Dv6 - Activating external display for BIOS etc (pre-windo​ws)

G'day All,
Can anyone help me work out how to get a Pavilion dv6 (dv6-3236NR /  LK469UA#ABA) to send BIOS display output to an external VGA monitor? (ie. not just within windows)
I would consider it success if you can do the following =>  connect an external monitor (via VGA), remove all power, power back on, all display is showing up on external monitor, hit F10, can see BIOS on external monitor.
I can do this for the Probook 6460b - It is just a case of connecting an external monitor, hitting ESC to stop at the startup menu, Fn-F4 and then close lid.  I can then drop/re-add power, boot (via WOL) and all display shows up on the external monitor.   I can't get it to work on a dv6
The reason we need to be able to do this is to allow us to rebuild these laptops at a remote site using an IP KVM with Power control (as we do for servers with iLO's).  Worked perfectly with 6460b.
[edited to make clear this is a question]
Thanks.

Thanks Mumbodog.  I haven't found any successful posts yet either (most people trying to do this have a broken laptop display).
The one exception is the following page which includes a photo of the BIOS from an external monitor.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Pavilion-dv6-2-2GHZ-1GB​-RAM-No-HDD-Broken-LCD-/120758837398 (but that has a AMD CPU and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Graphics rather than onboard Intel which may affect it)
I'll leave this open a little longer incase anyone else has any ideas?

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