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    Black Screen on G6000, Please Help

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Alyxis`, Apr 5, 2010.

  1. Alyxis`

    Alyxis` Notebook Geek

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    Hi there, my housemate has a HP G6000...When she turns it on the laptop starts (ie. CPU/HDD and optical disk drive all start up fine and sound normal) but the screen remains completely black, no flicker whatsoever...I opened up the laptop and moved the ram modules around as a suggestion on old posts i found..It did no good...Also i could see the GPU and saw no evidence of it being burntout at all..

    If i connect it to an external monitor and it worked would that rule out a GPU failure?? And would that mean a connection is loose somewhere??

    Any other things i could try??
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..

    Regards,
    Alyxis
     
    Alyxis`, Apr 5, 2010
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    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    If i connect it to an external monitor and it worked would that rule out a GPU failure?? And would that mean a connection is loose somewhere??

    Yes, if it works perfect via external monitor then the GPU is fine, even though I'm pretty sure the GPU is soldered on.
     
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    Ya, i was looking at buying a VGA-VGA connection and testing it on my TV to rule out a GPU failure..Hopefully its just a loose connection..

    Thanks for the help
     
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    Sounds good! let me know if you need anymore help!
     
    ronnieb, Apr 6, 2010
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