well... I've had the back off and stired the insides around with a screwdriver a little... to no avail.
The disc drawer did pop out the fist system restore disc after about an hour, so I put the 2nd in. still whirring now, three hours later.
And no screen, even though I turned down the volume and gave the whole thing a sesible thump.
lp
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have you tried plugging in an external monitor to the monitor out connector? (its the D shaped thingy on the back or side with 15 lil holes in it)
meat2pleaseu wrote:
HDD failure wouldn't result in a blank screen as the BIOS is resident on an Eprom chip, so its independant of the hard drive.
A blank screen is more of an indication of a power fault or a fault with the screen/ graphics card
HDD failure wouldn't result in a blank screen as the BIOS is resident on an Eprom chip, so its independant of the hard drive.
A blank screen is more of an indication of a power fault or a fault with the screen/ graphics card
mmm good point but if the graphics processor is conkered then an external monitor wont work either....
I would deffo try plugging in an external monitor to see if the graphics really are dead, remember this is a lppy we are talking about here not a desktop machine with AGP slots, PCIe or even PCI. It could be a dead screen or (as I found on a lappy someone asked me to repair last week), just a loose wire between the mainbord and screen. Most laptops have a D-sub for external graphics and it is the quickest way to find out whether it is worth checking the screen, wires etc.
There is a utube demonstration on how to check your paptop screen connection, I'll see if I can find it.
There is a utube demonstration on how to check your paptop screen connection, I'll see if I can find it.
The last 3 laptops i have had for repair have all been dead motherboards.....such a waste.....as no one wants to buy a new motherboard for a laptop at 150 quid.....still i normally get to keep all the bits as spares once i have salvaged all their data for them 
Gary xx
Got a ps3 as well at the moment and that seems to be dead motherboard to......oh well
Gary xx
Got a ps3 as well at the moment and that seems to be dead motherboard to......oh well
I get a lot of laptops in for repair that other shops have give up on , it seems some pc shops dont know how to repair something as simple as a voltage regulating IC but hey more business for me having said that i feel sorry for those that do spend £150 on a new motherboard as when graphics chips die ( usually because of poor maintainence on the cooling system)there isnt much else can be done.
having said that i feel sorry for those that do spend £150 on a new motherboard as when graphics chips die ( usually because of poor maintainence on the cooling system)there isnt much else can be done.
"NTLDR is missing" goddammit 
Piece of shit recovery discs...
*Him*
Piece of shit recovery discs...
*Him*
that old lappy I've been banging on about....
Just this minute, it turned itself on... fans whiring like heli-blades, I swear it nearly took off!
An alarm noise... brrrr br br..... brrrr br br!
Loud as you like... all the lights flashing.
I had to crash it.
And took the battery out.
It's posessed!!!
and still no screen
lp
Just this minute, it turned itself on... fans whiring like heli-blades, I swear it nearly took off!
An alarm noise... brrrr br br..... brrrr br br!
Loud as you like... all the lights flashing.
I had to crash it.
And took the battery out.
It's posessed!!!
and still no screen
lp
Take it to a professional ......or a priest!
Gary.
......or a priest!
Gary.
varca wrote:
Errrm, does anybody have any idea why I might be seeing Chinese symbols instead of the usual ones in the chatroom??? And noo I have not had a drinkie
Errrm, does anybody have any idea why I might be seeing Chinese symbols instead of the usual ones in the chatroom??? And noo I have not had a drinkie
Pity they weren't Japanese ones (I could have translated roughly), but the image is too small to see anyway
Dlep wrote:
Pity they weren't Japanese ones (I could have translated roughly), but the image is too small to see anyway
varca wrote:
Errrm, does anybody have any idea why I might be seeing Chinese symbols instead of the usual ones in the chatroom??? And noo I have not had a drinkie
Errrm, does anybody have any idea why I might be seeing Chinese symbols instead of the usual ones in the chatroom??? And noo I have not had a drinkie
Pity they weren't Japanese ones (I could have translated roughly), but the image is too small to see anyway
Ello Dollop
lol I suppose they could be, hold on I will make it bigger for you 
