"Input not Supported" on external monitor

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Published on 2010-03-13T08:48:26Z Indexed on 2012/04/12 5:34 UTC
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when it rains, it pours! Im helping a friend with his Dell Inspiron 1520. The hdd crashed and and top of that, the screen is cracked. I've replaced the hdd (SATA-5400), but the lcd replacement is only comin in a months time. I've tried to:

hook the laptop up to an Acer 18.5" lcd monitor via VGA,
boot up into Windows 7 installer,
get to the Step-1 screen,
Switch to external display (Function-F8)

...and get the "Input not supported" message on the Acer lcd. I know that this is a resolution problem, but cant for the life of me figure out how to solve this. I've also tried, hooking it up to my TV via Composite cables (got a VGA-Composite adaptor).

Please could someone advise me what to do? -Thank u!

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