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    Weird virus going around or a coincidence?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by reeper, Jan 21, 2008.

  1. reeper

    reeper Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeh, few days ago my laptop screen wouldnt turn on when i turned on my laptop. Strangely my two cousins and one of there co-workers has had the same problem(all different laptops), one of them said it was a virus im thinking its a coincidence. But yeah is there a virus going around that can do that?
     
    reeper, Jan 21, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Viruses are software. Your screen not turning on before Windows loads is hardware.
     
    Lithus, Jan 21, 2008
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  3. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Must have been an E-bomb. ;)
     
    swarmer, Jan 21, 2008
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Could it also be a power surge?
     
    Bog, Jan 21, 2008
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  5. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    I guess... but that's not quite as exciting.
     
    swarmer, Jan 21, 2008
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Sorry to kill the novelty of getting a virus.
     
    Bog, Jan 21, 2008
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    This is not 'Live free or Die hard' world where pressing 'Del' causes you to trigger a detonator...

    It is a hardware glitch...

    Is the screen opening smoothly?
     
    Nocturnal310, Jan 22, 2008
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  8. vashts121

    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    Viruses can control/alter hardware. Usually doesn't mostly just deletes stuff, but if the programmer is good he can easily alter hardware, and I'm sure turning off screen would be simple.
     
    vashts121, Jan 22, 2008
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  9. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    *injects a virus into the notebookreview resulting in the printing of this text*

    GENIUS!
     
    StormEffect, Jan 22, 2008
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  10. Lithus

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    The only way you can stop the screen from turning on at boot is by altering the firmware, which is often times written onto ROM - Read Only Memory. A virus is software. It can alter hardware, but only through software means.
     
    Lithus, Jan 22, 2008
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