[Wolves] OTT: switching to external vga monitor

Wed Jan 27 11:36:47 UTC 2016

thanks for pointing me right direction , i have tried the manual route
and it was not clear whether the bios appears on external screen.i had
forgotten that i had put this problem on hp forum and there was an
answer there to my problem with viewing the bios at boot up on
external monitor.

here link to hp forum question
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touch/switching-to-external-monitor-ASAP-so-i-get-into-BIOS-screen/m-p/5467874/highlight/false#M125443

looks like i will have to wait for funds to put a new lcd in it.

i hate laptops they so much more complex and they cut corners like vga
drivers not loading up before the bios or whatever the actually issue
is , still not 100% clear but does seem a bit of problem...

I wonder if i can grub to boot up from the hard drive maybe? can grub
be forced to display on external screen? i guess grub would have to
some sort of vga driver loaded to get it too display its wares.

mark

On 27 January 2016 at 11:23, Kevanf1 <kevanf1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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