enable vga output laptop

So I am trying to use my new HP f2105 with my ibuypower laptop that has a 9600/9700m video card. Now I have tried function key plus f4 which has a picture of a tv and a laptop side by side but all that does is disable my laptop screen. Tried messing about in the display properties page and saw that the computer "sees" the monitor because with it plunged in it allows me to set how i want the screen to behave yet it wont turn on.


drivers are the lastest omega version....


any advice?