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t60p turns on but stays blank

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:20 pm
by onefournine
I have a t60p and when i turn it on it lights up, i can hear it make sound, but the screen stays black? i can still lighten n darken the screen, using the keypad fn function but nothing displays, has any one come across this? it worked just the other day, maybe i disconnected some thing when cleaning the fan? but im not sure. does any one know what would cause the laptop to work but never show any picture??

any help would be great!! thank you

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:22 pm
by gator
Can you see a display if you connect an external monitor?

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:30 pm
by onefournine
just tryed that then n it does.. but its got all these purple lines n u cant make out any thing. i can get it to show the windows start up then u can kinda see it say 7. memory.. sumthing
and sumthing else.. but its all full of lines and hard to make out

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:30 pm
by Brad
Sounds like the GPU has gone kaput and you need a replacement. Hopefully your motherboard can be replaced under warranty.

Brad

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:22 am
by onefournine
is there any way to just swap the gpu??

Re: ,,

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:15 am
by ryengineer
onefournine wrote:is there any way to just swap the gpu??
No, the gpu is soldered into the system board and swapping out the motherboard is the only option to replace it.

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:21 pm
by onefournine
is it possible to buy anothe graphics card and attach it externally or put on a free spot on the board?? like to even upgrade the gpu?