pen is mightier than the laptop

[kramer]

Left site last night... packed up the 2 week old vaio that i am coding on exclusively..
got to the pub.. opened the laptop... i had closed the lid on a biro resting on the keyboard..
Screen is screwed and i am sitting at the client site explaining that i will get the code base off the machine as soon as possible and still on target to hit a revised deadline..

Problem is it won't output to a monitor or a projector for some reason.. what a bag of do do!!!

[DS23]

sheet. how much work since last backup?

i have a fear of doing exactly what you did - i never, ever leave anything on top of the portable desktop that i use.

i had a similar thing happen a few months ago - got to site, got out laptop and i could not open it! the lid was not for moving. spent over two hours quietly trying to open it whilst needing to use a client machine....

i eventually wiggled it free to much relief. still takes a special knack to open - a new security feature.

[kramer]

monday morning was last backup.... so only an hours worth of coding...
but come on who wants to write that again...

[Sockpuppet]

Just take the HDD out and stick it in a normal PC.

[bogeyman]

Problem is it won't output to a monitor or a projector for some reason.. what a bag of do do!!!

Sorry if this is obvious, but usually you need to hit a Fn+F key combination to enable external video output (e.g. Fn + F7 on a Thinkpad). Assume VAIO works in a simliar way.

[kramer]

yeah its the same bogey but it won't output... phoned sony and they couldn't help.

Thanks for suggestions everyone!

[Swamp Thing]

Sorry if this is obvious, but usually you need to hit a Fn+F key combination to enable external video output (e.g. Fn + F7 on a Thinkpad). Assume VAIO works in a simliar way.

Either that, or get a USB port replicator with an external VGA adaptor built-in. I have a Targus/Lenovo one that does this - the laptop lid stays closed at home.