OT- Alec other computer gurus

[Hotrod]

Mods can we leave this around for a few please. It is slow anyway :)

2 nights ago all the sudden the screen on the laptop just went blank. The lights on the key board were still on but the screen was gone and would not come back. So I powered off manually and restarted. The lights on the key board went on and off a few times then it started and worked fine.

Last night same thing only this time the lights on the keyboard go on and off every few seconds and the screen never turns of.

Ideas? Suggestions?

[broncogary]

Mods can we leave this around for a few please. It is slow anyway :)

2 nights ago all the sudden the screen on the laptop just went blank. The lights on the key board were still on but the screen was gone and would not come back. So I powered off manually and restarted. The lights on the key board went on and off a few times then it started and worked fine.

Last night same thing only this time the lights on the keyboard go on and off every few seconds and the screen never turns of.

Ideas? Suggestions?

The same thing happened to me last night. It may have been a Vista thing.

[Hotrod]

The same thing happened to me last night. It may have been a Vista thing.

Really that would be good.........I think

[theAPAOps5]

I have nothing to do with this.

That is all.

Could it be the sensor that shuts your screen down when you close the laptop getting stuck or shorting making it think its being closed.

[Hotrod]

I have nothing to do with this.

That is all.

Could it be the sensor that shuts your screen down when you close the laptop getting stuck or shorting making it think its being closed.

Hmm interesting I'll check that

The real kicker here is it is the ex's laptop. This is going to go over like a lead ****ing balloon.

[theAPAOps5]

Just tell her some asshole posted a rick roll link and it destroyed the computer.

[Hotrod]

Just tell her some a-hole posted a rick roll link and it destroyed the computer.

You dont mind if I use your name do you :)

[theAPAOps5]

Go for it.

[Wes Mantooth]

I have had a similar experience with XP around patch updates.

I would be more concerned around the make and model of your laptop. What do you have?

[watermock]

Prbably updates,...or a short.

[Hotrod]

Hell I dont know what it is. It is a laptop I know it has vista does that help?

It is also white and mostly square.........:)

Is it worth the cash to bother taking into a pro???

[rugbythug]

What would a hooker do to it?

[Haroldthebarrel]

If it is software failure you can try to go back to last system restore.
Or you could reinstall the operating system.

if nothing else works you could always shortcircuit the cmos. If you can do that at all on laptops. Then the bios would go back to presets.

[theAPAOps5]

Hell I dont know what it is. It is a laptop I know it has vista does that help?

It is also white and mostly square.........:)

Is it worth the cash to bother taking into a pro???

No way just give it back and then when she bitches play dumb.

[Hotrod]

No way just give it back and then when she b****es play dumb.

"Look the thing was a great errr is a great machine" something like that?

[Hotrod]

If it is software failure you can try to go back to last system restore.
Or you could reinstall the operating system.

if nothing else works you could always shortcircuit the cmos. If you can do that at all on laptops. Then the bios would go back to presets.

1. The screen stays black so I cant do anything
2. I honestly dont understand much of anything you just said. Can you say that again in term an idiot might understand?

I have a bad feeling my divorce just got more expensive ::)

[broncogary]

Mine was with a Vista desktop. Same as you I had to power off and restart and then it worked fine. As long as its working, let her find out what Apa did on her own.

[theAPAOps5]

1. The screen stays black so I cant do anything
2. I honestly dont understand much of anything you just said. Can you say that again in term an idiot might understand?

I have a bad feeling my divorce just got more expensive ::)

Why do you have it anyway. I don't think its anything that will be too expensive.

[ksBRONCOfan]

Why do you have it anyway. I don't think its anything that will be too expensive.

That's what I was just wondering.

[Hotrod]

Because I'm a poker nut :)

[Hotrod]

Mine was with a Vista desktop. Same as you I had to power off and restart and then it worked fine. As long as its working, let her find out what Apa did on her own.

I powered off and it worked fine also but now it powers up (I think) but the screen never shows up.

[theAPAOps5]

Because I'm a poker nut :)

Buy your own then! When you give it back make sure you don't clean the history and make sure you have it so she sees an email sent to her friend thanking her for the sex you never got while married.

:thanku:

[Los Broncos]

Send Apa the bill ROFL!

[Hotrod]

Buy your own then! When you give it back make sure you don't clean the history and make sure you have it so she sees an email sent to her friend thanking her for the sex you never got while married.

:thanku:

LOL that would be awesome. BUT I cant see the screen LMAO

[bronco militia]

my laptop just started doing this as well.....is it a Dell?

[Hotrod]

I am going to try and hook it up to my flat screen tv tonight if I can figure out how. I know they told me it was possible. Then I will know if it is just the screen or what?

All her **** is on there. Ipod, Itunes, Iphone...........this is going to end badly my friends :nono:

[Hotrod]

my laptop just started doing this as well.....is it a Dell?

I think HP not sure to be honest never pay any attention to details :nono:

[bronco militia]

never pay any attention to details :nono:

who knew?!?!

:rofl:

[Hotrod]

So it is happening to others with vista? So it is probebly not hardware but a bug, virus etc???

[bronco militia]

I have XP pro....

IMO it's either the latch or it's over heating (dual core)

[CBF1]

Forget the laptop, Use it as a target... think of how much fun it will be shooting the daylights out of it.

[mr007]

Could be a lot of things.... I seriously doubt your OS has anything to do with your screen not showing up (you said it doesn't even show up on bootup)?

If your hard drives seem to spin - take a listen to the laptop - and it seems to be booting up, it has nothing to do with the BIOS.

So if it seems to be booting and you have hard drives spinning and you don't hear weird beeps I'd try to close and open your laptop while it's booting. I've seen some laptops have weird LCD issues that are resolved by opening and closing them. If that doesn't work I'd say you need the LCD replaced.

Provide some more details maybe we can help!

[Beantown Bronco]

Mine is fine.....Sony FZ notebook running Vista.

[Hotrod]

Could be a lot of things.... I seriously doubt your OS has anything to do with your screen not showing up (you said it doesn't even show up on bootup)?

If your hard drives seem to spin - take a listen to the laptop - and it seems to be booting up, it has nothing to do with the BIOS.

So if it seems to be booting and you have hard drives spinning and you don't hear weird beeps I'd try to close and open your laptop while it's booting. I've seen some laptops have weird LCD issues that are resolved by opening and closing them. If that doesn't work I'd say you need the LCD replaced.

Provide some more details maybe we can help!

Ok the screen does not show up at anytime
I hear the fan briefly at start up
I hear the drives spin briefly at start up
Then everything gets quiet (all light on keyboard power etc are lit up) then after 3-10 seconds of nothing happening all the lights go off like they would at shut down....then second later they all light up again and the fan runs for a second and the drive spins for a second. wash rinse repeat until I manually shut it off.

[bronco militia]

Mine is fine.....Sony FZ notebook running Vista.

yeah, but you suck

:~ohyah!:

[Beantown Bronco]

yeah, but you suck

:~ohyah!:

Truer words....

[bronco militia]

Truer words....

;D

hey, at least you have a good sense of humor

[Hotrod]

This is way stressing me. I've been in this dog house before and it was ugly.........that was when she liked me :rofl:

http://t4toby.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/epicfail1.jpg

[bronco militia]

This is way stressing me. I've been in this dog house before and it was ugly.........that was when she liked me :rofl:

]

I call bull****...i think you're only doing this to get laid

:D

[Hotrod]

I call bull****...i think you're only doing this to get laid

:D


Angry pissed off sex.........hmmmm I'm game

[theAPAOps5]

Plug it in. It could be the battery is too low. So it has enough juice to briefly power up and then shut down again. Make sure when you plug it in the battery is getting charged. My laptop is finicky about the plug in the back.

[alkemical]

Ok the screen does not show up at anytime
I hear the fan briefly at start up
I hear the drives spin briefly at start up
Then everything gets quiet (all light on keyboard power etc are lit up) then after 3-10 seconds of nothing happening all the lights go off like they would at shut down....then second later they all light up again and the fan runs for a second and the drive spins for a second. wash rinse repeat until I manually shut it off.

It's going to be a power issue (battery dead, etc), a board that fried, or you were setup.

[bronco militia]

or you were setup.

bwahaha

[TheReverend]

I think it's clear that this is Y2.008K related.

Armaggeddon is here.

[theAPAOps5]

I just want to know what guy in his right mind would get up on another mans butt for a joke picture.

[bronco militia]

I just want to know what guy in his right mind would get up on another mans butt for a joke picture.

you never know....that could be two chicks

[theAPAOps5]

you never know....that could be two chicks

LOL Even worse!

[alkemical]

you never know....that could be two chicks

Ya, i don't know what apa's thinkin

[bronco militia]

Ya, i don't know what apa's thinkin

Ha! Ha! Ha!

[Sassy]

Freakin' laptops. Mine still is crashed...and the HP tech guys suck.

[alkemical]

Freakin' laptops. Mine still is crashed...and the HP tech guys suck.

Pssst - don't buy HP again ;)

No seriously - our lease is due up and many are crap - i've had so many that have had to been rebuilt.

I love my thinkpad - and the dell d860's or whatever they are (the big ones) are nice too.

[Hotrod]

I've devised a plan to let my son use the laptop before it's return. She loves him still so he should be fairly safe ;)

[alkemical]

I've devised a plan to let my son use the laptop before it's return. She loves him still so he should be fairly safe ;)

Uhm, how is he going to use it if it doesn't work?

[bronco militia]

Freakin' laptops. Mine still is crashed...and the HP tech guys suck.

pssttt

buy a laptop cooler...my wifes Toshiba was doing the same thing.

this is highest rated one on the market. (and the one I bought)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998686

[alkemical]

pssttt

buy a laptop cooler...my wifes Toshiba was doing the same thing.

this is highest rated one on the market. (and the one I bought)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998686

psssst

[Hotrod]

Uhm, how is he going to use it if it doesn't work?

I will wait until he asks to go on disney.com or something and say sure it is right over there. "what do you mean it wont work what did you do" "you mom is going to be sooooo pissed you broke her puter"


I would never actually do this for the record

[alkemical]

I will wait until he asks to go on disney.com or something and say sure it is right over there. "what do you mean it wont work what did you do" "you mom is going to be sooooo pissed you broke her puter"


I would never actually do this for the record

How old is he?

[Hotrod]

How old is he?

9 he would probebly figure out he was set up anyway :nono:

[SouthStndJunkie]

my laptop just started doing this as well.....is it a Dell?

My MacBook Pro is working flawlessly.

[bronco militia]

My MacBook Pro is working flawlessly.

I guess I'm not looking at enough porn

:giggle:

[Hotrod]

My MacBook Pro is working flawlessly.


http://www.noobstore.com/prodimages/sign-gtfo-400.jpg

[SouthStndJunkie]

I guess I'm not looking at enough porn

:giggle:

Porn....what's that?

[bronco militia]

http://www.noobstore.com/prodimages/sign-gtfo-400.jpg

:spit:

[SouthStndJunkie]

Actually, I loved my old IBM laptop.

That thing was super durable.

[alkemical]

9 he would probebly figure out he was set up anyway :nono:

how much of a **** is she?

[bronco militia]

Porn....what's that?

:~ohyah!: :~ohyah!:

[Popps]

Who is Dortoh?

[Hotrod]

how much of a **** is she?

Not really but she wont be happy that is for sure.

[alkemical]

:~ohyah!: :~ohyah!:


Isle of Junk vol 4

[alkemical]

Not really but she wont be happy that is for sure.

**** it, tell the kid what's up - offer him a bribe - either that or buy the same laptop and switch the drives then warranty the one that's broke if you can.

[Hotrod]

**** it, tell the kid what's up - offer him a bribe - either that or buy the same laptop and switch the drives then warranty the one that's broke if you can.

warranty **** never thought about that. She is a warranty buying nut I wonder if it still is???

[alkemical]

warranty **** never thought about that. She is a warranty buying nut I wonder if it still is???

use it or lose it man

[bronco militia]

warranty **** never thought about that. She is a warranty buying nut I wonder if it still is???

do you even know how to put it back together?

Ha!

[alkemical]

do you even know how to put it back together?

Ha!

Shhh - :)

[Hotrod]

Hmm how do I go about asking this

"hey is the laptop you let me borrow under warranty by any chance" "what oh no nothing happened I was just curious you know just incase our son does something in the near future"

Ha!

[Hotrod]

do you even know how to put it back together?

Ha!

Do they come apart? Maybe I could crack it open and just spray it down with some WD-40 or something.

[bronco militia]

Do they come apart? Maybe I could crack it open and just spray it down with some WD-40 or something.

Ha!

sounds like something spider would do

worth a shot

[theAPAOps5]

Ya, i don't know what apa's thinkin

Yeah that is only 2 chicks if one of them is this lady:

http://www.nesplayer.com/Goonies/movie/Fratellis/mama.jpg

[alkemical]

Hmm how do I go about asking this

"hey is the laptop you let me borrow under warranty by any chance" "what oh no nothing happened I was just curious you know just incase our son does something in the near future"

Ha!

Easy man, you set it up -

"hey, this laptop - the kid spilled juice on it - is it under warranty?

[alkemical]

Yeah that is only 2 chicks if one of them is this lady:

http://www.nesplayer.com/Goonies/movie/Fratellis/mama.jpg

It took you that long to come up with that?

FAIL

[alkemical]

Ha!

sounds like something spider would do

worth a shot

No, he'd punch it in the throat.

[bronco militia]

No, he'd punch it in the throat.

that goes without saying

[theAPAOps5]

It took you that long to come up with that?

FAIL

PSHAW I actually had someone come by my office wanting me to work. So I was delayed.

[Hotrod]

PSHAW I actually had someone come by my office wanting me to work. So I was delayed.

On a friday........thats ****ed up. I'd demand a raise for that kind of ****

[alkemical]

that goes without saying

I'm not telling him that WD40 helps things go down easier....

[alkemical]

PSHAW I actually had someone come by my office wanting me to work. So I was delayed.

Dude, don't ever give me any ****. I make sure i got my slack-on.

[alkemical]

On a friday........thats ****ed up. I'd demand a raise for that kind of ****

I have what i call "stretch time".

[theAPAOps5]

On a friday........thats ****ed up. I'd demand a raise for that kind of ****

Yeah they got the stink eye. Some sort of emergency or something. The airport is going down the tubes and they needed the help. I wasn't listening so I am not sure.

[Hotrod]

Yeah they got the stink eye. Some sort of emergency or something. The airport is going down the tubes and they needed the help. I wasn't listening so I am not sure.


LOL

[SouthStndJunkie]

You guys are just racking up your post counts in this thread.

[SouthStndJunkie]

That means you claviclnanonymoususesadsas.

[Beantown Bronco]

Hmm how do I go about asking this

"hey is the laptop you let me borrow under warranty by any chance" "what oh no nothing happened I was just curious you know just incase our son does something in the near future"

Ha!

tell her she just got an email from circuit city's (or wherever she might've bought it from) warranty dept telling her the warranty would be up in one month and was asking if she wanted to renew it. If she says "what warranty?" then you know she didn't get it. Otherwise, tell her they need the store's receipt number to renew it another year.

[Los Broncos]

Do they come apart? Maybe I could crack it open and just spray it down with some WD-40 or something.

Spray Windex into the vents.

[alkemical]

That means you claviclnanonymoususesadsas.

haha!

[SouthStndJunkie]

haha!

I am going to try and actually spell it for real and then you can post what it really was:

Clavicumulous.

[alkemical]

I am going to try and actually spell it for real and then you can post what it really was:

Clavicumulous.

ClaviculaSolomonis

[SouthStndJunkie]

ClaviculaSolomonis

Sounds like some kind of venereal disease you might pick up in a Third World country.

[ksBRONCOfan]

You guys are just racking up your post counts in this thread.

Makes for some fun reading though.

[Hotrod]

I just want my lap top to work so I dont end up pushing up daisys or something.

[alkemical]

Sounds like some kind of venereal disease you might pick up in a Third World country.

lol - or from some pizza shop with pole dancers.... lol

[alkemical]

I just want my lap top to work so I dont end up pushing up daisys or something.

**** it

[SouthStndJunkie]

lol - or from some pizza shop with pole dancers.... lol

Hey, that pizza was good....even if the dancers weren't.

[alkemical]

Hey, that pizza was good....even if the dancers weren't.

lol - bad hair pie

[bronco militia]

lol - or from some pizza shop with pole dancers.... lol


sounds like a cover for a drug ring

Ha!

who knEw?!?!

[theAPAOps5]

Hey, that pizza was good....even if the dancers weren't.

Sounds like the old Paper Tiger on Sante Fe here in Denver. They have since switched from The Paper Tiger to Club Maxim. But its just lipstick on a pig.

[bronco militia]

But its just lipstick on a pig.

hey now, left or right, the future VP is a MILF!

;D

[SouthStndJunkie]

sounds like a cover for a drug ring

Ha!

who know?!?!

I will take a couch dance for here and a large pepperoni pizza and an eight ball to go.

[Blueflame]

I recently had an issue with my laptop that involved the power jack... it had come loose and had to be replaced. The shop wanted $165 to fix it... but I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron, so I bought a new jack on ebay and fixed it myself for like $20.

[theAPAOps5]

hey now, left or right, the future VP is a MILF!

;D

Dude you have the hots for Biden. I didn't think you swung that way.

[SouthStndJunkie]

I recently had an issue with my laptop that involved the power jack... it had come loose and had to be replaced. The shop wanted $165 to fix it... but I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron, so I bought a new jack on ebay and fixed it myself for like $20.

Please stay on topic.

joking

[theAPAOps5]

I recently had an issue with my laptop that involved the power jack... it had come loose and had to be replaced. The shop wanted $165 to fix it... but I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron, so I bought a new jack on ebay and fixed it myself for like $20.

Is it a Dell because I am about to do the same thing.

[bronco militia]

I recently had an issue with my laptop that involved the power jack... it had come loose and had to be replaced. The shop wanted $165 to fix it... but I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron, so I bought a new jack on ebay and fixed it myself for like $20.

...a chick that's handy with a soldering iron?!?!

thats impossible

:welcome:

[SouthStndJunkie]

...a chick that's handy with a soldering iron?!?!

thats impossible

:welcome:

Unpossible.

[bronco militia]

Dude you have the hots for Biden. I didn't think you swung that way.

my bad ....your lipstick on a pig comment must have confused me

;D

[bronco militia]

Unpossible.

yeah, that too
:spit:

[SouthStndJunkie]

Dude you have the hots for Biden. I didn't think you swung that way.

That does not surprise me about militia.

He wants to be the meat in Palin/Biden sandwich.

[bronco militia]

I will take a couch dance for here and a large pepperoni pizza and an eight ball to go.

those guys were on to something :rofl:

[Blueflame]

Is it a Dell because I am about to do the same thing.

It's an off-brand (Westinghouse) that I bought for cheap on ebay. ;D

[bronco militia]

That does not surprise me about militia.

He wants to be the meat in Palin/Biden sandwich.

almost....Joe can watch

and that will be enough of your sick and twisted fantasies of me raping your favorite Detroit Redwing

[SouthStndJunkie]

almost....Joe can watch

and that will be enough of your sick and twisted fantasies of me raping your favorite Detroit Redwing

Better watch it, or Draper will make you his love monkey....just like he did Tang.

[alkemical]

I will take a couch dance for here and a large pepperoni pizza and an eight ball to go.

lol

[Popps]

Who is Dortoh? Is this a name-change again?

[Popps]

Never mind, someone explained.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Everytime I see Dortoh it looks like Doritos.

[ksBRONCOfan]

Everytime I see Dortoh it looks like Doritos.

Taco Doritos are the best.

http://www.taquitos.net/im/sn/Doritos-Taco.jpg

[mr007]

Ok the screen does not show up at anytime
I hear the fan briefly at start up
I hear the drives spin briefly at start up
Then everything gets quiet (all light on keyboard power etc are lit up) then after 3-10 seconds of nothing happening all the lights go off like they would at shut down....then second later they all light up again and the fan runs for a second and the drive spins for a second. wash rinse repeat until I manually shut it off.

Wow that's pretty weird. Here's what I would do to troubleshoot:

1.) Remove the laptop battery, plug power in directly and try to boot.

1.) If you have 2 memory sticks, remove one of the sticks and attempt to boot.

2.) Try the other stick in the same slot and boot up

3.) Perform step 3 on the other memory slot.

4.) Inspect CPU fan cable (motherboards that enable CPU fan checking typically just shut down instead of behaving the way you're describing but could be).

Typically, memory and cpu issues will cause the laptop to perform a series of beeps so these are just suggestions.

If none of these work, you're likely to get seriously screwed by someone that attempts to repair it. They will probably point at the motherboard or power supply (which is definitely possible), at which point it would probably be cheaper buying a whole new laptop than getting it replaced. Good luck!

[Hotrod]

Wow that's pretty weird. Here's what I would do to troubleshoot:

1.) Remove the laptop battery, plug power in directly and try to boot.

1.) If you have 2 memory sticks, remove one of the sticks and attempt to boot.

2.) Try the other stick in the same slot and boot up

3.) Perform step 3 on the other memory slot.

4.) Inspect CPU fan cable (motherboards that enable CPU fan checking typically just shut down instead of behaving the way you're describing but could be).

Typically, memory and cpu issues will cause the laptop to perform a series of beeps so these are just suggestions.

If none of these work, you're likely to get seriously screwed by someone that attempts to repair it. They will probably point at the motherboard or power supply (which is definitely possible), at which point it would probably be cheaper buying a whole new laptop than getting it replaced. Good luck!

Thank You I will try this tonight.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Taco Doritos are the best.

http://www.taquitos.net/im/sn/Doritos-Taco.jpg

Original Nacho Cheese Doritos are still the best.

[Hotrod]

Original Nacho Cheese Doritos are still the best.

Agreed you cant go wrong with an original.

[BroncoBuff]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/340643277.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


This is good, right... on paper anyway?

My computer is like walking in quicksand lately. I virus scanned, spyware scanned, erased temp files, expanded virtual memory to 2048MB, defragged, but still .... s l o w

[crawdad]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/340643277.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


This is good, right... on paper anyway?

My computer is like walking in quicksand lately. I virus scanned, spyware scanned, erased temp files, expanded virtual memory to 2048MB, defragged, but still .... s l o w


How many TSR's are loaded during startup. Run msconfig and eliminate all that are not needed.

[BroncoBuff]

Where do I find TSRs?

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3498/53953290ia4.jpg

[TomServo]

tell her you parked it out back last night and....
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[broncosteven]

Mods can we leave this around for a few please. It is slow anyway :)

2 nights ago all the sudden the screen on the laptop just went blank. The lights on the key board were still on but the screen was gone and would not come back. So I powered off manually and restarted. The lights on the key board went on and off a few times then it started and worked fine.

Last night same thing only this time the lights on the keyboard go on and off every few seconds and the screen never turns of.

Ideas? Suggestions?

Take a Viagra, I hear that keeps it up!

I am not reading the whole thread, PM me if you need further help.

[theAPAOps5]

Its better than the truth...........

[broncosteven]

Where do I find TSRs?

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3498/53953290ia4.jpg

ctrl-alt delete and open task manager, check all the running apps right after starting and before you open any yourself.

End task for anything that you didn't start.

Or install spyware like Spybot to see what is malicious on your PC

[Ratboy]

I suggest taking the laptop and throwing it out the car window at 80mph

[BroncoBuff]

ctrl-alt delete and open task manager, check all the running apps right after starting and before you open any yourself.

End task for anything that you didn't start.

Or install spyware like Spybot to see what is malicious on your PC
I'll do that .... but I run spyware pretty often. We'll see.

[Broncoman13]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/340643277.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


This is good, right... on paper anyway?

My computer is like walking in quicksand lately. I virus scanned, spyware scanned, erased temp files, expanded virtual memory to 2048MB, defragged, but still .... s l o w

Mine was 1328 kb/s download
458 kb/s upload

ping 170 ms
distance 50 miles


The computer is a Mac with a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.

The computer pretty much screams. 24" screen and everything is built into the screen on the back. I think it's my internet service that BLOWS!!!

[Rock Chalk]

Mods can we leave this around for a few please. It is slow anyway :)

2 nights ago all the sudden the screen on the laptop just went blank. The lights on the key board were still on but the screen was gone and would not come back. So I powered off manually and restarted. The lights on the key board went on and off a few times then it started and worked fine.

Last night same thing only this time the lights on the keyboard go on and off every few seconds and the screen never turns of.

Ideas? Suggestions?

Can of air, spray the dust from the inside of your laptop. That doesnt work or solve the problem, take it in.

Honestly Hotrod, this simple solution has solved nearly every laptop issue with similar symptoms.

[ØrangeÇrush]

when you first hit power, try hitting f12 or f2 to force it to bios. If you can get there than your screen is fine and its most likely a Vista driver error.

[TomServo]

but really. if this is truly divorce ammo take the damn thing to a shop. unless you ran a discwipe on it it can probably be recovered.
i once let my ex get away with cashing an entire joint tax refund without my signature(early days). best 800$ i ever spent-let go w/ever. i would never toss away that $$ nowadays but back then-it was freakin worth it.

[theAPAOps5]

Have you tried the TAP function as in Technical Application of Pressure.

[elsid13]

Hotrod

-Trying to boot it up in safe mode, if desktop comes up it then it driver issue with the video card and the operating system. You need to get a new driver for the card or roll back the last MS patch. This might be the case if it older machine.
- If it a Dell check the technical support, their laptop screens have over last couple of years started to go bad due to quality. You might need to send it back for new screen.


Or send to Spider and he will fix it wyoming style.