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My screen is busted but is there something else wrong?

Postman89

Commendable
Jun 13, 2016
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I have a pressure crack on my new laptop screen, ASUS gl552vw-dh71 and have a new screen on order to replace it (it fell off the bed while I was asleep) But when I went to plug it into the hdmi to get some stuff done I get this.
NoTEBqy


Is there something else wrong?
 
Solution
try reseating the hdmi cable in both the tv & laptop. do you have a friend who has a hdmi monitor that you could use for testing purposes to see if still have that problem or not?
I've only tried hdmi, I was having trouble getting into to load on the screen instead of my laptop but when I booted up and closed the laptop cover it worked but that image is what I got
 
try reseating the hdmi cable in both the tv & laptop. do you have a friend who has a hdmi monitor that you could use for testing purposes to see if still have that problem or not?
 
Solution
Yup that was it. I was too frustrated with the thought of having lost 1600 bucks on the laptop plus screen I didn't try my other hdmi cable and port. I'm in the middle of nowhere working on a salmon fishing lodge so I was feeling hopeless but level heads prevail. Cheers.