Posts by Thunder_PC

If it's flickering, and not completely out, it is more likely that it is just a loose connection to the inverter/harness. Try pinching the connectors down a little at the connector to ensure they make good contact. Most of them I have...

No, they have nothing to do with the external display, only the LCD. The only thing I can figure is possibly some kind of GPU problem that for some reason is not detected at POST.

Just a quick skim through and was noticing the cases and the "local pickup" tag. Where are you located? If nothing else, free bump

Is that including on an external monitor? It really sounds like either the backlight itself, the inverter cable (common problem on that machine), or the actual inverter. Typical, if the GPU actually fails, the machine shouldn't boot up....

Just to clarify, no display on the LCD or external monitor form the time the machine is turned on, or only when it gets to loading Windows? While at first it sounds like a GPU issue since it's not working on the external monitor,...

I can't speak from experience, but if it is utilizing shrink, then technically yes, it probably is (although perhaps unnoticeable). Compressing the video is one of the ways shrink gets the size down (and of course stripping features out).

An external solution should work, but if the on board sound chip is screwed, you won't be able to use the internal speakers.

Thanks Oly! I hadn't run across that. I believe it will make life a little easier.

Moved here from photo section for more exposure. As for the problem, a few more specifics may help some people to help diagnose the problem. For starters, see if you have anything in your C:\windows\minidump folder. Welcome aboard!

That is an "E" core, mandating the need for the modified BIOS, but I see it was still a no go even with the revision. Just for kicks and giggles, you may want to try the 0f08.p01e. I doubt it will work if the 02 didn't, but...