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I have Sony vaio laptop(svf15213snb) around 9 year old. Laptop was completely fine when screen broke and used laptop on external monitor for some time and completely detached internal screen and bazel. Sometime later i formatted its HDD and used somewhere else.

Now i want to use it again but to install any OS on this laptop, i must get into BIOS but can't access BIOS on external display.

  • I tried to put magnet near hall sensor to trick computer think lead closed and return bios screen on external monitor but didn't work.
  • Also tried to plug bootable USB if anything comes up on screen but no luck. I'm not sure what to do.

I heard somewhere that Linux can be easily migrate on other machine!! I didn't try this one.

Ridham
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If there is a separate F-key to change boot-order only, without entering BIOS/UEFI, that would be a better option when working blind. Some makers, e.g., HP and Toshiba, use F9 or F12, to enter that limited-option screen.

Try booting with a single Down push, and if that doesn't work try with two or three. You can make a bootable USB device, e.g. Ubuntu Desktop Live, once you find the USB boot option, this should load in "user test" mode by pressing Enter after boot-up finishes. Usually, Ubuntu installation media can boot in EFI or in Legacy mode, so you should not need to make a switch in BIOS.

Hopefully, Ubuntu will recognize that a display is connected!

DrMoishe Pippik
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