topic Vaio TX5MN Broken Screen and External Monitor in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-tx5mn-broken-screen-and-external-monitor/m-p/237445#M40870 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>HI</P><P>I have a TX5MN linked up to an external monitor since I cracked the screen.</P><P></P><P>I now want to upgrade to Windows 7 which apparently requires me to boot from DVD.</P><P></P><P>The problem I have is that I can't see the BIOS screens on the monitor, and althought I've managed to boot from an external DVD (copying the keystrokes blind from another TX5) I have been unable to get far enough into the Windows 7 boot process to get any external output.</P><P></P><P>Is there any way of enabling the VGA output before Windows 7 loads the approprite drivers.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P>John </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:31:17 GMT johnabuchanan 2011-08-02T13:31:17Z Vaio TX5MN Broken Screen and External Monitor https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-tx5mn-broken-screen-and-external-monitor/m-p/237445#M40870 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>HI</P><P>I have a TX5MN linked up to an external monitor since I cracked the screen.</P><P></P><P>I now want to upgrade to Windows 7 which apparently requires me to boot from DVD.</P><P></P><P>The problem I have is that I can't see the BIOS screens on the monitor, and althought I've managed to boot from an external DVD (copying the keystrokes blind from another TX5) I have been unable to get far enough into the Windows 7 boot process to get any external output.</P><P></P><P>Is there any way of enabling the VGA output before Windows 7 loads the approprite drivers.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P>John </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:31:17 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-tx5mn-broken-screen-and-external-monitor/m-p/237445#M40870 johnabuchanan 2011-08-02T13:31:17Z Vaio TX5MN Broken Screen and External Monitor https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-tx5mn-broken-screen-and-external-monitor/m-p/237446#M40871 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">I don't think so as the VGA output is a Windows setting and can only be activated after Windows loads</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">I have not tried it but when it is booting from the DVD, press F8 repeatedly to open the Advanced Boot Options screen.&nbsp; Try to boot into Safe Mode.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Long shot I'm afraid but worth a try.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.se/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:53:23 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-tx5mn-broken-screen-and-external-monitor/m-p/237446#M40871 Blencogo 2011-08-02T21:53:23Z