Laptop screen disaster !?

[careeri]

My laptop screen recently got severely damaged, so I cannot see anything.

For the first time today, I attached an external monitor to see if I can get access to my files.

When I turn the laptop on...the external monitor works initially and goes through the Windows boot up procedure just fine and I can see it all on the external monitor.

However, after that procedure...a message comes up on the external monitor screen saying "No signal input". At this point I can go no further.

This same routine occurs with 2 different brand of external monitors that I've tried.
Why would that be the case when the external monitor showed the boot-up procedure screens ok initially?

I would have thought that you could simply attach an external monitor and it would be immediately compatible.

Do you have any ideas on how I can rectify this problem ?

Thanks

 

[Spikesoldier]

there might be a key combination you might have to press to switch the display from internal display to external.

 

[mfenn]

Agree with Spikesoldier. There should be a key combo you can hit to switch over to the external.

 

[somethingsketchy]

Agreed with Spikesoldier and mfenn. Better yet, what is the manufacturer of the laptop?

If it's a Dell, the key combo would be Fn + a key that appears as "LCD/CRT" or some sort of symbol for an external source.

 

[0roo0roo]

top tip, dont bold everything.

 

[mfenn]

top tip, dont bold everything.

Lol, wut?

:awe:

 

[rudder]

Function key +f4 (or one close by..look at the key pictures)

 

[ahenkel]

If its windows 7 try the windows key + P