dell latitude 830 completely black screen even on external monitor(it is used on a docking staion with external monitor almost exclusiveley), took out hard drive and put in pc,was able to retrieve data-- to be clear i get absolutely nothing on the lcd or the external monitor although laptop seems to boot (i think) thank you ,
have tried fn/f8.
have tried swapping ram and leaving just A or just B ram.
have tried without battery installed, with battery and only battery, on docking station and off.
If you have the Nvidia graphics processor Dell has an extended warranty for this issue, up to 12 minths beyond the normal warranty, Click here for details of the extended warranty. If you are eligible be prepared to spend some amount of time on the phone with Dell support. You will probably need to refer them to the link above as several of the five agents I dealt with to get mine fixed did not seem to know of the extended warranty program.
my dell d830 tells me i'm not in presentation mode when I hit function f8...i have gone in and...
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my dell d830 tells me i'm not in presentation mode when I hit function f8...i have gone in and turned on presentation mode but it doesnt change