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    HP dv4037cl, touchpad and keyboard don't work, need fn keys through usb keyboard

    Discussion in 'HP' started by [email protected], Aug 20, 2007.

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    My HP dv4037cl motherboard has some issues. Due to that the touchpad and the keyboard don't work. But I can connect through wireless usb keyboard/mouse.

    Recently I sent to PC Laptops to fix and they screwed up my LCD. Now I can't anything on the LCD. Bought KVM switch to switch between screens, thanks to XP I can see the screen after xp boots up.

    Now my question is, how can I see the initial bios, boot screen? How can I simulate Fn+F4 to switch to external monitor with usb keyboard?

    I saw some reference to Alt+Ctrl+f12, but doesn't seem to work.

    Please let me know if there is anyway I can simulate Fn+F4 to switch to external monitor to see boot screen. I want to use the laptop for some testing purposes and need to boot through DVD/CD and install linux.

    TIA
     
    [email protected], Aug 20, 2007
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