  TheToro Premium join:2003-06-05 London, UK
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| [crt/lcd] Screen laptop won't turn on
Hello everyone. Today I found out that my screen laptop won't turn on some reason that I don't know, it's a HP 530 bought 6 months ago. I know it's not the video card cause I can see what's in my laptop if I plug a desktop monitor in it. I think my laptop doesn't recognize the screen anymore. I hope this screen shot helps to figure out the issue. |
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  TE I must crunch
join:2006-05-07 Brea, CA clubs: 1 edit | Have you tried holding the 'FN' key and pressing the 'F' key that has a logo of a monitor? 'F8' on my laptop. |
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 deleteme
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| reply to TheToro If you look really closly at the screen, can you see a faint image of what's supposed to be there?
Try moving a large window arround as a refernce or pointing a LED flashlight close to the screen
...if you can see an image, then it's probably just the backlight driver board that failed (the backlight is a thin tiny florecent light bulb that often doesn't go bad, but the high-voltage driver circuit does). It's not always easy to replace, but often cheaper than a whole new LCD panel. |
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  yuutomo The Wonder Kitter Premium join:2001-08-27 Missoula, MT | reply to TheToro contact HP to have the lcd replaced, be prepared to be without the laptop for a few weeks. if this was a dell they could come onsite and replace it. |
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  TheToro Premium join:2003-06-05 London, UK 1 edit | reply to deleteme edit: I'm retarded |
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  TheToro Premium join:2003-06-05 London, UK
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| reply to TE said by TE :Have you tried holding the 'FN' key and pressing the 'F' key that has a logo of a monitor? 'F8' on my laptop. thanks alot! I feel retarded now |
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