LCD not working on my G73SW

I have Asus G73SW-NX2.Today morning I start my laptp but lcd screen not workig.I hear all windows sounds,I enter my password and again I hear windows sound.Looks like ssd is working.I try keyboard to turn off or on lcd but nothing.I connect laptop to my tv via hdmi but nothing.No signal on TV.I remove ssd from laptop and try to start but still lcd not working.I should have message "no operating system" or something like that but lcd not working.

Anyone have this problem before?

 

hehehe , your vga is dead.
only solution is to replace vga,
I also hear windows logon sound when I power on without vga,
do you know g73 doesnt need an vga to work, but no screen without vga.
so if you want your laptop back to life , replace vga.

 

vga connector? but my laptop screen not working.
how do You know that this is the problem?

 

before doing anything you should try external display by HDMI, any bios update or connector problem can cause such problem but you should check with external display first than we may look for further step

 

he already have checked it,lol
what ever you do at last you will need to replace vga. remember my words.
you can get one for 200$ in ebay.or buy an gtx 560 , it will work, and can get it for 180$.
if display connector is lose , you would have got lines before its totally gone and even if the display connector is lose if you connect an external monitor, hdmi or vga ,you should get an output if your vga had life but it doesnt.

 

seems right, so hope you may find a new one,,,

 

so I need new graphic card? how hard to replace it?

it's working now

I use my laptop on desk at home without battery.So I try to start laptop on battery and it's start fine on first try.I plug into TV via hdmi and also is working.I remove battery and plug charger and still working.

Right away I notice update for windows.One important update for "display Intel hd graphics 3000"
I am not able to update.Got error "Windows Update error 800f020b"


What happen here?

 

im very sorry, if you burn your vga, you get same symptoms,
why didnt it work with ac adapter?

 

now sometimes is working sometimes not.
I open laptop and I see soft blue thing coming out from under graphics card.It's very soft like bubble gum.I never seen that before.

 

hey, your vga card is nearing the death.
or you have to disassemble the laptop and do an repaste, and seeif that helps.
your thermal pads are melted and due to over heating,
hook up an vaccum cleaner to vga vent, and put it on the max speed and hold it for sometime. it will take off all the dust inside it so you wont have any problem but you have to do an repaste as well.

 

I clean my laptop every two weeks and I never had overheating problems.I control my temp and vever go over 75 C.Strange that this happen to me.

Where to buy new card? Got links?

 

you can buy one on ebay its like 200$ , you can buy the Jw or Sw version both works.

 

Asus G73jw 60-N0UVG1000-C1?3 1.5GB Genuine Graphic Video Card w Heatsink Tested | eBay this one is gone also look at thermal paste,same like on my


I found only used cards which looks same like on my laptop
Where to buy new one?

 

I dont think that you can get an new one exept an chinese one,
the one on the link seems an good one, the thermal pad is out of it place , and its not an real picture, but the price is bit high.

 

My question is what happen with thermal paste? I thought that paste will dry from heat but never seen that paste melt.Now laptop is working but don't know for how long.

 

I think if you repaste , it will work as normal.

 

if you repaste I believe that it will not create any problem, and for the melting issue just heat actually because of overclock, maybe some dust or something else. there are many person here which already repasted for only cooling purpose so you may go ahead

 

this don't look like thermal paste
it's more like glue or double side tape

I never hear about paste melting

 

as you know, once the temperature goes more than 75-80 C paste will change the form I mean will be like gum because of the heat transfer, you may see this especially on the CPU cooler bottom therefore it is hard to dismantle once the deviced cooled because paste will change to cement.
what it can be, because of the high temperature paste or if not maybe thermal band !!! lost its original form so you see as blue gum now.

First thing you should clean all area and you may try the repaste but before this in such hard game or in some bench like heaven or 3d11 you should try the system max2-3 minutes and you should see the GPU temp, it can be seen by MSI Afterburner if you go more than 80 in 2-3minutes you should clean and repaste my system is working 865/1730/1625 temp max 85 C modified bios 0.962V GTX 460M just for ref

 

I never seen more than 76C

I install new system,I try game for 30 minutes and no problem.I turn off laptop for one hour and again screen not working.If it's graphics so should work when cold.

 

after that 1 hour is there any sudden screen back ? I m not sure but if the card has capasitor then they should warm also, such complicated stuff but connecting parts or any other issue may cause it, as you mentioned before you say you clean every 2 week the system ? if it is true why ? almost 8 months never open the computer yet even for cleaning maybe during this period something loosened just idea

 

Now I see that this is random problem.It happen when laptop is cold or hot.My laptop never overheat.Yesterday I try Crysis for 30 minutes and my temp was 73C.Like I say before,my laptop never overheat so why this melt? Even now is not overheating.

 

when your laptop is in blank screen state , can you toggle num lock or caps lock, can you do manual restart?
if you can , then the prroblem comes from vga.

 

I use power button to shut down,caps and num work

 

yes, then for sure, vga is the culprit, does you laptop turn off just after you press power button? or do you need to hold it?

 

if I press than go to sleep mode
if I hold it it will shut down

Asus offer global warranty? I bought it in USA but now I am in Poland.

which one is good for my laptop?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290588168741?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370587871681?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

also do You have a link for how to repaste ?

 

Look at this video minute 3:50 Graphic Card and CPU Fan / Cooler Replacement in Notebook / Laptop - YouTube
This is same blue stuff which leak on mu laptop.It's not thermal paste,it's some tape.

 

What you see in that video are thermal pads, it's normal to see them a bit outside of the heatsink.

 

this is normal or not?

I just clean that excess,laptop running good no problems so don't know what to think about this.I try Crysis game yesterday for 1 hour and my temp was 76C max.I try extreme and cover vents and my temp was 81C max.No probem laptp running good so far.What is going on here?
I reinstall operating system on my ssd.Maybe this cause some problems?

 

This happened to me this Friday. I updated the nVidia Drivers from 267~ to the newest ones 295.73 since I had a freeze or two almost everyday and got tired of it.

New drivers work like a charm. Everything plays extremely well and the pc stays cold on idle, and gets around 72-74C after a couple of hours gaming... The downside is that whenever I shutdown the computer and boot, after the "Starting Windows" logo the screen goes black and stays that way for around 5 to 10 minutes. Then everything starts correctly... It is a nuisance and in the nvidia forums some admin said that they will fix that issue in the next driver package. It seems the new drivers do not recognise the monitor correctly and simply enters a loop state for a while.

Edited: If you are getting the same thing as I do, just be patient and it will boot by itself after some time. Once booted just put the laptop to sleep/hibernate for normal use.

 

it's different problem

 

I'm having similar problems. My G73SW screen sometimes doesn't turn on, but everything else does and it shuts off just by pressing the power button. So far twice, when I hooked it up to an external monitor, the LCD turned on (but it didn't turn on the external) so I have no idea if these two things are correlated. I've had no other video or heat issues.

 

do an fresh install of windows 7, it may fix the problem.

 

I did fresh install of W7 and no problem so far.I will report if problem come back.
I never had problem with overheating.