HP dv4030 US notebook display malfunctions

marditti · 03-10-2008, 08:51 PM

When I turn on my HP DV4030US laptop the display turns red and stays red while Win XP is booting. After Win XP installs I get the Windows colors wioth some red streats and the background of menus is pale blue and the letters black or dark red, but hard to read. The display is red even if I boot with a floppy and no operating system, with a rescue disk and following removal of the hard disk. In other word, it does noit seem that the problem is Win XP related. Some colors are not right after Win XP installs. I would appreciate any advice regarding the cause of this problem and how it could be fixed.

Thank you.

**TriggerFinger** · 03-11-2008, 12:36 AM

try using an external monitor and see if the problem persists... if yes, could be a video card problem. if not, then it might be the lcd.

marditti · 03-11-2008, 01:16 AM

Thank you. I am actually marditti's brother, jarditti

03-10-2008, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
marditti Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP Pro	HP dv4030 US notebook display malfunctions When I turn on my HP DV4030US laptop the display turns red and stays red while Win XP is booting. After Win XP installs I get the Windows colors wioth some red streats and the background of menus is pale blue and the letters black or dark red, but hard to read. The display is red even if I boot with a floppy and no operating system, with a rescue disk and following removal of the hard disk. In other word, it does noit seem that the problem is Win XP related. Some colors are not right after Win XP installs. I would appreciate any advice regarding the cause of this problem and how it could be fixed. Thank you.

03-11-2008, 12:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: HP dv4030 US notebook display malfunctions try using an external monitor and see if the problem persists... if yes, could be a video card problem. if not, then it might be the lcd. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-11-2008, 01:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
marditti Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win XP Pro	Re: HP dv4030 US notebook display malfunctions Thank you. I am actually marditti's brother, jarditti