Help needed, screen not coming on

Gael23

When I switch on my laptop, I can hear the fan come on and the lights come on but the screen is not switching on. Any ideas?
Laptop is Packard bell and just over 3 years old

crazygeryy

others will offer better solutions but first off i would try and connect the laptop to a tv or another desktop. if your normal screen comes up, then it's your actual laptop screen that needs repairing/replacing.

ED E

Try that first, crazy geryy is right.

Also try moving the screen back and forwards slowly, see if it flickers on at any point.

Do you get any beeps? Post the model while you're there.

Gael23

ED E wrote: »

Try that first, crazy geryy is right.

Also try moving the screen back and forwards slowly, see if it flickers on at any point.

Do you get any beeps? Post the model while you're there.

It's doing everything normally except the screen is not lighting up.
Model is Easynote TJ65

ED E

Do you hear the windows startup sound yeah?

Gael23

Sorry no I don't but all the lights on the actual laptop come on as they should

ED E

Yeah, that doesnt mean you're getting as far as your OS though.

There are three things that would likely be at fault FYI:
Screen/inverter dead
screen cable loose or dead
GPU dead

Other option is something stopping the mobo from posting, but that'd be less common, especially if all the lights come on.

Gael23

Ok so I've been playing around with it since yesterday and I put my hand on the screen and it came on so there's something wrong there.

Overheal

worn out cable. jiggle it. fixed.

I bought a replacement inverter for mine when it started doing that, but it has managed to hang on for dear life. I just jiggle it. Haven't needed to replace it yet. The inverter is in a drawer somewhere.