Help with my Satellite

I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 that was a gift from a client. It is brand new but has a shattered LCD display. I know where and how much a new lcd will cost me, but I want to know if there is anything that I can do with it until thin. I want to use the notebook with an external monitor, but whenever I plug one in I get nothing. I cannot see any prompt to know what the machine is doing when it powers up. Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me?



Vic
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If it is still under warranty, try phoning Toshiba and ask to replace it.
In the mean time, wait until the computer is fully booted up hook up a external monitor and press Fn+F5

 

good luck with getting them to replace it if your not the original owner but i digress. it should have vga outs. are you trying to display on a tv through vga? or a normal computer monitor? cuz if its a normal computer monitor you should have to switch your display within the control panel display properties over to the external monitor i believe. which might be a task. there may be a shortcut of ctrl or win commands that may make the switch with the push of a button though. i must look this up now lol. brb for edit.

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couldnt find it. out of time. sorry be back tomorrow with more info hopefully. this would be a great one to figure out.

 

You are right I am not the original owner. I was given this machine by a client. So, in my case the warranty issue is not an option.
There is a key sequence on the keyboard to direct the video output to an external device. I am not at the machine now but I think that is something like FN f5, as was suggested in an earlier post. I tried this but it did not garner any results. I let the machine boot up, and the fan came on, lights flashed as you would expect it would. I just cannot get it to display. Thanks to you guys for your answers, and for any further help that you can give me.


Victor.

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