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    Broken screen diagnostics

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pne123, Oct 28, 2010.

  1. pne123

    pne123 Notebook Geek

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    I have a dell xps m1530 that my wonderful daughter dropped. The screen just does not work. It has vert lines but mostly black. I can still adjust the brightness of the screen but it does not display. I booted up in safe mode and used an external monitor to unload the driver for the LCD so now I can boot straight to an external monitor and everything else seems to work. Since I can adjust the brightness of the screen is it safe to assume that the inverter and backlights work just fine and the graphics card is ok. So all I will need to replace is the screen? Thanks for any input.
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If the screen isn't actually cracked, try re-seating the connector first. It might be a simple problem like that...
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 28, 2010
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    I have taken it the screen out and checked all the connections and everythings seems to be fine. the screen is not cracked and shows no visible sign of breakage.
     
    pne123, Oct 28, 2010
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