Re: Laptop screen doesn't appear at times...
From: rocktour (UseLinkToEmail_at_WindowsForumz.com)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: 6 Feb 2005 20:21:56 -0500
"rocktour" wrote:
> I have a problem that I have never encountered before (as most
> people here).
>
> I have a HP ZD7000 laptop and there are times when booting up
> that I do not have a display. This happens intermittently and
> can either be from a fresh boot or coming out of standby. Once
> the machine boots up and I do have a display it works fine.
> When the display doesn't work all I can do is shutdown
> manually and restart. I am afraid this will damage the OS if I
> keep it up.
>
> I am running Windows XP/2 Media Center.
>
> At first I thought maybe a microswitch in the screen was bad
> but there have been times when I sent the machine into standby
> and not touched the angle of the screen and it failed upon
> wake-up.
>
> Also I have noticed that whenever this happens my background
> color (the screen color behind the wallpaper) changes from
> Windows blue to a blue green color.
>
> Another thing if this matters. When using MS FrontPage 2003
> and using Alt+Tab to switch between programs (say Notepad for
> example), sometimes I get a BSOD and immediate restart. I have
> only noticed this going from the other program to FrontPage
> but not vice-versa.
>
> A repair shop told me that I should reinstall Windows but I'm
> not sure this is what to do. I tried reinstalling the drivers
> this morning from the HP supplied CD and the display failed
> the next time I rebooted
>
> Has anyone else out there encountered this problem and if so
> what was the fix?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.
> Charlie
I have ran both Norton AV and AVG AV in safe mode with no virii found.
Also ran AdAware and Spybot S&D and no unusual spyware found.
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