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Sony Vaio Laptop Problem

  • 04-05-2012 1:19pm
    #1
    Hope93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭


    Not sure if this is the right section, The mods can move it if its incorrect!

    Anyway, last night I shut down my laptop normally. It installed some updates and shut down no problem.
    Today, I packed up my laptop and headed home from my college house to my hometown. Around 1 hour ago I tried starting my laptop and It seemed to be booting up perfectly but, the screen wasn't turning on. I t was just blank. nothing was coming on the screen. I knew it was starting up perfectly because I could hear it booting up and it made the windows start up tune as well.

    I tried 3 hard resets to see if that would fix the problem but nothing happened other than what happened the first time. My first two thoughts were it was either a corrupted driver or the BIOS. I tried F8 during boot up but nothing happened. So I tried connecting it to my TV via VGA and bingo, the screen was displayed on the TV but was still blank on the laptop. I then proceeded to check the drivers and make sure it wasn't a software problem, which I have now established it isn't. I have even tried a system restore to yesterday when it was working perfectly and it still doesn't work. The only 2 things I can think of now are it's either the LCD backlight in the screen is burnt out or a loose connection to the screen inside the laptop. It shouldn't be the backlight as I just got a screen replacement 6 months ago. The laptop is also less than a year old.

    Any help is greatly appreciated thanks"


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  • #2
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,304 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Look for a Fn+F8 type combination (may not be F8 on Vaio) to switch between internal/external screen.


  • #3
    Hope93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭Hope93


    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Look for a Fn+F8 type combination (may not be F8 on Vaio) to switch between internal/external screen.
    I know about and have tried this. It doesn't work. Duplicate should have both screens with the same images but the laptop remains blank.


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