REMOVE Dell Inspiron 1525 monitor and use with external monitor

nimrod86

Hi,

I have an old Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, The screen is banjoed, don't ask...

I want to remove the screen and use the laptop with an external monitor, yes, REMOVE the screen at the hinges!

First of all, will this make it go mad at me that it doesn't have the inbuilt screen attached? And second, how can I GUARANTEE that every time I switch it on it will use the monitor through the VGA port

Not sure if it matters, but it currently runs Windows Vista, 32 bit, I'm planning on upgrading it to Windows 7 Ultimate in the next week or so

Thanks,
nim

kleefarr

You can find out how to remove the screen here...

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/sm/display.htm#wp1179838

And there should be no problem running an external monitor off the VGA port once removed, assuming it works already.

nimrod86

kleefarr wrote: »

You can find out how to remove the screen here...

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/sm/display.htm#wp1179838

And there should be no problem running an external monitor off the VGA port once removed, assuming it works already.

Thanks, before i checked back here a mate and me did it, he was on skype guiding, it all worked great, just started using the vga!

Had to tuck the wifi antena inside the body but no major problems,

thanks for the help