Laptop and monitor

[Kimmy-b]

My laptop screen is smashed and I am trying to connect am external monitor to it but the monitor either displays going into sleep mode or check video cables which have been checked several times, what am I doing wrong

 

[digitaldoc]

Tough to configure this with a dead main screen. I would try to connect it with an HDMI cable if your laptop has that as VGA can be harder to configure.

The other option is to replace your laptop screen.

http/www.laptopscreen.com/