My screen flickered in a white light and then went black after I plugged a wireless mouse

I have an Acer Aspire 3680 notebook, after plugging in a Targus wireless mouse, my screen flickered in a white light and then went black. I could sense that the keyboard and mousepad were working but after doing a hard power off it would not boot up. I just hear the fan and no display is shown. After a while I saw the splash screen, but then the same flicker and then darkness. Is this a hardware or software conflict? And how can it be resolved?

This problem sounds like a hardware related issue to me. If the laptop turns on but there is no video on the screen, not even initial logo, most likely it is a hardware failure.
Try removing the battery and starting the laptop just from AC power.
Test your laptop with an external monitor. If video on the external monitor is fine, it’s possible that problem is somewhere in the display panel. You said the screen is dark. How dark it is? Can you see anything at all? Maybe a very faint image?
If the screen is dark but you still can see a very dull image, it’s possible that you have a problem with the screen inverter.
Try reconnecting the memory module. Working fan and no display can indicate a problem with the memory module.

One Response to “My screen flickered in a white light and then went black after I plugged a wireless mouse”

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    Isabel Says:

    When I have multiple windows open and I go to close just one of them all of the open windows close down and it restarts the internet connection over again. This happens also when i send out an e-mail. I hit the send button and then all the windows close and the internet connection restarts over again? When i go back to check if the e-mail was sent it does send…but i just want to know how to keep all of the windows from closing all at the same time when i just want to close on of them. Help me please!

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