1 year late
my guess is fans work,, spin and blow, (unstated)
DVD eject button forks. unsatted.
the hot key for VGA was not pressed FN +?
and if did this correctly the vga works but the local CCFL lamps are dead, as all are this old now.
the manual on you PC covers the VGA port hot keys
on my HPs its Fn+F4 (together )
1: local CCFL cheap junk screen. lcd."back lamps dead"
2: vga
3: both
4: auto (on only some models)
CCFL dead and that huge battery shorted,killing the PC dead
are the 2 top failures on all 2010 and older PCs.
This sounds like Vid Chip failure, That has a very inexpensive mother board that can be replaced There is one listed on a popular site that sells used parts for $10.00 right now
most of these PC the CCFL lamps are dead
now.
what does seems to work man,fans blow?
cd tray button ejects ?????
if vga port is dead, using the correct key]
the 2008 PC the GPU chip can be bad.
many are(vast)
the 1st step is remove that relic large battery and run on AC power pack only
the fans turn, 1 or 2 possible
spin and blow, if not there is power problem
or the PC was never cleaned in 10 years
is the BIOS dead
does the flashlight trick work. this I do first after that relic battery pulled.
if the flashlite shows data, bingo CCFL IS DEad
all in 5 minutes work and 1 simple tool a flashslight.
Does not work on external either, that was stated in the question, This is s very cheap model to replace the mother board. AS I stated in my first reply you can get one on E*ay for $10.00,
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