I am not sure what the problem is, but its when i turn the laptop on it doesnt work. the only thing that works is the power light it goes on and then thats it, the light stays on, but the monitor and laptop do not do anything. the monitor stays plain black and thats it. i tried taking out the battery, and putting it back in, but it didnt do anything.
-   I have the same issue. The laptop is obviously on, but the screen is completely black and I can't do a thing with it. HELP!-   chrissiern
Nov 05, 2008
-   Computer shuts off before it posts. I now have two identical laptops with the same issue. Reseated everything inside.........no luck. I don't believe it is the graphics card because I get external display breifly.
-   LHCS
Sep 02, 2008
-   same problem here. the lights turn on, no whirring of the parts or any other sounds. screen stays blank. please help-   Guest
Aug 17, 2008
-   Turn on the computer, lights are on but the screen stays black.
Have taken out the battery, etc.
Check to see if the DC POWER Jack is loose. HOLD the bottom of the jack slightly tilted upward (do not use a lot of force). While holding PRESS the on button.
If it comes on and stays on, you problem is the notorius power jack cold solder issue. The jack will have to be repaired. Either by DELL or a qualified expert that has done a number of these.
It is not a easy task by any means. A skilled ELECTRONICS TECHNICAN could do it. But not a Computer Technician, because they generally just replace parts and do not do component level repairs
It could be a variety of things, did you hear the other parts spinning and whirring as before? Then it could be just the screen or video card. Try hooking it up to a regular monitor and see if it will display there. Other problems could be HD failure, but usually your computer would freeze on startup or your BIOS will tell you that instead of a blank screen. Have you tried contacting the manufacturer for tech support on the issue? It is hard to diagnose blank screens over the net due to the lack of information you can get (ie. error messgaes, etc.....)
If you're getting ANYTHING readable on the screen, the problem is likely not the screen. Dim screens are one thing, and messed-up screens are likely problems with the physical screen. If nothing's showing, it's likely the connection running through the hinge into the screen, which can be a little tricky on laptops, though the whole connection between motherboard and screen is suspect. This is a problem because the problem isn't always immediately visible even upon opening the laptop. You might do so, if you know what you're doing, in order to examine and reconnect everything. But you're likely going to have to pay to have the wiring repaired (and maybe even the screen itself, though that's far less likely).
I am afraid it is not a solution only to repeat the problem I have exaclty the same. It appears to switch on but then nothing not even mumlock light or caps lock light comes on or off
I had the same problem with my C640. What I did was take out the memory chips powered up. Then turn it off and reinstalled the chip, and poof. Every was working. I hope this will save your problem to.
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yes...mine is doing exactly the same thing (actually it's not mine - i'm borrowing it from a friend!) The laptop turns on fine (power light, battery charge light and fan are on) but nothing on the screen.
I've tried discharging and recharging the battery, removing everything including hard drive, dvd drive, battery and additional memory but it's just been the same.
when i turn on it does nothing i put the charger in and the red battery light comes on for about 15 seconds then goes off dont hear anything from the laptop?
Am an engineer(laptop board problem fixing),the system(acer laptop computer) i have with me powers on but the processor doesnot process(dose not get hot even when i have tried a working processor on the board and have changed the memory as well).So the system wont just display nor the caplock functions.where could likely be the fault on the board and how do i solve this problem?
Yes, I am facing the same problem with My Acer 5002 WLMi.
When powered on, only the power ON LED comes on, the sreen is completely blank (black).
I can hear some sound, look like it is from HDD.
Before the screen became blank, I got a vertical white band in the middle of the screen for 30 seconnds. I recall few weeks back, the acreen had some funny characters blinking in black and white.That problem went away when I re-booted.