HP ProBook 4520s no display

stuk0v

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Apr 30, 2017
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Hello guys,
Laptop powers on (lights and fans) but got absolutely nothing on the LED screen.
An external monitor plugged to the VGA port doesn't show anything either.
Does that make it 100% a board/GPU issue? or is it possible that the display is not switching to external automatically?

Reason I am asking is I am very tempted to buy a replacement board or screen to replace it since the laptop cost me 0$ and is still an i7, but I wonder which would give me a better chance.
 

stuk0v

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Apr 30, 2017
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Thanks, considering I could find a *possibly* matching system board on eBay for around 75$, should I bother trying that?
I did not pay the laptop so it would not hurt too much.
 

stuk0v

Commendable
Apr 30, 2017
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1,510


Thanks! I think I will give it a try. I like to do some tinkering from time to time.