Solved! Screen won't work at all

[snake539]

I have tried taking the battery out and pressing the power button which didn't work, when I turn it on the keyboard and fan comes on but the screen doesn't turn on at all, not even a loading screen. I hooked it up to an external monitor and even that doesn't show anything.

 

[webworkings]

Try this...

1. Turn the laptop off (not sleep or hibernate but off).
2. Connect an external monitor to the laptop.
3. Turn on the external monitor.
4. Turn on the laptop.

NOTE: You may have to press an "external monitor" button. Could be the f4 button or a button with two monitors on it, for the external monitor to work.

If you can see fine on the external monitor, then your attached display, or the ribbon cable that connects it, are your problem.

If you can't see on the external monitor at all, or the problem occurs on the external monitor as well, then it is probably the graphics card/GPU that is the problem, which may require the motherboard be replaced.