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    Acer 5920G boots to a blank screen - no beep.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Firehead, Dec 24, 2009.

  1. Firehead

    Firehead Notebook Enthusiast

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    I used the nVidia VGA BIOS mod a few weeks ago, this is probably not my problem, though. I booted blindly using the USB stick (had to remove the HDD) and flashed the old BIOS, yet I still get a blank screen.

    Before this happened, my laptop was acting really sluggish for some reason, so I thought I should restart to fix it, I did that and it came up as a blank screen! First restart, it seemed to boot to the OS, next time, it did not.

    It's pretty much like the 5315 post (what a coincidence).

    Windows 7 by the way
     
    Firehead, Dec 24, 2009
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    Firehead Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got it to boot to the OS again! But the monitor and video-out don't work at all.

    Would reconnecting the monitor cable fix this? Or do I have buy a new screen? What? Jeeze..
     
    Firehead, Dec 24, 2009
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    Firehead Notebook Enthusiast

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    And I found the problem. The GPU.

    Now, where can I buy a replacement?!
     
    Firehead, Dec 24, 2009
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    well if ur sure its gpu then try to search for a gpu baking post by commander wolf u might want to try it
     
    taj619, Dec 24, 2009
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    Firehead Notebook Enthusiast

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    ...... Thank you. Thank you, so very much. I can't believe I actually tried that.. and I'm even more shocked that it worked! Thanks so much!
     
    Firehead, Dec 24, 2009
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