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Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) gludlow Profile Help! Ok, I don't know how I did this, but I'm pretty sure I nuked my video cable. When I got it (compliments of uBid), it worked fine. I open it up to install the hard drive, and now I get no video. The screen powers on, but nothing gets displayed. I can hit F2 to get to the bios, but it just won't display any images. Anyone know if there i a cheap replacement for this cable, or have a dead one they're willing to part out to help me? I'd really appreciate it, this was supposed to be a cheap first computer for my mom. Now, I don't have anything but a hard drive and 44pin cable! Thanks! 06-12-2002 17:44:39

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 1 times) NHSam Profile Did you double check the video cable connections to the socket? Any nicks on the cable? Unless you somehow shorted something with the harddrive case, I'm baffled. 06-12-2002 17:54:51

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) kcr1 Profile After taking my webplayer apart I had the same problem. I had taken the backlight power converter (between the speakers) out and put it back in. In the process I shorter it to something by messing with the plastic wrapping it. Removing and more carefully re-installing fixed my problem. When the backlight doesn't work you can't see anything even though the display is functioning. The backlight is controlled by the small white connector with six small wires. Check it and those wires for problems. 06-12-2002 20:21:39

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) gludlow Profile The backlight comes on, it just doesn't display anything to the screen. I've literally had this thing 100% disassembled, plugged in power and still nothing gets displayed, but I know it's booting because the BIOS makes a beep when I hit F2. 06-13-2002 05:14:45

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) NHSam Profile Believe it or not, there is somebody hawking the LCD panel on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2031195342 06-13-2002 17:53:57

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) paj637 Profile email boundless technology. I got a new video cable from them after similar problem. They will probably help you out if it hasn't been over ten days since you got it. 06-13-2002 18:43:09

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) paj637 Profile email boundless technology. I got a new video cable from them after similar problem. They will probably help you out if it hasn't been over ten days since you got it. 06-13-2002 18:43:14

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) poisonfistclan Profile | Email hello did the player ever display anything after you installed the hard drive?? if not it sounds like you may have just connected the ribbon cable backwards casue thats what happens when you do. try it the other way or see if it works without drive attahced 06-14-2002 21:22:16

RE:Help! Screen stopped displaying (modified 0 times) kombatmud Profile I have the same exact problem. I'm pretty convinced that it's the video cable, but I intend to check it with my multimeter. paj637, how can I get in touch with boundless technology to see if they can hook me up with a new video cable? 06-22-2002 03:39:57

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