Packard bell monitor powers on, then screen goes black,indicator light on/off button goes off,remove power plug to monitor put back in then on/off switch lights up again,if you switch off the on/off button on monitor and leave it off after you start windows then the monitor we be ok

use a pin to try to get it back out,you may have damaged the switch board

it sounds like the motherboard has blown

The fact that you can see the desktop on the external monitor means your LCD Inverter on the laptop is bad. The video card in the laptop is good, otherwise you would not be able to see the desktop on either screen.

Shine a flashlight on the dark screen to see if you barely see the icons on the desktop. If so, then the LCD Inverter is bad.

Plug in an external monitor and see if the display shows up on it. It can be any kind of monitor even the old big fat crt monitors as long as it has a vga cable to connect to your computer's vga port. If so that proves your video card is ok. The video will show on most systems when you reboot without you having to do anything. Some systems will require you to hit the FN (Function key) + F1 thru F12. Hold down the FN key then hit the correct key for displaying on the monitor (F1 thru F12). The correct key will normally have CRT/LCD on it or it will have the icon of a display.

If you see no icons by shinning a flash light and the external monitor works, then your screen is bad. If you see no icons by shinning the flash light and nothing shows on the external monitor, then most likely your video card is bad.


The lcd inverter can be purchased on ebay for less than $15. It is located at the bottom of the lcd screen. You'll have to remove the plastic strip that is around the lcd screen by removing the plastic or rubber bumpers that have screws under them. Normally there will be bumpers at each corner and maybe along the insides on the plastic strip. Remove the bumpers, the screws and pry the plastic strip off with a little force with your fingers. You will then see the lcd inverter at the bottom of the lcd screen.

Just put your computer's name and model in the ebay search followed by lcd inverter.

Actually it looks like your laptop uses the LED screen instead of LCD so it will not have the LCD Inverter. You will have to purchase a new screen. I found the one below on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Packard-Bell-EasyNote-TJ68-AU-065UK-LAPTOP-LED-LCD-SCREEN-/400293582889?pt=US_Laptop_Screens_LCD_Panels&hash=item5d335b5829

I switch on my PC, ensuring that all cables, leads and power supplies are connected properly. The tower powers up no problems at all. I switch the screen on, the green led lights up, the screen is completely black. A blue box appears centrally on the screen with the text 'power saving mode'. The green led light turns amber and then the screen just goes black.

Please don't suggest going to control panel, as I can't get that far.

PLEASE PLEASE CAN ANYONE SUGGEST ANYTHING give me

hi have you tried FN+F3 as tis is the key sequence to send screen to external monitor. however failing this you might try to wipe the whole machine and start from scracth and upon failing this im sorry to say but its time for a new screen, and as i have the same laptop i can tell you the screens are roughly £70 but every now and again you find them on ebay cheap. however i would not advise putting a screen in this machine based on the cost and that the machine is not what ide call GOOD. the graphics card in these are extremely poor and clash with a lot of programes. also if you are ever planning on upping to windows 7 this machine doesnt handle it very well as i have found out, my advice if its the screen is throw it on ebay with a reserve of £50 as they mke good money for spares and repairs and look for a decent laptop as im sorry to say but our packard bell mz36 are pretty much a pice of SH#T.

Try removing the battery and try starting it up with only the power cord plugged in. If it still doesn't work, it can be an issue with the motherboard.

the short cable running from the power button to the main board has probably snapped where it passes over the RH hinge. remove the screen surround to gain access to the power on switch area and check. it would seem to be a common fault with the packard bell

There are dozens of possible root causes for your problem I guess.

But exactly the same happened to me in fact on a packard bell laptop. After my son forced it to reset, it didn't start again. Only one led was lit. After a long search I found that the battery had died and this prevented the laptop to start even when the power supply was plugged in.

Try this: remove the battery, connect it to the power supply and restart.

Hope that helps

i had the same problem now my monitor wont even turn on if i do that the power light just keeps blinking maybe its a sign of a dying monitor