Comments on: How to troubleshoot and fix laptop video problems

By: david

david — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:08:47 +0000

Hi ..
I have a problem with my notebook, DELL Inspiron 1420. The LCD is garbled. It happens suddenly when i was using the notebook.
I try to follow the windows standard procedure to solve the problem, but after restarting the LCD is back garbled.

I try to format the hard disk and istall a fresh copy of Windows. The problem seems gone, but after a few days the problem come back.

The strange thing is when i enter the windows in safe mode it working fine.
And when i change the resolution to 1280 x 800 it still work fine.

Whats wrong? Could it be only software problems or the Video Card problems?

thanks

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:42:11 +0000

Duane,

Thanks for the great information on the Toshiba Tecra 8100. I also just left a donation. I really appreciate your help.

I’m glad to help. Thank you for your donation!

By: Duane

Duane — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:38:12 +0000

Thanks for the great information on the Toshiba Tecra 8100. I also just left a donation. I really appreciate your help.

THANKS!!!

Duane

By: Guido R. Rolon A.

Guido R. Rolon A. — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:04:37 +0000

Hi all, I have in hands a Toshiba Satellite P35 motherboard dead. I want ti use its (PHILIPS LP171W02) 17″ LCD in a Sony VAIO with (PHILIPS LP171WP7) 17″ damaged LCD. But this Sony lcd its a 2 CCFL Screen; i can see two wires and dont know what is that. My thoshiba 17″ LCD has only one. It there any way i can replace Sony LCD with this ?. When a install this 1 onle wire LCD into Sony VAIO lamp goes on but there is no VGA Signal. With external monitor is ok but no LCD. Regards. Guido

By: Emlee

Emlee — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:18:26 +0000

I am having the same problem as Steven from Dec 26th 2008 – There were no reponses to his psot, I hope someone will now have an idea of how to solve this problem. I have an error code on boot – 104 that states “unsupported wireless device detected system halted please remove the device and restart” I can not get past this. I am given 2 options, F1 and F2. Neither work. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix the bios problem so my wireless mini pci card will be accepted by my laptop again? Like Steven I am assuming this is the problem….

By: Shreedhar

Shreedhar — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:22:04 +0000

Hi I Have a Asus A6KM Laptop, and its 3.5 years old.
recently it stopped showing blue color in place of black colour and the screen looks garbled.
There is no black colour in display at all.
I had been using this very much for 3.5 years.

By: jhunz

jhunz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:36:20 +0000

i have a lg rd410. the problem is my monitor is flicker or blinking every seconds, i try to connect in external monitor everything is fine, when i put in to dim the monitor is blinking faster, can u help me what should i do..

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:21:57 +0000

I took my toshiba sat. 105 apart following instructions to clean fan. After I put it back together when I turn it on the blacklight does not turn on. When I connect the ear phones it goes on but the internet does not work when I unplug the earphone the screen turns off or it goes to sleep mode. Laptop works fine on an external monitor. What cable is not connected properly? thank you for your help.

By: veeru

veeru — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:37:48 +0000

hi, i have an HCL leaptop, which is two and half years old,the problem with it is that if i maximize a small size video,it appears just like censored videos i.e clarity drops significantly. i tried it on other laptops, they handle it fine.Even wallpapers are displayed properly but problem is with videos. Please help

By: Susan Black

Susan Black — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:42:36 +0000

Hi, Thanks for your quick response. At this point, I am pretty sure it is the video cable. If I use an external monitor it works fine–does that rule out it’s not a motherboard issue? I have tested my backlight by plugging my backlight to an old laptop’s screen inverter and turning on my old laptop. I am able to see everything clearly! The downside of that is having to drag my old laptop and current laptop just to see the screen so it defeats the purpose of the laptop. My next question is instead of me fixing the video cable (last resort), is there a part I can purchase that can connect my backlight to say a USB or soemthing a little less bulky to get power?