicate whats displayed on the main LCD to the external VGA device but alas I can' t see during bootup.
Anyone have a similar laptop that could blindly navigate me to the setting to output to an external display on bootup? Or have any suggestions?
HP Pavilion DV2171CL (laptop, amd turion system), I believe its F10 to get into the BIOS but correct me if I am wrong.
