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johnhook · 05-15-2008, 02:40 AM

mikeescott,

Did you do anything with the NIC? Something must have been altered or changed when you opened up the unit if it was working prior to that. Were there any ribbon cables or connectors that you had to disconnect when taking the PC apart?

If the built-in LCD was not properly reconnected or somehow damaged when you took the PC apart, you should still be able to connect an external VGA monitor to the port on the laptop, press the function key to toggle between built-in and external video and get something on that external display. It's worth trying. If you can access the system THIS way, then the problem is with the connection to or state of the internal LCD display.

- John

05-15-2008, 02:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnhook Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 810 OS: MS SBS 2003 SP2	Re: Compaq Presario 1700t has power, no start up mikeescott, Did you do anything with the NIC? Something must have been altered or changed when you opened up the unit if it was working prior to that. Were there any ribbon cables or connectors that you had to disconnect when taking the PC apart? If the built-in LCD was not properly reconnected or somehow damaged when you took the PC apart, you should still be able to connect an external VGA monitor to the port on the laptop, press the function key to toggle between built-in and external video and get something on that external display. It's worth trying. If you can access the system THIS way, then the problem is with the connection to or state of the internal LCD display. - John