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So when you turn it off and on again, does it do that before windows loads?

ceslayer23 wrote:

DeathUnlimited wrote:

So when you turn it off and on again, does it do that before windows loads?

yes

Then it is hardware problems. Probably the signal cable going from the screen to the computer is breaking. Does the picture change if you move the screen?

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2008-10-11 08:19:50)

ceslayer23 wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

ceslayer23 wrote:

yes

Then it is hardware problems. Probably the signal cable going from the screen to the computer is breaking. Does the picture change if you move the screen?

no it doesn't

i connected a monitor to the laptop and the image on the monitor is fine.  wtf?

That means there's a problem between the graphics card and the internal panel on the laptop. I suggest you take it to the nearest Dell service centre or computer store.

ceslayer23 wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

ceslayer23 wrote:

no it doesn't

i connected a monitor to the laptop and the image on the monitor is fine.  wtf?

That means there's a problem between the graphics card and the internal panel on the laptop. I suggest you take it to the nearest Dell service centre or computer store.

no way i could fix it myself?
and how come reinstalling the drivers made it work for a while?

You must just have managed to slam the computer down a bit hard, so it bumped the cable right for a while.

And judging from your previous posts, no, you should probably leave it alone. Laptops are quite hard to tinker with.

ceslayer23 wrote:

the laptop screen just started working for no reason.  i was just letting it sit on the table waiting for it to finish running a virus scan and the screen randomly started working, so do you still think its the cable that connects to the video card?

Yes. It's just either a bit loose in either end, or a conductor in it has broken.

It can just start working like that. When you move the screen, you create tension in the cabling, that can make the cables move a little bit, even hours or days after it's just been standing. Those minimal movements can be enough to knock a bad connection right or wrong.

It could also be the panel going out, but I doubt that. Symptoms like that don't point to such a thing. Try pressing a little (although pretty hard, enough to make it flex a little, about as much power as you can put out with one finger on the computer, a little less on the screen) on the plastic under the screen itself (both on the computer and the screen itself), does the image change or flicker a little?

new update.  i ran chkdsk and it gives me an error.  could the hard drive be going bad?

yeah, i just swapped out another hardrive, same errors and sheit.  any idea on how much this will cost to repair?