HP Pavilion G7 broken screen

[stroudmw]

I've got a broken screen on my HP Pavilion G7 laptop, I'm trying to see the BIOS boot screen on an external monitor so I can reinstall the OS. But it doesn't display until the Windows Login Screen appears. I've tried Function+F4, but that doesn't help.

How can I get the BIOS menu to display on my external monitor? Thanks.

 

[hang-the-9]

Turn on the laptop and close the lid right after that, it should detect the monitor. Note that if you are not using a VGA connection this may not work (HDMI, DP may need to load video drivers first). Another thing that may work is disconnecting the screen from the laptop and seeing if that makes the system use the external monitor as the only display.

 

[stroudmw]

Thanks for that. Sadly, It didn't work. And while playing around with the Windows advanced boot settings in control panel, I seem to have broken something so I don't even get the login screen anymore. I am *not* a fan of Windows... Although, to be fair, it did warn me

I just want to get rid of Windows and install Linux... I guess the best bet would be to get the screen fixed.