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You could also connect a monitor to the laptop, that should work regardless of the built in screen, ruling out a backlight issue, other screen problem, etc.
Paul Hachmeyer
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> In a message dated 10/15/2011 10:11:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> I have two Dell Latitude D630 laptops running Vista Business and one
> D620 running XP. All three were in my to be scrapped pile because I
> couldn't get a video image either on the laptop or on an external
> monitor. Maybe I'd get an image one out of 10 tries (turn on) if at all.
> It appears the backlight is on, and the computer seems to be running.
> I have tried all the things I can think of, including replacing
> memory, HDD and with and without battery. I gave them one last chance
> before parting them out and lo and behold, now they seem to work reliably.
> Sure looks like a GPU chip, but I would expect them to die completely.
> Maybe they were just tired and needed a rest!
> Any ideas of what's going on?
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