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Broken screen fn f4 wont work

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camekthief - Oct 12, 2009 at 08:29 AM
 camekthief - Oct 13, 2009 at 01:32 AM
Hello,
I have abroken laptop screen. Machine is HP and running on Vista. I'm trying to connect to an external monitor. If I use the fn f4 route it doesn't work. I can't click through the proces on the screen to change monitors because I can't see anything on it. If I start in safe mode I have no problem, the fn f4 works and I can toggle on and off the external monitor. It doesn't make sense that it works in safe mode and not normal mode. Can't do what I need to in Safe mode...it doesn't give me the options. I've tried changing resolution but this makes no difference to the problem.
Help!

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Oct 12, 2009 at 12:11 PM
If you screen works in safe mode - then you do not have a hardware problem. It's software based. if you tried changing the screen resolution and that didn't fix the problem. then the next thing to try is the Video chip drivers. Go into device manager and roll back the drivers for the video adapter. You might have installed the wrong video drivers.

Good Luck
camekthief
Oct 13, 2009 at 01:32 AM
thanks, but no new drivers, nothing to roll back. now got it to work with laptop lid closed, but now no keyboard

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