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NOTE: This is not a duplicate of Cannot enter BIOS due to broken screen, because none of the solutions there solved my issue. Looking for further direction.

My old HP Pavilion 17 laptop is still running fine after 7 years of use. The only issue is the screen died, so I have a SVGA monitor connected, because I happened to have one on hand. In this way, I have been using the laptop as a desktop machine for a few years now. Unfortunately, I can't get into the BIOS to edit settings for virtualization to be compatible with Local by Flywheel.

It took me several attempts at reboots, hard shutdowns, and pressing F10 and ESC in various combinations of "spamming" (hitting the key repeatedly) and continuing to press down. I eventually realized that I actually probably was booting into BIOS (through Shift-Restart), but I couldn't see anything because it was booting to the broken internal display, rather than the connected external monitor.

WHAT I'VE TRIED ALREADY

I followed various pieces of advice from the above link as well as other sources. Here's what I've tried:

  • Changed 'What happens when lid is closed' in Power Management settings to "Nothing"
  • ViewSonic SVGA monitor connected to SVGA port on laptop
Eric Hepperle - CodeSlayer2010
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I have just looked at the BIOS settings on a spare HP 14 laptop I have and have found the key sequence to enable virtualization.

You may be able to blindly enable virtualization by booting into the BIOS through shift-restart (or ESC repeatedly on startup) then the following:

Press F10 to enter BIOS settings, Right twice (or Left twice) for the System Configuration tab, Down once to highlight Virtualization Technology, Enter to select, Down to highlight Enabled, Enter to select it.

Then F10 for exit and save, then finally press Enter to confirm and your laptop should restart with virtualization enabled.

It could be different on yours but I think the layout is more or less the same on most HP laptops.

Aenfa
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