No display my brother got mad and slammed his fist into the keyboard where the D,F and G keys are. The laptop will turn on but it has no picture. I plugged it into my desktop monitor but nothing happened either?

Hi SimonRankin,

Most laptops have an option to switch between using the laptop's LCD screen, or a plugged in display with a VGA cable (Video Graphics Array, that Blue trapezoid connector cable).

Most often, it's Function + F8, although this varies between manufacturers and models. It should say "LCD/CRT" or have a small picture of a laptop versus an square with rounded edges.

If that doesn't do it, chances are you've managed to actually damage the on-board video card. Or potentially something worse. Try to get the external monitor to work, if that doesn't do it, I would say it should be sent back to a service center for more repairs.

Hope that helps.