no display for vaio

joneboy · 04-24-2009, 06:55 PM

I have a newer vaio that got its monitor damaged. after sending it to sony they looked at it and set it back saying i would have to replace the monitor myself. i ordered and installed the monitor but i dont get a display. the backlight comes on, the brightness adjustment works, ive put the moniter into a different laptop and it works fine, but when its in the vaio i get no display. i even tried hooking the vaio up to an external display and still get no signal. could it possibly be a cable issue? or am i looking at a potentially worse problem?

**TriggerFinger** · 04-24-2009, 07:42 PM

Could be a video chip/card or motherboard issue. Try to plug in and power ON the external monitor while vaio is OFF. Power ON the vaio and see if you get anything on the external monitor. If not, try to wait for a few minutes after startup (DO NOT POWER OFF laptop and monitor) then toggle between screens (Fn+F4 or Fn+F7... see Users Guide for exact key combination).

joneboy · 04-24-2009, 08:10 PM

i tried that and still nothing. im almost certain that my fears are true and its a board/card issue. but im still open to suggestions.

**TriggerFinger** · 04-24-2009, 08:14 PM

If you do not see anything in both screens (no POST, logo splash, etc.) then it could be a video card or the motherboard.

joneboy · 04-24-2009, 11:45 PM

yeah. everything is pointing to a dead board. thanks for your help.

04-24-2009, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
joneboy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: windows vista sp1	no display for vaio I have a newer vaio that got its monitor damaged. after sending it to sony they looked at it and set it back saying i would have to replace the monitor myself. i ordered and installed the monitor but i dont get a display. the backlight comes on, the brightness adjustment works, ive put the moniter into a different laptop and it works fine, but when its in the vaio i get no display. i even tried hooking the vaio up to an external display and still get no signal. could it possibly be a cable issue? or am i looking at a potentially worse problem?

04-24-2009, 07:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: no display for vaio Could be a video chip/card or motherboard issue. Try to plug in and power ON the external monitor while vaio is OFF. Power ON the vaio and see if you get anything on the external monitor. If not, try to wait for a few minutes after startup (DO NOT POWER OFF laptop and monitor) then toggle between screens (Fn+F4 or Fn+F7... see Users Guide for exact key combination). __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-24-2009, 08:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
joneboy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: windows vista sp1	Re: no display for vaio i tried that and still nothing. im almost certain that my fears are true and its a board/card issue. but im still open to suggestions.

04-24-2009, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: no display for vaio If you do not see anything in both screens (no POST, logo splash, etc.) then it could be a video card or the motherboard. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-24-2009, 11:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
joneboy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3 OS: windows vista sp1	Re: no display for vaio yeah. everything is pointing to a dead board. thanks for your help.