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    G1S - Dead LCD ; external LCD question

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by umbalito, Nov 2, 2008.

  1. umbalito

    umbalito Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well - the LCD on my G1S (just over a year old) has suddenly died.

    If I turn it on, I can hear the Windows 'loading' sounds, so it seems to be working, except my LCD is just blacked out.

    I haven't sent it in for repair yet - but I was just wondering : the G1S has a port thingie for hooking up an external LCD right?

    Is this plug and play? i.e. Can I plug in an LCD and and my screen will show up on the external LCD? Or does it need setting up? (i.e I still need my laptop LCD to work before in order to connect an external one?)

    Thanks!
     
    umbalito, Nov 2, 2008
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  2. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    It should be plug and play. As long as you boot up with the monitor connected it should clone your main display.

    If that does not work there is usually a key press when in Windows that swaps between clone, LCD, TFT as you press it (think Fn + F8 on some).
     
    Qwakrz, Nov 3, 2008
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    simonov Notebook Consultant

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    yep, the monitor switch on G1S is fn +f8
    But you could still have some trouble with other drivers from laptopvideo I think, which could have difrent settings...

    not sure though
     
    simonov, Nov 3, 2008
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    During boot, you should see an image on both monitors, by default, without pressing any buttons.

    If you don't see an image on the external, then I'm afraid it's the GPU that went bad and not the screen.

    Test it, please, and report back.

    In either case though, if you're still under warranty, send it in for replacing the bad part. If you're not ... well then things are a bit more complicated. :)
     
    E.B.E., Nov 3, 2008
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  5. umbalito

    umbalito Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks guys - I know this is an extremely late reply on this one - but just in case anyone experiences the same thing ::

    I bought my G1S in Canada, around Sept 2007 - am living in the Philippines now.

    Though the screen died while I was in the US on business, so I didn't really have time to have it checked there.

    When I got back to the Philippines, went to the local Asus rep, couldn't find my receipt - but they looked at my serial number and told me that I was still under warranty (2 year Asus warranty) -

    Turns out it was the GPU - so they replaced the mobo, but they had no stock of the regular G1S mobo, apparently, so I got a G1Sn mobo, with the 9500GS card.

    All-in-all, it took less than 2 hours to replace, and I now have a working LCD :)

    Couldn;t really test the external LCD thingie, since I went straight to Asus when I got back.

    Cheers.
     
    umbalito, Dec 24, 2008
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