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**johnb35** · 06-27-2009, 04:15 PM

I worked on a laptop just over a month ago that did the same thing. It would boot as long as i had an external monitor hooked up to it but still would screw up from time to time. I told the customer that it most likely has been dropped and the internal video adapter was damaged, as I checked the cable from motherboard to laptop screen and everything was fine. At least theirs was about 5 years old and getting slow. They went and bought a new Toshiba at best buy.

06-27-2009, 04:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,662	I worked on a laptop just over a month ago that did the same thing. It would boot as long as i had an external monitor hooked up to it but still would screw up from time to time. I told the customer that it most likely has been dropped and the internal video adapter was damaged, as I checked the cable from motherboard to laptop screen and everything was fine. At least theirs was about 5 years old and getting slow. They went and bought a new Toshiba at best buy. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD