dude_56013
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So I've got a laptop from my friend right now. He said his mom "pushed a button" and that's what caused this. But I have my doubts.
It's a Gateway (exact model if you need it) M-Series and when you push the power button you get a gray screen. I plugged in a monitor to the VGA port and it works perfectly. I've tried Fn-keying to see if I could get it to work, but no go. Funny thing is, I can Fn-the screen brightness and it will change the brightness of the gray on the screen, but I can't get the laptop screen to work.
Any thoughts? Loose ribbon cable? It's probably not the motherboard if I can get an external monitor to work perfect. It's a pretty new laptop. Maybe only 1 1/2 years old...out of warranty of course. Has a C2D in it though.
It's a Gateway (exact model if you need it) M-Series and when you push the power button you get a gray screen. I plugged in a monitor to the VGA port and it works perfectly. I've tried Fn-keying to see if I could get it to work, but no go. Funny thing is, I can Fn-the screen brightness and it will change the brightness of the gray on the screen, but I can't get the laptop screen to work.
Any thoughts? Loose ribbon cable? It's probably not the motherboard if I can get an external monitor to work perfect. It's a pretty new laptop. Maybe only 1 1/2 years old...out of warranty of course. Has a C2D in it though.