I got a Dell 1100 and after a fall of like 4 feet on a tile floor the laptop video does not work anymore
I got a Dell 1100 and after a fall of like +- 4 feet on a tile floor the laptop video does not work anymore. What I did is:
1. I hooked up the laptop hdd to another computer and looks to turn on and work fine
2. I did hook up a monitor to the laptop still no video
3. Then I took of almost everything mouse pad/housing, cpu, video card, lcd, memory even the dvd and battery
4. I did replace everything on the board one by one but not the hdd or lcd, hooked up to a monitor
5. Turned the laptop on and I did see a black screen a messages that it was missing the hdd that was good I guess
6. I hooked up the lcd and yes it was working this was great right?
7. turned off the laptop and I did try to reboot with this time the hard drive and yes I was working fine
I worked a little bit with the laptop that was still flat on the floor all open so at night I turned it off did put everything back together parts and the housing and when I turned it on nothing just a black screen, and all the sound from the hard drive, cooling fan sounds normal but just no video I even replaced the video card and still nothing what can I do?
Did you test the laptop with an external monitor after you assembled everything together? Even though the laptop LCD screen is black you still might get video on the external monitor. It means the most likely there is nothing wrong with the motherboard and the problem is somewhere inside the laptop display assembly. It’s possible that the video cable got loose after the fall. Open up the laptop display and check the video cable connection, reseat the cable and test the laptop again.
If the problem still exists even after you reseat the video cable on the back of the LCD screen, you’ll have to take the laptop apart and check all connections again. Make sure the CPU is seated properly and it’s locked in the socket. Minimize the laptop to the barebone system: motherboard(with video card), CPU and memory, make sure it works with an external monitor. Start assembling everything back and TEST AFTER EACH STEP. Installed the top cover – test, installed keyboard – test, installed LCD – test, etc…
February 27th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Hello,
as my Dell lap top.
I have a Dell laptop [Inspiration 1100]that I use at home for long hours each day. To avoid getting more back problems I connected an external monitor to it and works fine. But can’t get the external keyboard to work. I am connecting the keyboard with ps2/usb adaptor as the laptop takes USB only keyboard. Any idea what I should do to use the external keyboard? I tested the keyboard with a desktop and worked fine [no adaptor however] but tried to connect to another laptop [Toshiba] and got the same result: external keyboard not working
Your comments will be really appreciated.
Thanks,
Farideh
February 28th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Farideh,
Not sure if it’s going to help. Enter the BIOS setup menu and check if you have to enable an external keyboard (external input device) in there.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:58 am
my Dell Inspiron 1420 dropped, and the LCD is broken. every thing else is doing ok. Is broken LCD harmful for eyes? from where can i buy a screen with the lowest price, and can i replace it myself? I have basic electronic knowledge.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:00 am
Maryam,
You can find a new replacement LCD screen pretty cheap here and replace it yourself following these instructions. I published your question in this post.
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