No display

[copiman]

My laptop when turned on will show a faint light in the backgound on the screen but that all. I connected to an external good display and get nothing. I'm assuming its the mobo, but wanted to get some input.

 

[voyagerfan99]

If you put a flashlight up to the LCD do you see a picture?

You can't always just attach an external monitor. Sometimes you need to push it to the monitor with a key command.

 

[copiman]

No, do not see a picture. Also f4 switches between monitors and I still get nothing on the external monitor.

 

[salvage-this]

do you hear any startup sounds when you boot the laptop? You could also try clearing the CMOS of the laptop to see if that is causing any issues.

 

[copiman]

Yes, you can here the laptop booting. I removed the round battery and re-installed. Still nothing.

 

[salvage-this]

did you remove the cmos battery and hit the power button multiple times. If the laptop battery was not removed it was not cleared.

 

[copiman]

did you remove the cmos battery and hit the power button multiple times. If the laptop battery was not removed it was not cleared.

Did it and still no go.