Probably won’t help but make sure the laptop is off, the power supply/charger is connected to the laptop and is plugged into to the power outlet. Also make sure the external monitor is plugged into the laptop’s VGA port and the monitor is on.
Now leaving THE LAPTOP SCREEN AND THE MONITOR PLUGGED IN AND ON boot the laptop. If that doesn’t work check out the keyboard F keys and see if there is a key or key combination to change the video output source, some laptops have the ability to use a key combination to to turn the external monitor off/on. Best of luck On Wed 9 Oct 2024 at 14:23, Gabriel González via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi Franco. Yes, I can turn on the computer with the laptop lid closed and > the vga conected to the screen, but I have the same problem. > > Thank you for your answer. Really the laptop screen is too small and this > is unconfortable. > > El mié, 9 oct 2024 2:07 p. m., Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> escribió: > >> > Even I closed the laptop waiting it will recognize the external VGA. >> > But nothing happened. >> > >> You have pretty much described the root of the problem. >> The routing of video outputs is nowadays a function of the OS / >> assisted by software running in the OS. Be it the Windows desktop >> management, or the Linux X-server and some GUI configuration applet >> on top. >> >> There is one thing I can suggest: >> Cold-start the machine with VGA already attached. >> The magic can happen during VGA option ROM initialization. >> If the VGA option ROM notices the VGA port loaded (= signal sink >> attached), chances are that it will enable the output. And, it can >> either mirror the internal LVDS video port, or it can send output to >> the VGA *only* - I would expect that to happen if the notebook gets >> started with the lid closed, not sure if you can achieve that. >> If you have a start button under the lid (on the keyboard or such), >> how much time do you have between pressing the button and getting a >> POST beep / VGA on? Perhaps you could make it by closing the lid >> swiftly enough... >> >> Frank >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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