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    NC2400 black screen

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by kecsap, Mar 25, 2011.

  1. kecsap

    kecsap Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I have a problem with my current NC2400 and I would like to fix it before selling.

    The problem is consistent since I bought this laptop from a 2nd hand shop onehalf year ago. I use Windows XP Home with the latest (graphics) drivers installed.

    Issue and workaround: Sometimes the LCD screen goes black without any reason, but the backlight remains on and the laptop works as well. If I put the laptop to suspend and resume, it recovers and works further.

    The interesting thing is that I mainly use the laptop to play cartoons/movies on a projector/2nd display (extended desktop). In this case, the laptop's LCD works all the time. But, if I use the laptop screen to do anything (browsing, play a game), it is likely to go to black, especially, if I run GPU extensive application (e.g flash game).

    My current assumption would be to replace the LCD inverter in the first place, but I do not know if it does make sense.

    Any thoughts?
     
    kecsap, Mar 25, 2011
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