Screen remains black for gateway p-7805u FX

I PewPew U Too

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Oct 1, 2013
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Hi All,

My screen recently went out on my gateway p-7805u FX.

It hooks up fine to monitors via HDMI and runs fine but the screen on the laptop remains black. However, when you shine a light at an angle on the screen you can faintly see the desktop and images. I was led to believe it was the LCD inverter. However, when I replaced that, the screen still does not work.

Does anyone have any ideas for what to do next? Early thanks for all the help!
 

I PewPew U Too

Honorable
Oct 1, 2013
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10,510


Thanks for the suggestion. Before I take apart the entire LCD screen and case. How can I fidn out if the LCD inverter i purchased just isn't a defective one?
 

gibbon22

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Mar 23, 2014
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This is a known issue with the gateway p-7805u. The video card heat is shutting down your screen, but not actually shutting down the computer. I have the same machine. Drives me batty.

See this thread for a some fixes:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/gateway-emachines/419939-gateway-p-7811-fx-crashing-issue.html