Recently Obtained a M16 R1, eager to join the party!

A coworker of mine bought an Alienware M16 R1 in the beginning of 2024, and back in February he had an issue with a BIOS update, thinking he either Bricked it or broke the screen, he tried to open the LCD to find out what a replacement panel would be. He ended up apparently damaging the LCD in the process.

He couldn't get it to come on, and assumed it was bricked. he gave it to me for free, as he thought it was useless, and since he opened it and broke it, voided any warranty chances.

so now, the LED is giving a 2,7 flashing light error (Display failure - SBIOS message), but it does boot and display on an external monitor. Now I find myself debating on whether or not to try to find a New Display for it, or trying to get it to run without a display entirely, and use it as a headless laptop.

Is there any way to get the BIOs to display on the HDMI out and not the LCD (which, again, does not work)?

Also, where would I begin to look for a new LCD for this? i see that the whole top part seems to be a single piece, and not just a panel that can be swapped.