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    Acer Aspire 8930G Will Not Boot - Black Screen

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lakeranger, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. lakeranger

    lakeranger Newbie

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    Acer Aspire 8930G will not boot. All lights appear to function as if all is OK but the screen is completely black. Specs: Windows Vista, 4GB ram, 500GB HD, 9700M GT graphics card (maybe 9600M GT). Suspect motherboard but read other posts that the graphics card could be bad. Is it possible to bypass laptop screen and connect directly to external monitor? Tried this by removing graphics card and connecting monitor to HDMI connector - but no change (black screen on monitor). Other attempts to fix - removed ram one at a time then both, moved hard drive to other slot, connected external monitor with graphics card installed via HDMI, and did a hard power reset. Any helpful ideas??
     
    lakeranger, Jan 31, 2011
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    There should be a VGA connector on the left side. That should allow you to bypass the internal screen.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 1, 2011
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