Black Screen On Laptop

[lozzer50]

my partners laptop has stopped loading up. When he switches it on the orange wi fi light and power light is on but the screen is completely black. the fan is running but nothing else! is this fixable ? TIA

[Old_Geezer]

Probably, but it depends on what is wrong with it.
Can you tell if it is just a dead screen ? Do you hear the drive spin ? Can you boot from a bootable CD or DVD ? Can you get into Safe Mode ?

[RATTER15]

That really depends on the age of the laptop and what the problem is, the "screen is black", isnt really saying very much to be honest.

[lozzer50]

Ratter the screen is black what else can i say???? as i previously said the lights are lit and the fan is running nothing else to add.
OG cant get into safe mode or boot from a disc. the drive spins but not for long

[tamborine]

As the lappy boots-up press F8 key like the wing of a humming bird; that should take you to Safe Mode.

T'would help to know what OS youre using?

[lozzer50]

windows 7 64 bit tambourine

[hc4361]

Check the 'display out' isn't on.

[lozzer50]

er bit blonde here hc ! what is display out ??

[hc4361]

It turns the display off, so you see a black screen. It is to enable to laptop to display on a different monitor.

What make/model is it?

[lozzer50]

Its HP Pavillion G4

[Old_Geezer]

Unfamiliar with it, but if this control hc refers to doesn't sort it, it sounds like a workshop job to me. If it is something simple then the cost couldn't be too much, and if it's a bigger job at least you'd know where you were. At this point I think I'd still suspect a duff screen display connection.

[tamborine]

Try this

Media URL: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GVUL_JsaZCw
Description:

[SlackAlice]

tamborine

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVUL_JsaZCw&app=desktop

[tamborine]

Thnx SA, tablet mucks up URLs