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i have a toshiba satellite 2002 lap top model when it starts or tries to start all i get is a black blank screen it sounds as if something is working,is there a screen lock or hibination key or fn key to get me going,it wont run the recovery disc,is it locked on a screensaver or power saving mode what?i

 

If you connect it to an external monitor do you get an image?

 

yes yes you have set up the computer that you are running so the extra can read it

 

Are you trying to say that the laptop lcd is blank, but if you connect it to an external monitor you get an image? If this is the case you could have a disconnected cable inside the laptop or a bad inverter.

 

is there a fn key used to maybe bring the screen back to light after perhaps ,a sceensaveror sceen,can it be turn off some how by keys strokes perhaps.
give me a hp any day,this toshiba was given daughter to mother for use ,it came up from adelaide over a few day with battery taken out,could that affected the laptop,have rung toshiba but they where no help only if you paid a heap of cash then might not get it fixed then

 

There are Fn keys to turn the backlight up and down, but as far as I know it will not turn the laptop backlight off (it doesn't on my portege). I doubt that its a screen saver issue because you said that the screen doesn't come on when you boot up (screen saver needs an operating system to work). When you power on the laptop can you see ANY image (even if it's very faint)?

Taking the battery out shouldn't cause this problem.

 

It has happened to me either. My issue solved by reinstalling the graphics driver.

And in my computer (althought it is a Samsung) THERE IS a Fn combination wich turns backlight ON/OFF (Fn+F5). It is represented in the keyboard with a symbol similar to a sun, one half white and the other half black.

Hope it helps!

 

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