[Wylug-help] Fwd: Laptop display problems - Radeon X600

[John Craven]

At 14:02 23/12/2011 +0000, you wrote:
>On 12/23/2011 11:01 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On 12/21/2011 01:19 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >> On 12/20/2011 03:30 PM, John Craven wrote:
> >>> 1. Have you tried to boot up in safe mode ?
> >>
> >> Yes - no difference.
> >>
> >>> 2. Have you tried an external monitor ?
> >>
> >> No, but I will.
> >
> > I attached a monitor and booted directly in Mageia.  On the monitor,
> > everything was perfectly scaled.  The monitor is a 4:3 one, and the
> > laptop is a widescreen.  I attempted to change the display on the
> > laptop, but the preview was obviously not right.

You don't need to change the screen to get a good display between 4:3 and 
16:9. It automatically adjusts

>After a couple of
> > attempts of that, the monitor died.  It's not a very old one, and it
> > may be absolutely coincidence, but I'm not sure it is.  The fuse is
> > fine, but I can't get even a power light on the monitor.
> >
>Wrong again! The monitor is fine.  It looks like a fault on that socket,
>so that's for investigation now.

If you can get a perfect picture on an external monitor, the probability is 
the it is your screen that is faulty.
You can check this by switching between screen and monitor by using the f7 
key (I think)
A replacement would cost in the region of £100 - £120.
If replacement is an option I would suggest that you definitely confirm 
that your laptop will work OK on an external monitor.

If you prefer to scrap the notebook, and you are concerned about the hard 
drive, there is only a couple of screws that hold it in.
You can easily take it out and a hammer will guarantee destruction.

However, if you have reinstalled a couple of times it is unlikely that 
there is any sensitive data on it.

hth

John C



>The question about whether to remove the hard drive remains, so opinions
>please :-)
>
>Anne
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