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Hello Folks,
I have a laptop as described above in the subject field, turn it on this morning booted up then after a few minutes the screen went blank i.e black first time this has happen.
I have turn it on and off a few times however the same thing happens, thing is this has just happen this morning wonder whether the screen is on its way out as I have had the laptop for over seven years and has not given me any problems before.
Any help or videos would be gratefully received, Thanks very much
Regards
ejn63
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January 4th, 2014 04:00
See if there is an image on an external screen when the internal one goes black. If there is, it's a dying inverter or backlight.
If there is not, then it's more likely a failing video chip.
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January 4th, 2014 04:00
It would require a replacement mainboard - they're not overly expensive - about $100 for integrated video (you don't want the nVidia version even if that's what you have now -- they're well known to be an engineering disaster).
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January 4th, 2014 04:00
Hello,
Thanks for the quick reply, I shall try both options, if its the video chip would this be expensive to replace, thanks for your advice.
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