03-10-2006, 08:46 AM
I'm afraid my laptop (VPR Matrix 185a5) may have bit the dust. I'm hoping that someone here might recognize the symptom and offer a suggestion. I was playing WoW last night when the laptop display flickered and then faded to black. The machine boots up fine but the screen doesn't come back. However, there is a button on the machine to switch from the laptop flat screen to a monitor hooked up to the back of the machine. If I switch it to monitor and then back to the native display, I can see the screen flicker. It reminds me of a flourescent bulb trying to start. It dimly lights up in the lower right corner, at differing intensities and radiating out varying distances, and then fades away again. The part that does light allows me to see that the desktop is there and I can see the pointer move if it is in that area.
Any suggestions? Does this sound like the video card or the actual display hardware? Does it sound like something easy to fix? Any suggestions greatly appreciated and could very well save a life...
Any suggestions? Does this sound like the video card or the actual display hardware? Does it sound like something easy to fix? Any suggestions greatly appreciated and could very well save a life...
Lochnar[ITB]
Freshman Diablo
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"You don't know how strong you can be until strong is the only option."
"Think deeply, speak gently, love much, laugh loudly, give freely, be kind."
"Talk, Laugh, Love."
Freshman Diablo
"I reject your reality and substitute my own."
"You don't know how strong you can be until strong is the only option."
"Think deeply, speak gently, love much, laugh loudly, give freely, be kind."
"Talk, Laugh, Love."