[robsonic]

I recently removed my laptop screen, as I was having issues with it, and I hooked it up to an external monitor which was working fine. There was a ribbon cable leading from the actual computer to the monitor which I left and it had some exposed wiring. I randomly heard a pop and saw a spark and my computer shut down with no warning and will not boot up now. There is no battery charging light when i plug in the AC cord.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[makinu1der2]

By leaving the wires exposed they may have came into contact and possible shorted the

motherboard (should have left LCD connected and connected monitor to vga port)

What model laptop?

 

[robsonic]

Gateway MS2252. The reason I took off the LCD is because the external monitor wouldn't work unless the ribbon cable was unplugged from the LCD screen.

 

[makinu1der2]

Unfortunately there is no easy way to tell what component is causing the issue without

having working/good components to test.

I would suggest stripping down to the motherboard and inspect for damage.