Brazenly OT: ThinkPad760XL local/v/remote screen

Paul Braun nerdware at ctgonline.org
Sun Nov 21 17:20:58 CST 2004


> OK, here's a an OT, I can't wait...
> 
> I have a seven year old  IBM 760XL Laptop somebody
> gave me for free with all the trimmings (with 2 different docking
> bays) that likes to switch over to the VGA port every time it boots
> completely up.  The LCD panel is seen for the period right after
> power-on to the time the OS starts.  I haven't seen LCD control in the
> BIOS start-up (powerswitch+F1) or in the Control Panel.  I want to
> tell it to keep the LCD display on always.
> 
There's a key, one of the function keys, I believe, that has a little 
icon of a monitor above it.  If you hold down the "fn" key in the lower 
left of the keyboard and repeatedly press the other key, you will 
toggle between LCD only, LCD and external, and external only.


Paul Braun





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