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Dell latitude D800: Viewing Boot/BIOS screens on an external LCD
Hi,
I have a friend with a Dell Latitude D800. The LCD has failed (very faint unreadable image - seems to be a common problem with this model). He's plugged an external LCD into the output and everything works great.
However the external LCD only turns on from the windows boot screen. No boot screens are seen on the external screen
Can anyone tell me:
1. Is there an option in the BIOS to turn the external CRT port on at all times
2. Can anyone tell me the exact sequence of keypress to start the BIOS, set this up and save the BIOS
We have discovered that F12 is the random F key that Dell have chosen for this particular model to get into the BIOS. But of course we can't see anything on the LCD screen.
Thanks.
I have a friend with a Dell Latitude D800. The LCD has failed (very faint unreadable image - seems to be a common problem with this model). He's plugged an external LCD into the output and everything works great.
However the external LCD only turns on from the windows boot screen. No boot screens are seen on the external screen
Can anyone tell me:
1. Is there an option in the BIOS to turn the external CRT port on at all times
2. Can anyone tell me the exact sequence of keypress to start the BIOS, set this up and save the BIOS
We have discovered that F12 is the random F key that Dell have chosen for this particular model to get into the BIOS. But of course we can't see anything on the LCD screen.
Thanks.
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Sorry I haven't had any feedback on this but I will close the question and post a comment if the lid thing works.
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I think he's totally removed the lid so maybe there's a catch he can press to get it to output automatically.
I'll get back to you soon.