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    Need help with an X205

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by quibbly, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. quibbly

    quibbly Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm having problems with the screen. Recently I started up the laptop as usual except no images came up. I could still hear the start up sounds so when the login music played I was able to login but still no picture. I tried opening and closing the screen to see if I could force it to show something and it worked the first time but I wasn't able to fix anything or figure out why it was acting that way so I restarted and now there's no picture no matter what I do.

    Connecting an external monitor works perfectly though. It also works perfectly in safe work, which is what I'm using right now for the moment. The video options in safe mode aren't very helpful since most of them are grayed out. The screen itself isn't completely black, like when the system is completely off, but a lighter shade of black. If anyone has any ideas as to what it could be I would really appreciate it.

    Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 (1.80GHz/ 800MHz Front Side Bus/ 2MB L2 cache)
    Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
    2GB DDR2-667 RAM
    17.0” WXGA+ (1440x900)
    Nvidia GeForce 8700M-GT 256MB
    240GB hard drive space

    Thanks!
     
    quibbly, Jan 13, 2009
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  2. TabbedOut

    TabbedOut Notebook Evangelist

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    Try uninstalling and reinstalling your video drivers


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    A thought... can you try turning up your backlight? Perhaps you turned it off?
     
    TabbedOut, Jan 13, 2009
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  3. quibbly

    quibbly Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've reinstalled my drivers, still nothing. How do I adjust the backlight?
     
    quibbly, Jan 13, 2009
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    On my Portege it is the Fn+F7
     
    TabbedOut, Jan 14, 2009
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    Jernkar Notebook Consultant

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    Did you check on the Toshiba support page for your model? Some A2XX series needed a BIOS update for a "screen going dark" problem.
     
    Jernkar, Jan 14, 2009
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    quibbly Notebook Enthusiast

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    Turning up the brightness doesn't help because the backlight won't turn on. The screen is just off. There is a newer BIOS but it doesn't mention anything about screen problems. It won't let me flash in safe mode so I'll have to find an external monitor and flash from there.
     
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  7. Ripfire

    Ripfire Minecraft Architect

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    That sucks, i've never had an issue with the screen.

    It does sound like a a video driver issue though, if you still have picture in safe mode. :confused:

    Maybe try different drivers all together, and use driver sweeper.
    Make sure you uninstall, clean, then reinstall. Not just reinstall.

    It's not the brightness level, I keep mine on the lowest setting most of the time, and it's plenty bright.
     
    Ripfire, Jan 15, 2009
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