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My Acer Nitro 5's screen is broken, and when I connect it by HDMI to my LG flatscreen TV, it detects that I'm using a PC but gives no signal and just shows the wallpaper of the TV.

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Things to consider:

  • The display configuration is up to the operating system to decide.
  • The BIOS most often doesn't output to anything but the primary display.
  • Windows (and other operating systems) feature multiple modes of "display projection", one of which is usually  "PC screen only".

 

Your list of debugging steps to try in order should be:

  1. Use the Win+P (Super+P) shortcut while the laptop is booted, in hopes that it's a problem caused by display projection (Note that you will also need to select another mode, meaning this shortcut will have to be used in the form of Win+P+2+Enter (specifying the option out of the list, or Win+P+ArrowKeyUpDown+Enter to navigate within the list),
  2. Boot into another operating system, like a GNU/Linux liveboot distribution, in case it's a problem with your current OS's display configuration,
  3. Disassemble the laptop and physically unplug the display (Usually eDP connector) of your "broken" internal display, to remove it as a possibility of a primary display.

 

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Why'd you connect a Laptop to a TV screen :skull:

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@67078it is useful for stuff like PowerPoint presentation 

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Here is a simple explanation

 

Step 1: make sure your laptop and TV both have an HDMI port 

 

Step 2: turn off your laptop 

 

Step 3: turn on your TV 

 

Step 4: plug in the HDMI cable to both your laptop and TV

 

Step 5: turn your laptop on and close it 

 

Boom its now projecting to your TV, make sure you have a keyboard and mouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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