LCD problem. Newbie here...

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rcbrown23

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I did a quick search, but didn't see much.

A friend just gave me an HP Pavilion ZT1000 series laptop.

Nothin special, but hey, it's free:cool:

Problem is: the LCD shows only a complete white screen.

He said it started doing it awhile ago when you just barely lifted the "lid" of the laptop. But when you opened it all the way, it would work fine. Close it a bit = all white screen.

Then one day it just went completely white all the time (even at fully open).

What could this be? it doesn't sound like it's "broken". I'm thining *hoping* that it's just a cable that's come loose??

Any ideas??

-brown
 
as i recall, the zt1000 series is relatively new...call hp and check the warrenty... if its expired, open it up...or throw in the towel and send it to me...:D
 
Before opening up the case, use the VGA monitor output to check to see if the graphics card is outputting data to the monitor. If it is, the screen will show fine on the external monitor, if it too shows white, the graphics card has either become disconnected/broken, or your motherboard is fried (happenned to me a couple of months ago, fried a £1500 laptop because of a power surge and just a blue screen, no output to external).

If none of that works, its a high probability that the motherboard is fried, and its cheaper to get a new laptop. I think the graphics card on that is inbuilt, so if thats broke, you'll need a new one anyway.
 
i thought all laptop GPU's were inbuilt.. however if you MOBO is fried dont sell it or get rid of it cuz warrenty covers all that sort of thing:)
 
XxSNIPERxX said:
i thought all laptop GPU's were inbuilt.. however if you MOBO is fried dont sell it or get rid of it cuz warrenty covers all that sort of thing:)
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Not all.

But yeah, sounds like no more than a loose cable. Sounds like you got a kickass laptop for free.
 
I used to have a custom built laptop that had a graphics card that was external from the one on the motherboard, it increased the power consumption and the size of the laptop, but I remember it played Doom 3 at 37 fps, so it was pretty good and high in quality even playing 3D games, so the proof that all gpu's are inbuilt is untrue. To be honest, although it could be a loose wire, I am quite convinced that it could also be a fried motherboard.

As I said, try the external monitor, then if it does work, check the loose cable, and if it doesn't, you've fried the motherboard, or the graphics card is broken.
 
Alright... thanks for the advice gentlemen/ladies(?). Been at work all day and couldn't get online.

Anyway. It works FINE on an external monitor. That's why I'm hoping for a loose cable, or at least something easy to fix (hopefully myself).

Just so we're on the same page here, I'm not a technical person AT ALL. I do video production work (editor,shooter), so I know ABOUT computers/software, but when it comes to hands on technical stuff, I'm an idiot.

So... sounds like the next step would be to pull it apart??

I found THIS site with the exact model I have here in front of me, and it's *seems* pretty easy.

I'll wait till I get a couple of responses, and give it a go (if that's what everyone thinks I should do)

What exactly will I be looking for? just a wire not connected to anything? a solder that's come undone? anything else?

-brown

Internet forums KICK @SS:D
 
rcbrown23 said:
Alright... thanks for the advice gentlemen/ladies(?). Been at work all day and couldn't get online.

Anyway. It works FINE on an external monitor. That's why I'm hoping for a loose cable, or at least something easy to fix (hopefully myself).

Just so we're on the same page here, I'm not a technical person AT ALL. I do video production work (editor,shooter), so I know ABOUT computers/software, but when it comes to hands on technical stuff, I'm an idiot.

So... sounds like the next step would be to pull it apart??

I found THIS site with the exact model I have here in front of me, and it's *seems* pretty easy.

I'll wait till I get a couple of responses, and give it a go (if that's what everyone thinks I should do)

What exactly will I be looking for? just a wire not connected to anything? a solder that's come undone? anything else?

-brown

Internet forums KICK @SS:D
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dude, dont sweat it...HP has the full manuals on thier site...download it and print off what you need.
 
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