Faulty laptop, no display help please

rgallie · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:49

Hi

I have a laptop.
When turned on the power light comes on.
The display stays off, it does not dimmly light up.
I hooked up my PC monitor and its the same (i pressed the Fn keys).

Any advice/ideas.

Thanks

rgallie · 7 Mar 2011 at 20:55

Further to that the HD light comes on once just after the power buttons is pressed then goes of and stays off.
No BIOS screen either (monitor not on at all)
Power light stays illuminated

Emphacy · 7 Mar 2011 at 21:10

Does anything come through the speakers at all? (i.e Windows Startup Sounds)
If yes, your onboard graphics have died or the LCD controller has died.

If no, your motherboard has died. Had the same problem before in my laptop, seen as the graphics card is onboard (Actually on the motherboard) I just scrapped it, would cost too much to replace.

rgallie · 7 Mar 2011 at 21:18

Nah no sound, and since HD light comes on quickly then stays off I dont think windows is loading so probably not posting I assume