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    Solved! Alienware 15 Black Screen After Tear Down

    How? The cable isn't routed differently
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    Solved! Alienware 15 Black Screen After Tear Down

    I replaced the cable but no luck so I tried putting it back together as loosely as possible, no screws, not snapping panels in, etc and the screen came on. So, with it on, I started snapping panels back in and the screen cut out when I pushed down on the panel over the part of the cable that...
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    Solved! Alienware 15 Black Screen After Tear Down

    Well, unplugging the cable at both ends and plugging it back in worked BUT I forgot to put the hinge covers on. After I installed them the screen wasnt working again. I tried unplugging both ends a second time but no luck.
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    Solved! Alienware 15 Black Screen After Tear Down

    So I should disconnect/reconnect it from the LCD too? Is there another possibility?
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    Solved! Alienware 15 Black Screen After Tear Down

    I'm not sure what you mean, both ends of the cable? I unplugged it from the motherboard but not from the LCD panel itself. Pressing CTRL + SHIFT + WIN + B causes the laptop to make a single beep but nothing happens.
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    Solved! Alienware 15 Black Screen After Tear Down

    I have a 15 r1 that needed a good cleaning and re-pasting of the GPU so I took it apart, did what I needed to, and then put it back together. When I cut it on everything worked fine except the screen didn't come on. I attached the laptop to another monitor to make sure the machine was working...