[Wolves] OTT: switching to external vga monitor

[Kevanf1]

Have you tried doing a search for your particular model on the
manufacturers web page?  You may find various operating manuals etc.
Ok, they will no doubt be Microsoft orientated :(  But it should give
details of how to access the BIOS and screen switching (it may be
disabled in the BIOS?)

Just a thought :)

On 27 January 2016 at 06:42, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint
<mark.croft.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> still no joy in getting to the bios screen or anything at all. I
> installed a 250GB hard drive in it with linux mint installed , i was
> hoping grub would be able to switch to external monitor and at least
> give a route to install linux on that laptop but nothing.
>
> mark
>
>
> On 27 January 2016 at 06:40, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint
> <mark.croft.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i have tried fn+f4 and the more extreme option of disconnecting the
>> screen and removing completely. It looks like i will have to get a new
>> screen for it but they seem to be only around £40 roughly for a new
>> one , not sure yet what i will do with this laptop. seems to be pretty
>> quick even running windows 7 or 8 i am 100% , dual core cpu and 4gb of
>> ram and nice 500gb hard drive.
>>
>>
>> mark
>>
>> On 24 January 2016 at 11:32, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My HP Pavilion switches to external monitor by pressing fn+f4.  I've
>>> been running Linux on it for a lot longer than it had Windows on it
>>> too :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24 January 2016 at 10:58, James Turner <james at turnersoft.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 24/01/16 09:31, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint wrote:
>>>>> hi
>>>>>
>>>>> thanx
>>>>>
>>>>> i can't find the lid sensor i guess its an internal one part of the screen flip.
>>>>>
>>>>> seems like it software driven not part of the BIOS , cos the f4 key
>>>>> only works when windows is up and running waiting for login password,
>>>>> correct?
>>>>
>>>> Have you also tried pressing Fn+F4 to change display? I'm mildly
>>>> surprised that F4 on its own would do it - perhaps this is controlled by
>>>> a software application.
>>>>
>>>> Here are a few other items on the Internet which I came across:
>>>>
>>>> A forum poster (albeit for different laptop model) has managed to get an
>>>> external monitor running from power-on by opening the case and
>>>> disconnecting the ribbon cable for the internal display:
>>>>
>>>> http://ccm.net/forum/affich-292576-external-monitor-broken-laptop-during-boot
>>>>
>>>> The CQ58 service manual can be found here, although having skimmed
>>>> through it I didn't notice any mention of any lid closure switch/sensor.
>>>>
>>>> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03593268.pdf
>>>>
>>>> I'm not familiar with your specific model, so coming to an end to my
>>>> ideas. Hope you manage to figure it out.
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>>
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