Testing monitor by attaching to laptop

[smary 14]

is it possible to attach a monitor to a laptop in order to verify the monitor is 'dead'. More to the point is it easy!!!

[Bonjon 10]

Yeh, plug in the monitor then press what ever the FN key is to switch the screen to your laptop lcd to monitor.

[alchresearch 214]

If it has Intel graphics you'll have to do a little more than FN and F4 / F5:

 

Right-click anywhere on the desktop

 

Click “GRAPHICS PROPERTIES”

 

CLICK “OUTPUT TO”

 

Click “DUAL DISPLAY CLONE”

 

Click “NOTEBOOK + MONITOR”

[truman 10]

Of course if you can see all these options, means your screen works LOL

 

The OP wants to use the laptop to test an external monitor...at this point they're still using the laptop's own display...

[smary 14]

is it the monitor that may have to have Intel graphics or the laptop - the laptop is an old Dell Inspiron laptop and the monitor is off a Dell Inspiron 520

[Paul Blade 10]

The Laptop

Theoretically a monitor is a monitor is a monitor

Any monitor should fit any pc as long as it has the relevant connection