Possible death of my terrilbe HP laptop...

[d-dave]

So today I was typing my lesson plans after school and suddently my laptop screen goes blank. The backlight is still on, but I get nothing visually from it. With no audio playing at the time, and no handy shortcuts, I coudln't get anything to play to see if it was a glitch. So I power off and reboot. Same result. Nada.

A bit of history. I've had issues with the power supply for a couple of months. I've gone through three adapters over the past few months because the HP designed jack is a piece of crap. Otherwise, aside from running hot, and on vista, it's been pretty decent and reliable.

So thinking about things after the screen went blanks, I unplug it and let it run on batter juice incase it's the DC jack (possible I've read). I get a sweet light show that reminds me of an MP3 visualizer, execpt that it's verticle and horizontal bars that run across the screen in a whole bevy of colors.

Oh Huddle knowledge base of infinate l337ness, is there some majical way (or even better, cheap) way to tell my laptop to work again? I think it might be the video conncection between the screen and the rest of it. I have it hooked up to my TV currently so the off board video is working, but not the connection to the screen. And since my TV only accepts 1024x826 (or whatever it is), I get no widescreen pr0n or LOTRO! halp!

Or am I better of yanking my data off of it, mag swiping my HDD, and taking it to be g-cycled while I save up for a better computer?

[Razzy]

What model #?

I have a dv5 and I like it, but like you said the HP power supply sucks. Also, mine has an AMD processor so it constantly runs at a temperature somewhere between a volcano and Hades itself. I think most of the hiccups my laptop has gone through have been a result of either this heat issue or the power supply.

If you still have your warranty, contact HP asap. If not, still contact them and see if they'll at least help you determine the problem and what your options are from there.

[d-dave]

Hrm...new developments...

So, I've been researching on line since I got home last night. Its a Dv6000 (6810us).

So did the obvious checks that I could. I checked the inverter and its good. I checked the LCD for physical defects. I checked all the connections. I have yet to crack it open. So I closed it up, turned it on, and you know what, its working again. I'm thinking that one end of the inverter got loose.

But here's the interesting part. It will randomly go blank, and will not return. I think that either way, there's something messed up with the backlight, or something else with the screen.

Oh well,time for a new computer...