Laptop Help

Postby **Greypatch** » March 18th, 2010, 9:34 am

so ah hook up meh laptop to a big screen and had to disconnect it because the external keyboard was not working.

now when i try to boot the laptop after the welcome screen for xp it goes blank....

cya see sheit.

did I fack the laptop up ?

toggle not working..restarted laptop stand alone a couple times..

even removed battery pack.

after the xp welcome screen it goes black..

i see the hard disk indicator working...just nothing on the screen

it also tells me windows did not start properly..

and gives me some options

windows safe mode

last known settings..

but after you select an option a black screen.

what ah gwann ?

Rainman · Postby **Rainman** » March 18th, 2010, 9:39 am

advanced boot options F8 - vga mode

Postby **r3iXmann** » March 18th, 2010, 9:56 am

if that dont work, hold the function key and press the key that looks like a monitor (one of the f1-f12 keys)

Postby **Greypatch** » March 18th, 2010, 10:21 am

tried the "Fn + F8" Screen toggle keys no result.

Also tried the F8 Boot in VGA mode.

It displays the XP welcome screen then goes black after that ?

Not sure what is happening after the welcome screen

SUPAstarr · Postby **SUPAstarr** » March 18th, 2010, 10:25 am

try pluggin it back into the external screen an start up?

Rainman · Postby **Rainman** » March 18th, 2010, 10:44 am

Soundwave wrote:jugumflao valve buss...

that compatible with the haffa-daffa valve

Captainzaak · Postby **Captainzaak** » March 18th, 2010, 10:50 am

SUPAstarr wrote:try pluggin it back into the external screen an start up?

x2

Postby **Greypatch** » March 18th, 2010, 10:53 am

same thing is happening with the external monitor.

pressure..will try again

ase_tt · Postby **ase_tt** » March 18th, 2010, 11:00 am

does the same thing happen in safe mode?

Postby **Greypatch** » March 18th, 2010, 11:02 am

it hangs up in safe mode....after a screen full of drivers fly past.

original_lollybob · Postby **original_lollybob** » March 18th, 2010, 11:06 am

try booting with a recovery cd or something of the sort

or try the windows cd

just to see if its windows drivers that forked up..

if yuh could a cd to boot then u know u have a problem wit xp...

Postby **Greypatch** » March 18th, 2010, 11:12 am

rodfarva · Postby **rodfarva** » March 18th, 2010, 11:16 am

boot into plain old safe mode
forget vga

buzz · Postby **buzz** » March 18th, 2010, 1:05 pm

^ x2

fcuked drivers perhaps ? \/ \/ \/

original_lollybob wrote:try booting with a recovery cd or something of the sort

or try the windows cd

just to see if its windows drivers that forked up..

if yuh could a cd to boot then u know u have a problem wit xp...

Computerman · Postby **Computerman** » March 18th, 2010, 1:15 pm

Greypatch wrote:what ah gwann ?

Xandros!

Postby **crazybalhead** » March 18th, 2010, 1:17 pm

Greypatch, this happened to mine when I used a projector by a client. Screen blank. apparently something got screwed up on the motherboard and dell replaced it under warranty.