I've been given an HP NX6110 laptop (with busted screen) that I would like to use for an install. It has VGA out but the BIOS is extremely limited and there is no option to enable it by default. I would prefer not to have to press function-F4 on the keyboard every time the computer is switched on. Has anyone found another way of enabling VGA output (on this, or any other laptop)? My first thoughts were, 1) identify the signals sent from the keyboard when function-F4 is pressed (and replicate them when the machine is powered on) or 2) is there a signal sent to the video part of the motherboard when function-F4 is pressed to switch VGA output on (and if so, can it be identified & artificially induced?) any ideas? ...
Anytime
