Hey guys, im not 100% sure if this is the right place to ask but here is the thing;

My long serving laptop monitor has kaput and now I cannot see what happens when I turn it on. I tried to power ON laptop with the video cable connected to an external monitor but after waiting still no display (monitor goes into power saving mode).

I tried swapping between output VGA and HDMI neither seem to work.

Im well aware external monitors usually can be selected to display in Windows but is there a way to force it to boot display to the monitor instead?