having an issue booting while docked

[nariub]

This feels little but I am again at a loss


I just installed 24.04 onto a Dell 7490 which went well
I got a Dell WD19DCS USB-C docking station
and two external monitors


all kinda works except one thing


lid closed on the laptop
I don't see the bios boot, or the prompt for the disk encryption, or the user/pass screen they are all on the built-in laptop screen
I have to open the lid to the laptop and interact with the laptop directly
then..
I went into the displays and disabled the built-in screen
which moves the primary to one of the external monitors which is fine but none of this happens until after the boot process completes..


Oh and for the folks that want to know
I am cheap and buy mostly used refurbished laptops online so that's why i have an old/new 7490
even got it 24.04 to install on UEFI and enabled secure boot too..
but the boot thing is annoying..