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    Screen goes black...so does ext monitor

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jaott02, Aug 22, 2009.

  1. jaott02

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    Dell Isnspiron E1505

    Just a few coke drops spilled on the upper right side of the keyboard. Right around the backspace key.

    At the moment it happened, the lcd starts flipping out, eventually turns solid white, then shutting down.

    Did a complete disasemmble and cleaned every piece with contact cleaner. The laptop functions 100% now....except one small irritation..

    The screen goes black at random. Sometimes 30 seconds after boot...sometimes 5 or 6 hours...The Power indicator, baterry light and wifi lights all stay on green as if the computer is still running. I have to hold the power button down to shut it off and it reboots with the desktop recovery white screen.

    I hooked it up to a monitor and when the lcd went out...So did the external monitor!

    I disabled hibernation and set power to always on...

    This leaves what as the problem? The video card maybe?

    Please help

    Thanks,

    Jimmie
     
    jaott02, Aug 22, 2009
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    Since the external monitor goes black, I'm guessing it would be the GPU. Would Dell fix it?

    Is there anyway you replace it?
     
    Amnesiac, Aug 22, 2009
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    No longer under warranty.

    I noticed something different today. The laptop seemed to work fine on battery only power. But continues random shutdowns when power cord is plugged in. Hav already replaced adapter since issue began...

    thoughts?
     
    jaott02, Aug 25, 2009
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    Still happening...any ideas guys?
     
    jaott02, Sep 3, 2009
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    anything??
     
    jaott02, Sep 14, 2009
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