Recent content by frankus333

G'day folks I have been able to resolve my issue with a new screen; issues discussed in more detail, as per this other post. http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/3448172/last-read Cheers

G'day again folks My situation has been resolved by being able to get a new screen for half price, because it had one locked pixel, so I can see everything now. It is now clear that any attempt to have reset the BIOS blindly would have been too complicated, and potentially been disastrous, so I...

Thanks Mister_MO I am concerned that a blanket reset to defaults will mean it will ask for entry of a code displayed, to allow resetting Secure Boot, which I turned off, and so this can't be done blindly. Even just trying to reset from Legacy Boot back to UEFI Boot may ask for confirmation...

G'day folks Is anyone able to give me the keystroke steps to enter a HP-15 notebook (Product K2N67PA#ABG, BIOS Insyde F.23-09/19/2014) BIOS and reset it from Legacy boot back to UEFI boot and get back out again, with no screen to see it? Cheers

G'day again folks Is there anyone familiar enough with this type of UEFI BIOS to know whether I have a ghost of a chance of being able to reset it to UEFI booting without being able to see it on the screen? Thinking about the above reset to defaults idea, it might be too difficult if it asked...

Mister_MO and community I was able to disconnect and remove the screen from the connector in the lid; I did not go all the way to the motherboard and remove the other end of the cable. This did not seem to have done anything on the initial bootup, but after a reboot, it worked; I could see the...

Thanks Mister_MO The service manual I downloaded suggests that disconnecting the screen is actually relatively straightforward on this machine, so I will give it a go in a day or so and report back.

Thanks jarotech You have given me an extra variable (lid switch) to explore; much appreciated. I wonder if anyone else out there has experience with the HP-15 notebook (Product K2N67PA#ABG, BIOS Insyde F.23-09/19/2014), UEFI, and has been able to get boot/BIOS screens to show in an external...

Thanks jarotech This laptop has only a HDMI port, no VGA port. Are you able to see your boot/BIOS screens via your HDMI port? Is your machine UEFI or legacy BIOS? The lid switch options in Win 8.1 only involve actions of the OS (sleep, hibernate, shut down) and have no effect on display...

G'day folks I have a HP-15 notebook with a broken screen which I use via the only external monitor port it has, a HDMI port. I have an in-line HDMI to VGA adapter which drives my VGA monitor. I have seen a number of posts reporting that it should be possible to see the initial boot screens...

G'day Jonathan I have the exact same problem with the same laptop; HP15 with HDMI only external monitor port (no VGA). I have successfully installed Linux Mint 18.1 to dual boot with Win 8.1, and would really like to be able to see the early boot screens for OS selection and trouble shooting...