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Setting up an external monitor?
So my laptop's screen died, and I am trying to set up an external monitor until I can send it in for repair. Even if the screen is broke(likely a burnt out backlight), I should still be able to set this up right? And I have an HDTV I could use, so I would need to purchase HDMI cables, correct? Also, how much do basic cables like this cost? Thanks for the help!
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
depends on what you're going to hook it up to...l most "monitors" use either vga or dvi, some even hdmi. if yo're going to use a tv, depends on the inputs there as well as the outputs on the laptop.
if you use a vga, which almost all laptops have and a regular monitor w/ vga, you simply plug it in and use the display toggle switch on the function keys, use the fct key if nec. ie fct+f3 or f4 depending on which has the little pictures of monitors on it...
i fyou intend to use another interface, this depends on the graphics card and if yuou can contgol it w/o the monitor working properly in the first place...