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    Poof! My M570RU died. Just like that.

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by itsthemechanic, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. itsthemechanic

    itsthemechanic Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys,

    Just wanted to let you know something really strange happened to me yesterday. I hooked up an external Samsung display to the DVI port of my M570RU. Popped the CD-ROM in, installed some drivers, rebooted.. left the CD in the drive figuring it's not bootable anyway.

    So as it accesses the CD drive, the whole box just hangs. And doesn't come back.

    Turn it off, turn it on again, screen turns on, fans turn on, but screen stays black. No beeping either way from the POST.

    Rang up NEXOC and they said nothing we can do from here, send it in for repair under warranty >.< At least they promised to have it back to me (or a replacement system with my old hard drive in it) within a few days.. good service imo.

    Just wondering though, anyone had this happen before? I mean, stopping short of suspecting there is something Terribly Evil on the Samsung driver CD, it might just be a coincidence it died that moment.. or is it?

    Freaky though, haven't seen something like that in 15+ years of messing with computers.. software permanently screwing up hardware isn't possible normally.

    The screen, by the way, is fine. I plugged it into another laptop I had lying around and it works great.

    Anyone wanna take a wild guess what happened? BIOS settings ****ed up? Graphics adapter fried?

    - Stefan
     
    itsthemechanic, Mar 26, 2008
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  2. Bo@LynboTech

    Bo@LynboTech Company Representative

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    that certainly is odd, I would search the cd thoroughly for anything that could update video bios.

    I really hate monitor install cd's because half of the time they set the wrong refresh rate for the graphics card/display combination, and so far I have gotten away without using the drivers except for rotating display drivers :)

    did you really need the drivers on that disk?
     
    Bo@LynboTech, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Were the fans working?might`ve been just a loose lcd cable.
     
    eleron911, Mar 26, 2008
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  4. M3z3iAs

    M3z3iAs Notebook Consultant

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    I know you might have, but if not, try to push fn+f2 a few times during boot, I had quite a hard time to get my TV and Laptop-screen going at the same time...

    Here is the link for the thread:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=227871

    Hope that can help a little :)
     
    M3z3iAs, Mar 26, 2008
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  5. psycroptik

    psycroptik Notebook Consultant

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    Try a combination of the Fn+F# buttons, My Thinkpad from work goes crazy sometimes when I plug a monitor in. On an IBM it is Fn+F7. Not sure in your case.
     
    psycroptik, Mar 26, 2008
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  6. dundersten

    dundersten Notebook Enthusiast

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    My screen sometimes stays black.. I just unplug the power and turn it on and it works fine :S
     
    dundersten, Mar 27, 2008
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