So, I attempted to browse BIOS and find the monitor or graphic settings.
First lesson, don't go into BIOS with a Bluetooth keyboard. Looks like Bluetooth is not enabled at that point of startup. Keyboard is useless.
Had to find the cheap-o USB keyboard that came with the Desktop...
Second lesson. HP must have control issues.
@Ch3vr0n you were so right about them. No matter what entrance I took, an HP Setup Utility always initiated instead of a true BIOS utility.
I tried the UEFI route, I tried hitting F10 on reboot (and several other F keys). HP's version of the BIOS Utility always intercepts.
You can make certain BIOS changes on the HP Utility but nothing concerning graphics or monitors.
Here's the things you can change there:
Time and Date
Restore Factory Settings
Hard Disk and CD-ROM configuration
SATA Emulation (under Storage Options)
Boot Order
Password Management
Device Security
USB Security
Slot Security
Network Boot
System IDs
System Security
Secure Boot Configuration
OS Power Management
Hardware Power Management
Thermal - Fan RPMs
Power-On Options (This looked promising but only offers POST Messages disable, After Power Loss, Wake on LAN Power-On password, etc)
BIOS Power-On ( a list of days)
Device Options (Num Lock on Power-On, Multi-Processor enable, Hyper-Threading enable, NIC PXE Option ROM download)
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Optane Volume)
That's it.
Don't know where to proceed from here.
I think I'm SOOL!
T