no screen comes up

jimi727 · 01-11-2008, 07:21 AM

Hi ,

I'm new here, I hope this is the right place

My laptop no longer displays anything on the screen. My son wa playing World of Warcraft and he said the screen froze. He shut down and powered up, but now teh screen is completely blank.

It is an HP Pavilion DV9000z laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 video card (which I've found out is integrated)

I originally thought I could just get a new video card , but that doesn't appear to be the case

Any advice is appreciated

Thanks

Jerry

**jarod** · 01-11-2008, 08:42 AM

When the laptop screen goes blank, it is a good bet that the LCD display is gone for good. Ask your son or whoever who uses the laptop regularly, before the screen goes blank, was there any weird horizontal or vertical lines appearing on the screen. If there was, then there is a high chance the LCD is gone

Try hooking up the laptop to an external display and switch its display mode to external. Ever laptop button is specific. Some is F4, some is FN F4 while some others is F8. Need to consult manual for that

If that works, then LCD is gone. If it doesn't work, then there might be a chance that why the display is black is due to settings or driver problem

jimi727 · 01-11-2008, 10:19 AM

Thanks for your quick reply.
I'll ask him when he gets home,
but I have the laptop hooked up to an extaernal monitor and that has no image either

01-11-2008, 07:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
jimi727 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	no screen comes up Hi , I'm new here, I hope this is the right place My laptop no longer displays anything on the screen. My son wa playing World of Warcraft and he said the screen froze. He shut down and powered up, but now teh screen is completely blank. It is an HP Pavilion DV9000z laptop with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 video card (which I've found out is integrated) I originally thought I could just get a new video card , but that doesn't appear to be the case Any advice is appreciated Thanks Jerry

01-11-2008, 08:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
jarod TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Malaysia, Klang Posts: 528 OS: Win XP service pack 2 My System	Re: Help Needed When the laptop screen goes blank, it is a good bet that the LCD display is gone for good. Ask your son or whoever who uses the laptop regularly, before the screen goes blank, was there any weird horizontal or vertical lines appearing on the screen. If there was, then there is a high chance the LCD is gone Try hooking up the laptop to an external display and switch its display mode to external. Ever laptop button is specific. Some is F4, some is FN F4 while some others is F8. Need to consult manual for that If that works, then LCD is gone. If it doesn't work, then there might be a chance that why the display is black is due to settings or driver problem

01-11-2008, 10:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
jimi727 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: no screen comes up Thanks for your quick reply. I'll ask him when he gets home, but I have the laptop hooked up to an extaernal monitor and that has no image either