Inspiron 5000 - no lcd display

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Slick wrote:

> Hey all,
> I lurked around the groups looking for my answer but I can't seem to find
> it.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop, running XP Pro....
> and nothing is coming up on the screen.
> If I plug it into another monitor, it works.
> However, it does start to smell like it is burning a circuit or something.
>
> Wondering what/how I can troubleshoot this to figure out just what specific
> part I need to fix this.
>
> Its only used as an extra laptop now-a-days but I would really like to fix
> it instead of junking it.
> Any ideas?


Try toggling with Fn+F8.

Bob

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Negative to the Fn + F8.
But I did find the manual.
http://docs.us.dell.com/support/ed [...] moving.htm

I knew I only needed a little direction.
lolol

Many thanks.
Paula

"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:MB5le.113$Ub.14@trndny09...
>i have found loss of video on i5000 to commonly be because of a loose
>connector of the ribbon cable to the system board. this connector is
>easily found under the keyboard. you can find a service manual that
>details how to disassemble/reassemble the machine on support.dell.com. the
>cuase could of course also be due to a number of other things such as the
>bulb in the lcd having died. but checking the ribbon cable connector won't
>cost you anything.
>
> "Slick" <slick@sofakingsband.com> wrote in message
> news:2S2le.7659$M36.1250@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> Hey all,
>> I lurked around the groups looking for my answer but I can't seem to find
>> it.
>>
>> I have a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop, running XP Pro....
>> and nothing is coming up on the screen.
>> If I plug it into another monitor, it works.
>> However, it does start to smell like it is burning a circuit or
>> something.
>>
>> Wondering what/how I can troubleshoot this to figure out just what
>> specific part I need to fix this.
>>
>> Its only used as an extra laptop now-a-days but I would really like to
>> fix it instead of junking it.
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paula
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ~Slick~
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>>
>>
>>
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