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Dell 1300 inspiron (2004) unable to switch to external lcd monitor upon boot up current laptop monitor too weak (brightness) to see and/or to acccess bios setiings, which keyboard keys to press pls? Jon
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You can switch to an
external monitor or data projector by two methods.
1. Connect the external
monitor to the laptop's video port, power up the external monitor first and the
laptop. The video information will automatically switch to the external
monitor.
2. If you power up the
laptop first then you can switch the video output to the external monitor by
pressing the Fn key and one of the Function keys, depending upon your make and
model laptop. You can also toggle between the external monitor or both LCD
screen plus the external monitor or back to LCD screen only by pressing the Fn
key plus one of the function key a few times.
Here is a list of key
combinations for some of the laptops :-
IBM ThinkPad = Fn + F7
HP and Compaq = Fn + F4
Toshiba = Fn + F5
ASUS and Dell = Fn + F8
You can switch to an
external monitor or data projector by two methods.
1. Connect the external
monitor to the laptop's video port, power up the external monitor first and the
laptop. The video information will automatically switch to the external
monitor.
2. If you power up the
laptop first then you can switch the video output to the external monitor by
pressing the Fn key and one of the Function keys, depending upon your make and
model laptop. You can also toggle between the external monitor or both LCD
screen plus the external monitor or back to LCD screen only by pressing the Fn
key plus one of the function key a few times.
Here is a list of key
combinations for some of the laptops :-
IBM ThinkPad = Fn + F7
HP and Compaq = Fn + F4
Toshiba = Fn + F5
ASUS and Dell = Fn + F8
You can switch to anexternal monitor by two methods.1. Connect the externalmonitor to the laptop's video port, power up the external monitor first and thelaptop. The video information will automatically switch to the externalmonitor.2. If you power up thelaptop first then you can switch the video output to the external monitor bypressing the Fn key and one of the Function keys, depending upon your make andmodel laptop. You can also toggle between the external monitor or both LCDscreen plus the external monitor or back to LCD screen only by pressing the Fnkey plus one of the function key. Here is a list of keycombinations for some of the laptops :-IBM ThinkPad = Fn + F7HP and Compaq = Fn + F4Toshiba = Fn + F5Dell = Fn + F8
check your power settings in the display you probably have it set to be dim when not plugged in when battery is under a specific charge. hope this helps
Before buying any more parts, attach an external monitor and if the display is OK then the problem is your LCD, if the problem is displayed on the external monitor the problem is the Video card. I believe the 1300 has an integrated Intel video adapter
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