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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: insaineity on July 18, 2011, 09:50:57 AM

Title: question about a secondary monitor on a laptop
Post by: insaineity on July 18, 2011, 09:50:57 AM

i have a dell studio 1537 with everything in it is factory and i got a few years ago.
someone dropped it and the screen broke.
i needed to know if there was a way to force a secondary monitor as the main monitor on the start up (i have both a TV with a hdmi port and an older computer monitor with a vga cable built in)

Title: Re: question about a secondary monitor on a laptop
Post by: Dustin13838 on July 18, 2011, 11:13:39 AM

What os is it. : win xp,vista, win 7

Title: Re: question about a secondary monitor on a laptop
Post by: Computer_Commando on July 18, 2011, 05:31:22 PM

Look in BIOS, F10 at Dell splash screen.

Title: Re: question about a secondary monitor on a laptop
Post by: jason2074 on July 19, 2011, 12:52:33 AM

Look for keyboard function key(Fn) and the monitor symbol or icon(F4,F7...) on to enable external monitor.

Title: Re: question about a secondary monitor on a laptop
Post by: Transfusion on July 19, 2011, 01:00:51 AM

Here is an alternative solution that WILL void your warranty-Disconnect the internal monitor cable inside your laptop. The display will default to the external VGA connector.