Laptop dead?

Kennysevenfold · 9 Nov 2009 at 19:36

Got a laptop in today, everytime i try to boot it up the post screen appears, but flickers and goes away, then nothing else comes up.

been charged for hours, but think that the battery is to blame tbh.

any way of checking the battery or do i have to buy one to know weather that is the problem or not?

beermonster · 9 Nov 2009 at 19:44

A dead battery won't cause these kinds of symptoms, it sounds like the back light possibly if you can see a very feint image on the screen. If no image then possibly the screen itself. Is it ok on an external monitor?

Kennysevenfold · 9 Nov 2009 at 19:47

beermonster said:
A dead battery won't cause these kinds of symptoms, it sounds like the back light possibly if you can see a very feint image on the screen. If no image then possibly the screen itself. Is it ok on an external monitor?

Ahh meant to say that mate, the same appears on my monitor, just flickers then goes onto standby.

cheers

beermonster · 9 Nov 2009 at 20:59

Could be the graphics chip has failed, will it let you get enter bios, does that page stay on screen or dissapear also?

Kennysevenfold · 9 Nov 2009 at 21:45

when the post messege comes up, hit the del button to go into the bios and i can see the blue screen of the bios for a slight second but it just fades away too

beermonster · 9 Nov 2009 at 22:11

Going by that i would say its the graphics chip, now this could be on a seperate board or intergrated into the mainboard depending on which model it is. It could just need a reflow or a complete new mainboard.