Hi
A few months ago, I stood on my Acer Aspire 5720 and cracked the screen. Everything worked fine, there was just a big annoying crack on the screen. I took the screen out, and continued to use it on an external VGA TV with no problems.
Then, I just left it laying around for a few months. I recently bought a new LCD screen and fitted it, but the laptop showed no display. There are fans spinning and the display flashes for about 1/10th of a second. I tried connecting it to my TV, and there was still no display.
I have noticed that the ribbon cable for the LCD has gold pins missing, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that. Plus, would that affect the external display? It shouldn't.
The laptop has no HDD, but I'm sure that doesn't prevent it from booting and showing a display. I can't even get to the BIOS screen.
Another thing I've noticed is that the DVD drive refuses to open. The light on it stays on, and it will not open.
Do any of these problems have solutions? What can I do?
Thanks.
A few months ago, I stood on my Acer Aspire 5720 and cracked the screen. Everything worked fine, there was just a big annoying crack on the screen. I took the screen out, and continued to use it on an external VGA TV with no problems.
Then, I just left it laying around for a few months. I recently bought a new LCD screen and fitted it, but the laptop showed no display. There are fans spinning and the display flashes for about 1/10th of a second. I tried connecting it to my TV, and there was still no display.
I have noticed that the ribbon cable for the LCD has gold pins missing, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that. Plus, would that affect the external display? It shouldn't.
The laptop has no HDD, but I'm sure that doesn't prevent it from booting and showing a display. I can't even get to the BIOS screen.
Another thing I've noticed is that the DVD drive refuses to open. The light on it stays on, and it will not open.
Do any of these problems have solutions? What can I do?
Thanks.