Laptop Monitor is Dead
My old IBM laptop monitor still "glows" but I can't see anything; I guess the video gave up the ghost. However, I can hear all of the normal things when I turn it on. It served me well but I need to transfer my files to my new laptop. I bought "Transfer my PC deluxe" software but I wonder if I can use my new laptop to view the files on my old laptop. And how would I do this?
Most laptops have a standard video port on the back, which allows you to connect a desktop monitor. I suggest that you try this and see if the machine will boot up normally.
For more help on copying files from one hard drive to another, see my article Copying Old Hard Drive to New PC.
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I have a compaq presario 2500 notebook, when I turned on the computer , the monitor remained off. How can I turn the monitor on? EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like it's dead, Jim. You'll have to take it in for service if a good shaking doesn't fix it... |
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I have a IBM Thinkpad R40 I was using it the other night and the battery power run out and about that time I plugged it in and It hasn't powered up since I mean nothing I tested the power supply and its good -- any thoughts? EDITOR'S NOTE: How do you know the power supply is good? Does the computer do ANYTHING when you turn it on? |
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I have an IBM thinkpad R40 as well but I'm wondering if you could help me out... About five or six nights ago I was using it to search through the web and such, and I had it plugged in because the battery was dying. Anyways it still suggested to plug it in and since it was already plugged in I decided to unplug it and plug it in again. Moments later the screen started to flicker between the brightness and dim and then it shut off completely, now not even the lights along the center will show if its plugged in or not, there is no more heat coming from it and I can't get anything to work, it's just dead the screen wont turn on at all nor does it sound like anything is going on. I've read somewhere that this one should work without a battery by just being plugged in but still no lights on the laptop at all. However it did have a used ac adapter, but it still is usable because i can plug the same adapter to the wall and to a portable dvd player and the player works fine. EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like the power connector inside the laptop might be damaged. Even when you plug it in, there seems to be no power. |
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