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cag · 12-23-2008, 01:19 AM

I am helping a friend with his Acer Laptop, Win XP and when it switches on it is normal and then when it finishes the login routine the screen goes black/blank. My first thought was it was the monitor and the inverter had gone BUT as it will boot in safe mode with a screen the inverter must be OK. My next thought at the moment is could it be the graphics card? Someone suggested a virus but when I asked what virus turns screens off I did not get a reply. Any ideas?

12-23-2008, 01:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
cag Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 26 OS: WINXP	Blank screen I am helping a friend with his Acer Laptop, Win XP and when it switches on it is normal and then when it finishes the login routine the screen goes black/blank. My first thought was it was the monitor and the inverter had gone BUT as it will boot in safe mode with a screen the inverter must be OK. My next thought at the moment is could it be the graphics card? Someone suggested a virus but when I asked what virus turns screens off I did not get a reply. Any ideas?