[Wolves] OTT: switching to external vga monitor

Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint mark.croft.lug at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 06:42:47 UTC 2016


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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>>
>>
>> --
>> ==============================================
>>
>> Kevan
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>> Staffordshire
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