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Laptop display to external monitor problems!...

mps26

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Nov 21, 2017
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Hi!

I have a Acer Aspire E15 2012-MOD with a broken screen.
I have used an external monitor to show the screen with a vga-cable(my laptops hdmi port is not working.)
Lately my laptop was getting slower, so i fabric reset the machine.
Now when i start the computer i cant get an image on the external monitor?! what to do?
I have tried "fn" f5(monitor button) and windows button + p.
Any tips or good answers??
THANKS!:)
 
you have already tried the stuff that i know. maybe that vga wire is broken.
And it sounds like your laptop is in a very bad condition man, i think you should get a new one.
 
Hehe yeah, thats the real solution 😉 but it had been great if i just could open the laptop one last time to retrive my local storage. 😵