Using external monitor with a bad logic board???

Can you use an external monitor on your ibook, if you have a bad logic board, to use it? Or is the only solution to use the shim, or get it fixed. Thanks.

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
If the graphics chip on the logic board has come loose, it won't drive the graphics to an external display, either. Sorry.

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