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Formatting laptop with broken screen

Fafakam -  
 Fafakam -

Hello,

I'm writing this post because I wanted to format my Acer laptop which has a completely unusable broken screen.
My screen is therefore an external display connected via VGA.

The problem is that once my PC turned off and then restarted to format the PC, I'm left without the possibility of seeing the screen because my external display is no longer showing anything (no signal).

Can you please help me? A quick response would be appreciated. Thank you for your help.

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    brucine Posted messages 24840 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 169
     

    Hello,

    If there has been formatting, it's normal that we cannot see anything on any screen, but we won't even see the boot sequence because display on an external screen is only possible if it is configured for that and only when the boot sequence has loaded the drivers.

    In other words, if this display is not configured, we can't even blindly boot from an installation USB drive since we don't have access to the BIOS settings that make the USB port a priority.

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  2. hypothetix Posted messages 194 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   68
     

    Good evening

    Just in case, try the Fn+F5 key, which allows you to change the screen on an Acer.

    Good luck

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    1. Fafakam
       

      Thank you, it works

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  3. Fafakam
     

    Thank you for this tip that helped me resolve this issue.

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