How to connect this old TV to a laptop

[Scarlette Rose]

https/drive.google.com/file/d/0B0exjWzi7mbpMHAxN1ZZVGVsZUE/view?usp=drivesdk

Trying to troubleshoot my laptop's black screen (thread here: http/www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3224266/alienware-m17x-black-screen.html)
Typing this from my phone so drive was the only thing I thought of to publically share an image since my laptop is down, so yeah.

Any way to connect this old TV? Or can I connect my laptop to another laptop?

 

[getochkn]

No way to use the old TV nor another laptop.

 

[budwich]

find a friend with a better tv that has more input choices.... 🙂

 

[americanaudiophile]

If your laptop has VGA output you can convert that to av with something like this
https/www.amazon.com/Converter-S-Video-Adaptor-Composite-cable-black/dp/B00543M8KI/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1477669708&sr=8-6&keywords=vga+to+av+converter
A simple cable won't work unless your laptop supports that function in the video driver.

 

[jsmithepa]

Boot laptop, and I mean give it time to boot even though you get no display, observe the HD activity light, is it flashing like it usually does? the keyboard light flashes at it usually does? the fan seems to come on? After 5 minutes, it should be fully booted by now shine a flash light on the screen, if you see an image it means the screen backlit has failed and everything else works. Replacing backlit *relatively* do-able.

 

[Alabalcho]

Grab your laptop, a HDMI cable, and go to nearest BestBuy / Costco / etc, where you can plug your laptop to a display monitor (pretend you will buy it, and want to see how it looks like).

As JSmithepa said: After five minutes, plug something into the USB port, listen for "beep". Press <Shift> five times, listen for a beep (you might want to plug headphones first). All this will tell you whether you have working Windows.