compaq 3000 - Machine works fine, Screen shows blank white display

Hi All,

I have a Compaq 3000 Laptop, it's almost 2.4 Years old now, over the period of time I dint faced any issues with my Machine.it all started yesterday.
I was watching a movie on my Laptop yesterday, after sometime the screen froze up but the movie was playing as I was able to hear whats going in the movie.

Later I tried restarting the machine, what i get is the machine boots up properly, but the screen doesnt display anything thing, it shows up a blank white screen, sometime when the windows XP loading picture comes up the screen shows light distorted colors but again goes white blank.

I did approached a local vendor for that but he says that we need to replace on the motherboard, I was not much convinced over his explanation over the issue.

I would like to know your views on what might be the problem with my Machine.
I am going to try over connecting an external monitor and see if LCD is the problem, but I would like to know more what all possible options are there which might be affecting my machine and how much would it cost me in the worst possible case.

Hoping for a Positive reply, as off everything has gone Negative my way

Thanks & Regards,
Riax

 

Doing that will let you know what the next step needs to be. It could either be the display/cables at fault or the GPU(in which case you will need to replace the motherboard).