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Major Laptop Problem
Alright, the laptop screen displays nothing when it is turned on. I hooked a
regular monitor to the laptop and I still just get a blank screen. At first I thought it was the video card but then I was told that the user of the laptop put it in Stand by mode before going home last Saturday evening. Going on the assumption that it is a Stand By issue, I went ahead and rebooted it, I still get a blank screen. I then tried disconnecting the power cord, and taking the battery out of it and then letting it sit for a few minutes. I then powered the laptop with just the battery only, and still I just get a blank screen. No boot up screen, no log on, nothing. Though you can still hear the fan in the laptop running as if the laptop was working properly. I am really stumped on this one, I am usally pretty good with desktops but have little experince with laptops. Does anyone have a clue what is up with this thing? If is it is just a video card issue, wouldn't I still hear a defult beep through the speakers when I boot up or start typing on the keyboard? It is a government laptop and we can't take it to the shop to have it worked on without wiping the hard drive clean (As if I can do that with a blank scree anyway), the powers that be would perfer us not taking that far. Though I would like to leave the idea of taking it in only as a last resort. Can someone please help? |
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Major Laptop Problem
On many laptops there is a Fn key or something similar. On IBM and KDS
laptops, pressing Fn and F4 at the same time will make the screen switch from one output to the other. I haven't messed with many other types of laptops, but they should all have something similar. |
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FN + F7 is also used.
"Karl Diethrick" wrote: On many laptops there is a Fn key or something similar. On IBM and KDS laptops, pressing Fn and F4 at the same time will make the screen switch from one output to the other. I haven't messed with many other types of laptops, but they should all have something similar. |
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