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    Lost My Notebook Display!!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by smartcoder, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. smartcoder

    smartcoder Newbie

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    Hi,

    i was trying to install ubuntu as a second OS,after my first which is Windows xp, on my HP 6715b notebook. after finishing installing ubuntu. i booted my windows xp but my screen did not respond and it has stopped responding ever since. right now if i press the power button,looks like the machine is starting but i can't see anything on the screen.

    thanks
     
    smartcoder, Jul 25, 2008
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  2. cat mom

    cat mom Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you maybe push or bump the fn key to toggle the display off or to an external monitor?
     
    cat mom, Jul 25, 2008
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  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Take the battery pack and AC power out

    Hold the power button for 30 seconds or more

    Try starting up again but only using AC power
     
    flipfire, Jul 25, 2008
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    It sounds like a lcd connectivity issue.
    Do you have any external monitors around. Try connecting your system to an external screen. If teh external screen posts any information, but your lcd doesnt, than your lcd is teh problem. If nothing posts on the external, your graphics card may be dying, resulting in nothing showing up.

    If the external works, but the lcd doesnt, take the screen lid apart, you will have to take apart a good bit of the lid. You will want to get to the back of the lcd. Their is a ribbon cable back their, and it may have come loose. Just reconnect and use a piece of tape to hold the cable in position. Hopefully its just a connectivity issue, so it is not a hard fix

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 25, 2008
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