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Dell Vostro 14 [black screen, external display works fine]
I have dell vostro 14 3000 series, Recently laptop screen is gone black. I can see the external display working fine. I did run BIST, It completed successfully and able to see the colors on the builtin display during the test.
I also ran pre-boot diagnostics(Fn+power) without any issue. Please help me to diagnose the issue.
ejn63
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September 30th, 2017 05:00
Check the cable that runs between the mainboard and back of the display panel. If it's damaged, replace it. That doesn't solve the problem, the next suspect is the mainboard.
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September 30th, 2017 20:00
Thank you for the quick reply.
cable looks fine, and today I closed the lid and opened it back, it started blinking. Right now, I can see the display on the screen, but continuously blinks. black screen issue started after keeping the laptop idle for a week, and it started blinking after using it for a day.
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October 1st, 2017 04:00
Replace the video cable with a new one.
Since the display works in BIST (and assuming it doesn't flicker there), if the video cable fails to solve the issue, replace the mainboard.