HP Pavillion Laptop Screen Black

kat66kat · 05-19-2007, 06:22 PM

HP Pavillion laptop and screen is black. It is turned on but can't see anything on the screen because it stays black and won't light up. Plz help.

**TheMatt** · 05-19-2007, 06:47 PM

Hi, and welcome to TSF!

Try hooking up an external monitor and then powering the laptop on. See if you get an image.

Did this happen suddenly? Do you know of any possible causes of this?

kat66kat · 05-19-2007, 07:00 PM

When it started the screen would go dark and I could close and open the laptop and screen would light back up. Some times you had to do it a few times. Now it won't light up at all but with a flashlight I can see that desktop is up.
I found a forum once on this topic somewhere on the inter net but I can't find the link now. It gave some things to do on boot up. I can not remember exactly what it said to do.
From what I read this is a common problem with laptops especially HP. The laptop is 2 1/2 years old.

**TheMatt** · 05-19-2007, 10:10 PM

Sounds like the inverter went bad. You will probably need a new one. What model HP laptop is it?

If you haven't had a lot of experience repairing laptops, you may want to take it to a local repair shop to have the new inverter installed. It is can be easy to damage something if you have never done this repair before.

kat66kat · 05-20-2007, 08:09 PM

It is a HP Pavilion zv5227wm

**TheMatt** · 05-21-2007, 06:18 PM

Your inverter board is here:
http://www.impactcomputers.com/354873-001.html#

If you take it to a repair shop and have them repair it, they will probably order the part for you.

05-19-2007, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
kat66kat Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3 OS: XP	HP Pavillion Laptop Screen Black HP Pavillion laptop and screen is black. It is turned on but can't see anything on the screen because it stays black and won't light up. Plz help.

05-19-2007, 06:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: HP Pavillion Laptop Screen Black Hi, and welcome to TSF! Try hooking up an external monitor and then powering the laptop on. See if you get an image. Did this happen suddenly? Do you know of any possible causes of this? __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

05-19-2007, 07:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
kat66kat Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: HP Pavilion Laptop Screen Black When it started the screen would go dark and I could close and open the laptop and screen would light back up. Some times you had to do it a few times. Now it won't light up at all but with a flashlight I can see that desktop is up. I found a forum once on this topic somewhere on the inter net but I can't find the link now. It gave some things to do on boot up. I can not remember exactly what it said to do. From what I read this is a common problem with laptops especially HP. The laptop is 2 1/2 years old.

05-19-2007, 10:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: HP Pavillion Laptop Screen Black Sounds like the inverter went bad. You will probably need a new one. What model HP laptop is it? If you haven't had a lot of experience repairing laptops, you may want to take it to a local repair shop to have the new inverter installed. It is can be easy to damage something if you have never done this repair before. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

05-20-2007, 08:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
kat66kat Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: HP Pavillion Laptop Screen Black It is a HP Pavilion zv5227wm

05-21-2007, 06:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: HP Pavillion Laptop Screen Black Your inverter board is here: http://www.impactcomputers.com/354873-001.html# If you take it to a repair shop and have them repair it, they will probably order the part for you. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides